Biochemical studies between premium, normal and economy wet cat food in Malaysian market

Proximate analysis was determined in wet cat food of fish flavour. From the Food Regulation 1985, the basic nutrient content required in food labeling is amount of energy, protein, carbohydrates and fat. The study presents, the determination percentage of Moisture Content, Crude Protein, Digestible Protein, Crude Fat, Carbohydrate, Crude Ash and pH in three brands of wet cat food sample. The wet cat food samples are then further analysed their significant value between Premium, Normal and Economy brand with AAFCO standard. From the study conducted, it shows that there were significant differences between the three brands of samples in term of Crude Protein, Digestible Protein, Crude Fat and Crude Ash. There were significant differences in terms of Moisture Content and Carbohydrate for Premium-Normal and Premium-Economy brands but no significance difference for Normal-Economy brand. Value of pH showed that significance difference between Premium-Normal brand meanwhile no significance differences between Premium-Economy and Normal-Economy brands.