Hi
My older dog has recently been diagnosed with chronic renal failure, and the only thing we can do to make her feel better is to feed her either a commercial Kidney Diet (which she won't eat) or create our own diet for her.
In order to get her to eat at all we have opted for the latter, and I've done hours of research into the protein and phosporous content of various meats, cereals and vegs so that I can get the numbers right. Her requirement for a certain amount of carbohydrate is my biggest problem, as she's not a fan of pasta, rice or potato particularly, so I would like to include a little of (possibly) Burns (low phosporous) or the dry kidney diet. My problem is in calculating the amount of protein and phosphorous 'as fed'

For example, on the Burns pack, the breakdown per 100g is 18.9% protein, and 0.8% phosphorous. I need to be able to calculate exactly how many grams of protein and how many milligrams of phosporous are in 2/3/4/5 ounces etc
My husband and I disagree on the calculation and knowing that maths is not my strong point I would be grateful if anyone could confirm how to calculate this accurately. It is critical that I get it right to the gram (protein) and milligram (phosporous). The key is to get her sufficient protein per day, without going over a certain amount of phosphorous.

I really appreciate your help.
Kat

Rubbish at maths too, but have you seen this site http://www.bowchow.com

Thanks, yes this site is where I obtained all the info about the contents in meat and common foods - it's been invaluable. They cover a lot of commercial foods too, but its mostly a USA site, and doesn't cover the ones I need to know about, except Hills KD.
Thanks though
Kat

contact the pet food company's nutritionist; they will be able to give you the information you require.

HTH

Thanks! will do.
Kat