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TCfeline Original Premix for Cats of All Ages

A premix that transforms fresh meat into complete homemade cat food for kittens, adult cats, and pregnant or nursing queens.

Why Can’t We Just Feed Mice?

It is a question we asked ourselves three decades ago, and one many cat owners eventually ask themselves. If mice are the natural food of cats, why not simply feed mice?

The answer is that you can. Zoos, wildlife rehabilitation centres, and some cat owners do exactly that. But feeding whole prey every day is expensive, inconvenient, and impractical for most households. The biological ideal collides with the practical realities of everyday life.

TCfeline Original solves that problem by asking another question: What if we could recreate the nutritional composition of a mouse using fresh meat as the foundation and a premix that bridges the nutritional gap between meat and prey?

The result is a practical way to apply the principles of prey feeding using familiar grocery-store meats. Compared with feeding whole prey, it is easier to source, more affordable, and more compatible with the cultural norms and practical realities of everyday family life. For more than thirty years, that idea has been refined in TCfeline Original.

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Why I Developed TCfeline Original

Can You Really Make Cat Food from Scratch? That is a question many people ask who see greater value in fresh, minimally processed foods than in highly processed convenience foods. If we believe food plays an important role in our own health, is it possible to feed our cats in a way that reflects those same values?

Can an ordinary person keep a feline companion happy and thriving with food they prepare themselves?

Yes, absolutely.

I asked the same question, and it ultimately shaped everything that followed. You have already taken the first steps on that same journey.

We recognised that cats are carnivores adapted to eating small prey. Naturally, we asked: Why not simply feed mice? It soon became clear that feeding mice every day presents practical, ethical, and financial challenges for most households.

The next logical step is prey-model raw feeding. It captures many of the principles of natural prey while making homemade feeding more accessible. Yet here, too, questions arise. How closely should meat, organs, and bone resemble a real prey animal? Which ratios are correct? How much variation is acceptable? Can we be certain that what works in theory will continue to support a cat through growth, adulthood, pregnancy, and old age?

Many people eventually arrive at the same conclusion I did: perhaps it is possible to prepare cat food from fresh ingredients with a recipe without having to reproduce an entire prey animal in every detail.

The next challenge is surprisingly ordinary. Preparing each batch means buying a long list of separate ingredients, crushing tablets, emptying capsules, and accurately measuring numerous powders. None of it is particularly difficult, but repeating the process every couple of weeks for years can become tedious.

Finding a simpler way to make homemade cat food became the beginning of TCfeline Original.

Rather than buying and measuring numerous individual supplements every time you prepare food, TCfeline Original brings them together in a single premix. Preparing homemade food becomes simpler, safer, more consistent, and more affordable while allowing you to remain in control of the ingredient that matters most: the meat.

Product at a Glance

Net Weight
720 g premix

Makes
18 recipe batches

Total Yield
Approximately 23.4 kg of finished cat food

Feeds One Average Cat
Approximately 180 days

Cost of Premix
About $0.41 per day

Storage
Store tightly sealed in a cool, dry place. In the freezer is a great place.

Gelatin (Porcine), Whey Protein Isolate, MCHA Calcium (Bovine Bone), Calcium Carbonate, dehydrated Antarctic Krill, Taurine, Sodium Chloride, Iron Bisglycinate, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Succinate (Vitamin E), Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3, Potassium Iodide, Methylcobalamin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, D-Biotin.

Nutritional information for TCfeline Original per 40 gram premix. (values are for the premix powder only. Not for the finished food)

Laboratory AnalysisFortified with
Weight40 gramTaurine1,830 mg
Moisture6 %Vitamin A (Retinol)4016 IU
Energy106 kcal per 20 gVitamin D3298 IU
Fat1.16 gVitamin E45.5 mg
Protein24 gThiamine (B1)2.1 mg
Total Ash12.5 gRiboflavin (B2)300 mcg
Crude Fibrenegl.Folic Acid (B9)210 mcg
Carbohydratesnegl.Biotin (B7)27 mcg
Calcium3,804 mgIodine2.1 mg
Phosphorus1034 mg
Potassium45 mg
Sodium268 mg
Magnesium46 mg
Iron9.2 mg
Copper0.28 mg
Manganese0.1 mg
Zinc0.8 mg

Is TCfeline Original Right for Your Cat?

Prey-Model Feeding

TCfeline Original is ideal for those who appreciate the principles of prey-model feeding but prefer a simpler, more practical way to prepare homemade cat food. It brings together the nutritional benefits of prey feeding without requiring whole prey or complex recipe formulation.

✓ A practical approach to prey-model feeding.

