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- By keisha85 [gb] Date 01.09.06 16:31 UTC
I was just on their website and have ended up slightly confused. why is the freshly frozen protein level 10% and the baked complete protein level 21.6%? I guess the freshly frozen packs need to be stored in the freezer? not frozen and then defrosted while still in the shop? which part of thier range would you recommend?
- By Jeangenie [gb] Date 01.09.06 16:44 UTC
Is the 'baked complete' a dried food? If so the protein level will appear much higher because fresh food is about 80% water, and a dried food has most of that removed, so is much more concentrated.
- By keisha85 [gb] Date 01.09.06 16:46 UTC
i think my brain has stopped working tonight!! yes it is a dried complete.
- By tohme Date 01.09.06 16:51 UTC
You cannot compare apples with oranges.

In order to compare wet food with dried food you need to remove the moisture content which in dry food will be around 9% and for wet food around 75%

So for dry food Divide the percentage of protein the food contains on the label (say 22%) by the dry matter (91%) and mulitply by 100 to get the ACTUAL protein amount.

EG 22/91 x 100 = 24% protein.

Generally speaking you will find that wet food has a higher protein content than dry food.  I suspect the wet food wil work out at circa 40% protein.
- By keisha85 [gb] Date 01.09.06 16:55 UTC
thanx for that. yes it is 40%. with that worked out, which one would you say would be better?
- By tohme Date 04.09.06 17:06 UTC
Whatever suits your dog...............
Topic Dog Boards / Feeding / natures menu

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