Feline Diabetes Carbohydrate Calculator

This is a useful tool to calculate the percentage of carbohydrates in cat food from analytical values on the food label.
Questo è uno strumento utile per calcolare la percentuale di carboidrati in alimenti per gatti.

Protein (%): Enter the percentage of protein. Inserisci la percentuale di proteine. Fat (%): Enter the percentage of fat. Inserisci la percentuale di grassi. Moisture (%): Enter the percentage of moisture. Inserisci la percentuale di umidità. Ash (%): Enter the percentage of ash. Inserisci la percentuale di ceneri. Fiber (%): Enter the percentage of fiber. Inserisci la percentuale di fibre.

Carbohydrate Calculation Explained

This calculator estimates the carbohydrate content of cat food using the following steps:

Calculate carbohydrates by difference: Carbohydrates are computed as 100 minus the sum of protein, fat, moisture, ash, and fiber percentages.
carbohydrates = 100 - (protein + fat + moisture + ash + fiber);
Calculate total kilocalories (kCal): Using modified Atwater factors, total energy is calculated from protein, fat, and carbohydrates.
total_kCal = (protein * 3.5) + (fat * 8.5) + (carbohydrates * 3.5);
Calculate the percentage of carbohydrates per calorie: This is determined by dividing the energy contribution of carbohydrates by the total caloric content and then multiplying by 100 to get a percentage.
percent_carbohydrates_per_kCal = (carbohydrates * 3.5 / total_kCal) * 100;