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=== Feeding Guides on Pet Food ===
=== Feeding Guides on Pet Food ===
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!colspan="2" bgcolor="#97C7F7"|TABLE 1: Example feeding guide designed for weight ranges
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!align="center" bgcolor="#D9EAFA"|<i>Food allowance (g/d)</i>
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Most commercially manufactured pet foods provide '''feeding guides on the packaging'''. This is a '''mandatory requirement''' for those that are complete and balanced. The key principles and steps used to calculate food allowances are described in the [[Feeding Guides - Nutrition#How Feeding Guides Are Calculated|next section]]. Understanding how these principles are applied is important, as they determine how much food and energy a pet is advised to eat.
Most commercially manufactured pet foods provide '''feeding guides on the packaging'''. This is a '''mandatory requirement''' for those that are complete and balanced. The key principles and steps used to calculate food allowances are described in the [[Feeding Guides - Nutrition#How Feeding Guides Are Calculated|next section]]. Understanding how these principles are applied is important, as they determine how much food and energy a pet is advised to eat.
The limited physical space available on package labels constrains how much information can be included, and this is a particular challenge for dog products because of the wide size range that needs to be covered. For example, some products provide guidance for discreet weight ranges (table 1), whereas others do this for specific weights (table 2). In both circumstances, owners may need to extrapolate to estimate a food allowance if the weight of their pet falls between these ranges.
The limited physical space available on package labels constrains how much information can be included, and this is a particular challenge for dog products because of the wide size range that needs to be covered. For example, some products provide guidance for discreet weight ranges (table 1), whereas others do this for specific weights (table 2). In both circumstances, owners may need to extrapolate to estimate a food allowance if the weight of their pet falls between these ranges.
[[File:Table 2 Feeding Guides - Nutrition Page.png|thumb|center|300px|Table 2 – example feeding guide, for specific weights]]
[[File:Table 2 Feeding Guides - Nutrition Page.png|thumb|center|300px|Table 2 – example feeding guide, for specific weights]]