Wholesome animal food for a healthy life

Just how many amino acids are there 

in the best cat food?

Pet Food Allergies

With Petcurean animal food, what are

the most common questions?

Petcurean dog food tips for a 

healthier dog

Petcurean cat food: the nutrients and 

their benefits

Petcurean food:  Antioxidants and

their uses  

Petcurean Pet Food:  Important Supplements

Premium cat food:  Meat and Meal  

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Wholesome animal food for a healthy life

Animals are not capable of extracting the total, or gross, energy of an animal food. Because of that, the energy content of animal foods is measured in several ways: gross energy, digestible energy, and metabolizable energy.

Animals generally eat to their caloric requirements. However, due to sedentary lifestyle, and increased palatability, they sometimes overeat, and must be portion controlled

As well, some raw dog foods, or value-priced food, are not as energy dense as Superpremium Dog Food, and an animal may not consume enough to fulfill its caloric requirements e.g. a pregnant bitch, or a search and rescue dog.

Nutrient utilization depends on digestibility and biological value.

Increasing digestibility of a Premium Pet Food means nothing if the biological value is not present.

Just what is biological Value? (BV).  A term used to describe the amount of amino acid present in a particular nutrient, usually used for determining protein value of foods such as Superpremium Pet Food. The quality of any nutrient is based on its BV.

Animal protein sources generally contain higher BV than plant based protein. It is the relationship of the nutrient digested, absorbed and retained, to the amount digested. The BV of a protein is not in its ability to supply energy, but in its ability to supply amino acids.

Biological Value of some Petcurean pet food ingredients

Egg            100%

Fish Meal     92%

Chicken       85%

Lamb           78%