Need Maxximum Nutrition Info

Disclaimer: This isn't a thread to debate whether this is a good food or not. I am helping a friend and just need some information.

I'm trying to figure out how much to feed of Maxximum Nutrition's Puppy formula to a puppy. Being in school now I want to do it the "technical" way and calculate the puppy's RER and figure out it's kcal requirements. Only problem is I can not find any information on the food ANYWHERE!! I know it's by walmart but I really didn't want to have to go through the guaranteed analysis and figure out the kcal by hand, because it's usually off by a lot when I do it that way (since it isn't taking all ingredients into consideration, just the ones included in the guaranteed analysis).

So my question is, is there a site just for the food, or somewhere has someone else already figured out the kcal for the puppy formula? If nothing else I will do it by the guaranteed analysis but was hoping there was a site somewhere that has that information already.

Guess Canidae has spoiled me; they have it listed right on their site and bags, haha.

Wait, the bag doesn't tell you how many Kcals are in a cup? Do you have the bag with you? I thought that was a requirement for AAFCO certification.

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Originally Posted by Giselle

Wait, the bag doesn't tell you how many Kcals are in a cup? Do you have the bag with you? I thought that was a requirement for AAFCO certification.

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No, kcals are not required for AAFCO. They aren't mandatory. However there are guidelines IF they choose to put them on there (as in per cup, per kg, etc). I can't remember the exact specifications though, maybe i'll dig through my notes later.

And yes I have a bag but they aren't on there :(

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Still need some info and help if you can, please :D

Thank you!

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