I've heard that the optimal pH for cat food is around 6.4. Does that apply to dry food as well? I'm asking because I visited Felidae's site the other day and noticed that the pH of their dry cat food is 5.5. Is that common for dry foods?
Before the advent of commercial diets, owners fed cats organ meats that are low in calcium and high in phosphorus. This led to nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism. In the 1980s, scientists linked a high incidence of struvite stones to high pH levels in food. And in the 1990s, scientists found that feeding acidifying diets to cats with struvite stones lead to an increased incidence of oxalate stones. Diets were reformulated to a more neutral pH. "The ideal pH is 6.5," says Dr Greco, which is the pH found in a mouse.
I also emailed a couple other companies today for comparison purposes, just in case I decided to try a different brand of dry food.Q. Hi. In regards to your dry cat + kitten food, on your site you mention that the food has a pH level of 5.5. Now is that the pH of the food itself, or the pH of a cat's urine after eating the food? If that value is for the food itself, would you be able to provide me with the other value? Thanks.
A. Yes, the ph listed is the food itself, the resulting urine ph would then be a average 6.0. :-)
I'm still waiting on replies from Wellness and Nutrience (a popular chain store brand here).All of Naturaâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s feline formulas are formulated to produce a slightly acidic urine with the average urine pH being 6.4-6.6.
Thanks for taking the time to do that. Let us know what they say?Originally Posted by wmarcello
I'm still waiting on replies from Wellness and Nutrience (a popular chain store brand here).
i emailed wellness a couple weeks ago. this is what i got back.Originally Posted by wmarcello
I'm still waiting on replies from Wellness and Nutrience (a popular chain store brand here).
ORIJEN cat foods are about pH 5.5, with resulting urine slightly higher
(about pH 6).