Nutrition Week 3- Energy Calculations/Product Guide

What are the top 5 pet food trends?

• Premiumization

• Humanization

• Buying Habits

• Function/Natural Ingredients

• Sustainability

Premiumization vs Humanization

pre- What would the owners be willing to put on their plates

hum- societal attitudes towards pet ownership continue to shift

owners choosing more economic food choices for themselves but not their pets

sustainability and transparency

• decrease plastic

• decrease meat

• “clean label” (natural, plant based, non GMO organic)

____ food is the biggest expense of owners.

Pet

Owners are investing in supplements and vitamins at a ____ rate than a decade ago.

higher

Function/Natural ingredients

• movement away from products with long shelf life

• natural products most commonly searched by owners

• Increased interest in vegan products

• increased interest in organic

____% of pet food was grain free.

40

What are grains?

seeds of grasses cultivated for food called cereal

What is Barley, bran, Rye, and wheat considered?

Grain free

What is corn, cornflour, oats, and rice considered?

Gluten free but grains

Why grain free?

• grains are deleterious for dogs and cats

• allergies are due to grains

What are pulse ingredients?

fine powdered materials from peas, lentils, and chickpeas.

What does aflatoxins produce?

acute hepatic necrosis

What are the 5 reasons to recalls?

• foreign material

• bacterial contamination

• aflatoxins

• nutritional inadequate or excess

• faulty packaging

What do vegan diets include?

• essential amino acids

• digestibility

• bioavailability

____% of owners prepare homemade foods.

10

Most cats and dogs receive ___% of calories from commercial foods.

90

What is the primary concern about homemade diets?

not nutritionally adequate

What are the 3 categories of raw food diet

• commercially avaliable raw food diets

• homemade complete

• combination diet

what helps you determine how much a patient should eat?

patient desired weight

what is RER?

resting energy requirement, the estimate of daily energy needed to sustain essential bodily functions while at rest

how do you calculate RER?

70x (BW in kgs^0.75)

x^y on phone

where should you round when calculating RER?

2 decimal places

how do you calculate daily energy requirement (DER)

multiply RER by coefficient based on life stage and body condition

what influences daily energy requirement?

species, life stage, repro status, activity level

what are the 5 steps to designing a feeding plan?

calculate RER, determine RER, calculate feeding amounts, write instruction for team and clients, send home clearly written instructions

how do you determine the cost of feeding?

DER/food kcal = answer

cost / amount of food = answer 2

answer 2 / answer 1 = cost/day

What are the 4 nutritional goals for Cats and Dogs?

-avoid deficiencies and toxicity

-Promote Longevity

-Promote Health

-Modulate disease when health cannot be achieved

Energy Content is derived from?

• protein

• fat

• carbs

Cats are more for protein and fat.

Diets should be balanced according to its energy content of what 2 things?

-energy limiting

-bulk limiting

Energy is measured in?

kilocalories

What is metabolizable energy?

• energy utilized in the body

• dependent on nutrient composition and species

• vary with overall digestibility and individual metabolic efficiency.

Daily energy requirement (DER)

Average daily energy expenditure of a cat or dog dependent upon stage of life, physiological state and activity