Standard MealAdult

Lamb & Turkey Meal

lamb&turkey
Guide 3: Pick the life stage

Optimized purely for the adult nutrient profile. The closest fit when every cat at home is grown.

Made withLambChickenEggTurkeyNo beefGrain-freeDairy-free

9 whole foods11 supplements

Formulated to followFEDIAF 2025AAFCO 2014NRC 2006
Total energy
1,000kcal
ME, finished recipe
Energy density
1,077kcal/kg
as fed
Calcium to phosphorus
1.3 : 1
Ca:P ratio
Moisture
77.8%
as fed

Nutrition profile

Protein 50%Fat 46%Carbs 4%
  • Protein50%
  • Fat46%
  • Carbs4%

Share of metabolizable energy, the basis the nutrition standards use

A lamb-forward meal with turkey alongside. Lean lamb shoulder carries most of the protein, turkey thigh adds a second tender meat, and chicken hearts, egg, and a little chicken liver complete it. Tender lamb and turkey, both milder in smell than chicken, make this a real feast for a cat. It suits poultry lovers well: the taste is close enough to feel familiar, yet rotating to it brings a new flavour and a different nutrient profile from the meals they usually eat. The organs are chicken on purpose. Chicken hearts and liver are easy to find fresh all year and cost far less than lamb or turkey organs, so they keep the recipe affordable and simple to shop for. They add a hint of chicken taste; most of the flavour comes from the lamb and the turkey. 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.

A 1x batch feeds a typical 4 kg (9 lb) adult cat for about 4 to 5 days.

Guide 7: How long a batch lasts

The full recipe, with Exact amounts and scaling, step-by-step instructions, and where to source everything, comes with a subscription.

Step-by-step instructions come with the recipe.

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 metabolizable 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.

NutrientRecipe (est.)FEDIAF MinUpper LimitMeet?Balance
Protein & Amino Acids
Protein117.2 g83.3—min
Arginine6.89 g3.3—min
Histidine3.02 g0.87—min
Isoleucine5.38 g1.44—min
Leucine9.24 g3.4—min
Lysine9.43 g1.13—min
Methionine2.98 g0.57—min
Methionine + Cystine4.45 g1.13—min
Phenylalanine4.9 g1.33—min
Phenylalanine + Tyrosine8.89 g5.11—min
Threonine4.85 g1.73—min
Tryptophan1.26 g0.44—min
Valine6.09 g1.7—min
Taurine (canned pet food)0.92 g0.67—min
Fats & Fatty Acids
Fat60.9 g22.5—min
Linoleic acid (ω-6)8.71 g1.67—min
Arachidonic acid (ω-6)1,217 mg20—min
Minerals
Calcium1.7 g1.33—min
Phosphorus1.31 g0.85—min
Potassium2.17 g2—min
Sodium0.55 g0.25—min
Chloride0.74 g0.39—min
Magnesium0.17 g0.13—min
Trace Elements
Copper1.91 mg1.675.72legalminmax
Iodine0.52 mg0.432.25legalminmax
Iron29.8 mg26.7139.4legalminmax
Manganese1.96 mg1.6734.8legalminmax
Selenium (wet diets)110.3 µg87.5—min
Zinc28.4 mg2546.4legalminmax
Vitamins
Vitamin A12,934.5 IU1,110100,000minmax
Vitamin D187.4 IU83.3464.1legalminmax
Vitamin E63.9 IU47.7†—min
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)6.4 mg1.47—min
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)8.53 mg1.05—min
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)10.3 mg1.92—min
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)5.29 mg0.83—min
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)31 µg5.87—min
Vitamin B3 (Niacin)70 mg10.5—min
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid)691.8 µg253—min
Vitamin B7 (Biotin)128.4 µg20—min
Choline941.1 mg800—min

† Base minimum raised to account for this recipe’s polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) content.

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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