Chicken & Salmon Meal
Optimized purely for the adult nutrient profile. The closest fit when every cat at home is grown.
Macronutrient breakdown
% of metabolisable energyTypical analysis
% by weight, as fedDry matter basis
% of dry matter — for comparing across foodsA chicken meal with salmon alongside. Chicken thigh and chicken breast carry most of the protein; chicken hearts, skin-on salmon, egg, a little chicken liver, and butternut squash complete it. It is built for chicken lovers. All the meat is chicken, so nothing about the taste is new to a cat that already likes it, and the salmon turns a familiar meal into a feast; cats take to this pairing readily. It makes a good home base between rotations and a natural first choice for a cat new to home-cooked food. When your cat could use a change from chicken, our other chicken meals bring in a second meat, from lamb and beef to turkey and duck. Both cuts have a job: the thigh brings the darker, richer meat and the breast keeps the meal lean, so it feels light and rich at the same time. The salmon brings the omega-3 fats and vitamin D that poultry carries little of, so this recipe needs no fish oil and no vitamin D drops. Most of the nutrition comes from the whole foods; supplements only complete what they cannot cover. It follows the proportions of a prey diet, mostly muscle meat with a little organ and a calcium source, and meets the FEDIAF, AAFCO, and NRC profiles for both variations.
- Chicken breast, boneless skinless
- Chicken thigh, boneless skinless
- Chicken skin (reserved from cuts)
- Butternut squash, raw
- Chicken heart
- Salmon, skin-on
- Whole egg
- white rice long grain unenriched
- Chicken liver
- Eggshell powder
- Kitchen salt
- + 10 supplements — included with the full recipe
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FEDIAF is the European pet food industry federation. Its 2025 nutritional guidelines set the minimum — and, where defined, maximum — nutrient levels for a complete cat food.
Values per 1000 kcal of metabolisable energy (ME). Meet? shows whether the recipe value falls within the FEDIAF min–max range. Balance shows where the value sits within the safe range.
| Nutrient | Recipe (est.) | FEDIAF Min | Upper Limit | Meet? | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protein & Amino Acids | |||||
| Protein | 113.2 g | 83.3 | — | ||
| Arginine | 7.28 g | 3.3 | — | ||
| Histidine | 3.09 g | 0.87 | — | ||
| Isoleucine | 5.51 g | 1.44 | — | ||
| Leucine | 9.44 g | 3.4 | — | ||
| Lysine | 9.47 g | 1.13 | — | ||
| Methionine | 3.1 g | 0.57 | — | ||
| Methionine + Cystine | 4.53 g | 1.13 | — | ||
| Phenylalanine | 4.87 g | 1.33 | — | ||
| Phenylalanine + Tyrosine | 9.03 g | 5.11 | — | ||
| Threonine | 4.91 g | 1.73 | — | ||
| Tryptophan | 1.23 g | 0.44 | — | ||
| Valine | 6.03 g | 1.7 | — | ||
| Taurine (canned pet food) | 1 g | 0.67 | — | ||
| Fats & Fatty Acids | |||||
| Fat | 52.8 g | 22.5 | — | ||
| Linoleic acid (ω-6) | 7.92 g | 1.67 | — | ||
| Arachidonic acid (ω-6) | 1,155.7 mg | 20 | — | ||
| Minerals | |||||
| Calcium | 1.57 g | 1.33 | — | ||
| Phosphorus | 1.27 g | 0.85 | — | ||
| Potassium | 2.12 g | 2 | — | ||
| Sodium | 0.55 g | 0.25 | — | ||
| Chloride | 0.74 g | 0.39 | — | ||
| Magnesium | 0.16 g | 0.13 | — | ||
| Trace Elements | |||||
| Copper | 1.89 mg | 1.67 | 5.68legal | ||
| Iodine | 0.5 mg | 0.43 | 2.23legal | ||
| Iron | 29.5 mg | 26.7 | 138.4legal | ||
| Manganese | 1.86 mg | 1.67 | 34.5legal | ||
| Selenium (wet diets) | 148.8 µg | 87.5 | — | ||
| Zinc | 27.4 mg | 25 | 46.1legal | ||
| Vitamins | |||||
| Vitamin A | 12,111.5 IU | 1,110 | 100,000 | ||
| Vitamin D | 369.6 IU | 83.3 | 7,500 | ||
| Vitamin E | 51.2 IU | 12.7 | — | ||
| Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) | 3 mg | 1.47 | — | ||
| Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 4.7 mg | 1.05 | — | ||
| Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) | 11.1 mg | 1.92 | — | ||
| Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) | 3.95 mg | 0.83 | — | ||
| Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) | 20.3 µg | 5.87 | — | ||
| Vitamin B3 (Niacin) | 52.6 mg | 10.5 | — | ||
| Vitamin B9 (Folic acid) | 505.8 µg | 253 | — | ||
| Vitamin B7 (Biotin) | 123.3 µg | 20 | — | ||
| Choline | 928.6 mg | 800 | — | ||
legal — a regulatory maximum, enforced at this recipe’s dry-matter basis because the recipe includes a supplement for that nutrient.
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