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Cat Forum / General Topics / September 2005Ash Content
I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find information regarding the ash content in "Happy Trails Complete Nutrition" cat food. It is put out by Albertson's and does not list it on the bag. Thank you. Isn't it called "Happy Tails"? > I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find information > regarding the ash content in "Happy Trails Complete Nutrition" cat food. It > is put out by Albertson's and does not list it on the bag. Thank you. > I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find information > regarding the ash content in "Happy Trails Complete Nutrition" cat food. It > is put out by Albertson's and does not list it on the bag. Thank you. Ash is the residue after the diet is burned at 600* C for 2 hours- which is basically the mineral content of the diet. However, the ash does not correlate to any specific mineral. IOW, a diet can have a low ash but still be high in magnesium and phosphorus. OTOH, another diet can have high ash and still be low in magnesium and phosphorus. If you're concerned about a specific mineral, choose a diet based on the content of that specific mineral rather the ash content. Phil Does it matter how much ash is in the food? Or just certain minerals? >> I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find information >> regarding the ash content in "Happy Trails Complete Nutrition" cat food. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Phil > Does it matter how much ash is in the food? Or just certain minerals? The content of individual minerals is more important than the total ash content. The primary minerals of interest are magnesium and phosphorus- you want to keep mag. down to about 0.022% as fed (0.083% DMB) max and phosphorus at about 0.18% as fed (0.80% DMB). The mag and phos levels are about the same in equal quality dry and canned food. However, dry food is less digestible than equal quality canned food- thus, the cat needs to eat more food and in doing so, will consume more magnesium and phosphorus. That's just one of reasons why canned food is better for cats than dry food. |
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