"Joe Canuck" wrote in message
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Perhaps you could also confirm, deny and elaborate on the following as
well:

Does Nutro no long do feeding trials of the cat food products?

That's not a rumor, Joe. The label statement on Nutro products "....is
formulated to meet the nutritional levels estabÂ*lished by the AAFCO Cat Food
Nutrient Profiles for... " means feeding trials were not used to assure
nutritional adequacy (and digestibility) of the diet.

A food that bears the the label statement "Animal feeding tests using AAFCO
procedures substantiate that...." .indicates that feeding trials were used.



Does Nutro now formulate cat food based on least-cost methods?

Why was the proximate analysis of the Nutro foods remove from the
website a while back?

I think the above two are probably related. Nutro can't very well publish
proximate analyses of their diets if the nutritional values of their diets
vary from batch to batch. Still, I'd like to see their answer...

Phil