AAFCO Its Chinese name is: American Feed Management Official Association.
Before 1956, AAFCO didn't care much about the pet food market, and the National Research Council (NRC) was the first institution to make suggestions on pet nutrition. But NRC only wrote down the simplest nutritional requirements, and did not suggest which foods to get from. AAFCO also considers the "composition" of nutritional sources. So AAFCO defines meat, poultry, meat by-products, poultry and other raw materials. At the same time, he also put forward the basic nutritional requirements for dogs and cats according to the NRC report, and pet food companies used this suggestion to design their own pet food content. Usually, pet food companies will set the nutrition provided by their pet food to be higher than the basic needs locked by AAFCO to ensure that they can meet the requirements.
So there is a phenomenon that you can also see a line on the introduction page of prescription pet food (which can only be bought in animal hospitals). The feeding experiment of AAFCO confirmed that XXX (pet food name) provides balanced and complete nutrition for adult dogs to eat for a long time.
Imported pet food is measured by AAFCO ingredient standard, so how to judge the quality of domestic pet food? The best way is to choose those well-known and common pet foods, such as small and medium-sized adult dog food in Lu Bao, which is designed for the special nutritional needs of small and medium-sized dogs. The unique small triangle tooth-strengthening granules contain more concentrated good nutrition, which makes the little ones healthy and energetic every day. The performance of "Five Healthy Vitality" is a good proof of Lu Bao's high-quality nutrition, and it is a model of excellent pet food.