essentialcare® Adult Formulas for Indoor Cats

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Feeding Guide

Nutritional Adequacy Statement: Dry Formula

Animal feeding tests using Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) procedures substantiate that Purina Veterinary Diets essential care Indoor Formula For Adult Cats provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult cats.

The following feeding program is recommended as a guideline only, with discretionary clinical adjustments for proper weight maintenance.

DRY FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS
WEIGHT AT MATURITY		FEEDING AMOUNT¹
kg	lbs	cups
2-4	5-9	1/3 – 2/3
5-6	10-14	2/3 – 1

Nutritional Adequacy Statement: Canned Formula

CANNED FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS
Feed 1 can per 1.6 kgs (3 1/2 lbs) of body weight daily. Adjust as needed to maintain ideal body condition. Divide daily amounts into 2 or more meals. REFRIGERATE UNUSED PORTION.

¹ Using a standard 250 ml/8 oz measuring cup which contains approximately 112 g of Purina Veterinary Diets^® essentialcare^® Adult Formula For Dogs. Provide fresh water in a clean container daily.
² Kilocalories of metabolizable energy (ME).

Nutrition & Calorie Information

Guaranteed Analysis
	DRY	CANNED
Crude Protein (Min)	40.0 %	11.0%
Crude Fat (Min)	13.5%	2.0%
Crude Fibre (Max)	4.8%	0.9%
Moisture (Max)	12.0%	78.0%
Ash (Max)	–	3.0%
Linoleic Acid (Min)	1.4%	–
Calcium (Ca) (Min)	1.0%	–
Phosphorus (P) (Min)	0.8%	–
Vitamin A (Min)	10,000 IU/kg	–
Vitamin E (Min)	400 IU/kg	–
Glucosamine (Min)	350 ppm	–
Taurine (Min)	0.05%	0.05%
CALORIE CONTENT (ME) (CAL)
	3773 kcal/kg	913 kcal/kg
	1696 kcal/lb	414 kcal/kg
	437 kcal/250 ml (8 oz) cup	78 kcal/85 g (3 oz) can

Ingredients

Ingredients (Dry Formula):

Chicken, brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal, soy protein isolate, dried egg product, wheat flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), fish meal, powdered cellulose, soybean hulls, animal liver flavour, potassium chloride, phosphoric acid, calcium carbonate, salt, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, Vitamin E supplement, taurine, zinc sulphate, ferrous sulphate, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), manganese sulphate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulphate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite. A-4633-C
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Ingredients (Canned Formula):

Water sufficient for processing, salmon, wheat gluten, liver, meat by-products, corn bran, chicken, corn starch-modified, artificial and natural flavors, rice, soy flour, salt, tricalcium phosphate, MINERALS [potassium chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide], taurine, choline chloride, VITAMINS [thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B 2),Vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement], added color. E-4669-C
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