Tag: Causes of Dog Diabetes
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7 Things to Know When Reading a Pet Food Label: Carbohydrates, NFE, and Dry Matter Explained
1. Guaranteed analysis numbers are useful, but foods with very different moisture contents should not be compared at face value. 2. NFE estimates the carbohydrate-containing fraction by difference; it is not a direct laboratory measurement of a single nutrient called carbohydrate. 3. Dry matter conversion helps compare foods on a similar moisture basis. Neither NFE…