COMPARATIVE STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DRIED FEED FOR YOUTH DOG

The study was made for comparative assessment to the nine kinds of dry food for youth canine large breed, the class with higher nutritional requirements. The products take in the study are from the economic, premium and super premium range. Analyzing the Food Standards from literature and the daily amount recommended by producers we observed that energy needs was provided by six products from all. Five products had the medium recommended value for crude protein (26% -28%) Rest of all has big value until 36%. Compared with untreated fat recommendations (14%) the products take on study have variable value (10% -21%). Ingredients for quality and origin of the products take study have as main ingredient in meat and meat by-product, only one having as main product the cereals. For superpremium products are used whole grains and for most products is obvious that the corn gluten is present in the mixture structure.