Illustration of a mother cat with kittens representing growth and reproduction.

Kittens & Queens

TCfeline Original is formulated to support healthy development, growth, pregnancy, and lactation. Simply feed enough food to meet the higher energy needs of these life stages. No additional calcium, vitamins, or other supplements are required.

✓ Formulated for growth and reproduction.

Scale The Recipe

Prepare as little or as much food as you like. Whether making a single day’s meals or a month’s supply, the recipe scales easily without recalculating individual supplements every time you prepare a batch.

✓ Uncomplicated to adapt to the recipe size of your choice.

Illustration representing cats living with chronic kidney disease.

Not For older Cats!

TCfeline Original is intended for kittens, healthy adult cats, and reproduction. From approximately twelve years of age, or for cats with chronic kidney disease, TCfeline Special Formula is generally the more appropriate choice.

✗ Switch to Special Formula as nutritional needs change.

How TCfeline Original is Different

What is a Prey-Model Raw Diet? Many households already feed their cats a prey-model raw diet without thinking of it that way, simply by allowing them access to the outdoors. The term “prey-model raw diet” is widely used within the raw feeding community by cat owners who prefer not to let their cats roam, but wish to feed them in a way that respects their biology as hunters and obligate carnivores.

There is no universally accepted definition of prey-model raw feeding. At its simplest, it describes a raw diet that uses the natural prey of wild cats as the biological and nutritional reference. Fresh, raw animal tissues should provide the overwhelming majority of nutrients, assembled to reproduce the nutritional composition of whole prey.

The objective is not simply to feed raw meat, but to recreate, as closely as practical, the nutritional characteristics of the whole prey a cat would naturally consume. This distinguishes prey-model feeding from diets that rely primarily on processed foods or nutrient standards developed independently of a cat’s evolutionary diet.

While the philosophy is widely shared among raw feeders, there is no single universally accepted method of putting it into practice. Today, three broad approaches are commonly found.

Whole-Prey Feeding

Whole-prey feeding provides intact prey animals such as mice, rats, rabbits, chicks or quail. Because the cat consumes the entire animal, this approach most closely reflects the natural feeding behaviour and diet of wild felines. For this reason, whole prey remains the biological benchmark against which other feeding methods are often compared.

Ratio-Based Prey-Model Feeding

Many raw feeders recreate whole prey by combining pieces of domestic meats according to predetermined proportions of muscle meat, edible bone, liver and other organs, and even attempt to include fur. This ratio-based prey-model feeding approximates the nutritional composition of prey by assembling anatomical proportions of individual animal parts.

Although this method follows the same biological philosophy as whole-prey feeding, it depends on obtaining a suitable selection of meats, bones and a variety of organs, and assumes that these ingredients collectively reproduce the nutritional qualities of natural prey.

Nutrient- and observation-calibrated prey-model feeding

A third approach begins with the same biological philosophy, but achieves that goal through nutritional formulation rather than anatomical imitation.

This is the approach used by TCfeline.

The development of TCfeline went beyond the anatomical examination of prey and the approximate reconstruction of its tissues with fresh domestic meats. It went a step further. Laboratory analyses of wild mice allowed individual nutrients to be calibrated more closely to natural prey. Long-term feeding observations involving generations of Feline Future study cats then further refined Feline Future’s feeding method to examine user-friendliness over long periods of time, acceptance by cats, digestibility and nutritional efficacy for all life stages.

Some ingredients remained unchanged because they closely reflected natural prey. Muscle meat, animal fat and liver remained fundamental throughout the development of the diet. Other components evolved in response to practical experience. Nutrients traditionally supplied by difficult-to-source organs and blood, such as iron, sodium and iodine are provided in a more practical form as supplements. Bone is supplied as MCHA to improve consistency of intake, maintain a reliable calcium to phosphorus ratio, increase bioavailability and improve safety without departing from the prey model. Although this may seem counterintuitive, finely ground bone may more closely reproduce the way small prey is naturally consumed than repeatedly feeding comparatively large poultry or rabbit bones. The later can lead to what we called here “chicken neck fatigue”, when cats begin avoiding chewing larger bones. Cats evolved eating the delicate skeletons of mice and small birds, not the much larger bones of domestic livestock.

TCfeline represents a distinct implementation of prey-model raw feeding—one that predates the later codification of ratio-based prey-model feeding and developed independently from the same biological principles. Throughout its evolution, the objective remained unchanged. Prey remained the nutritional blueprint. Three decades of feeding cats shaped the implementation.

How to prepare cat food with TCfeline Original

Step 1: Choose Your Recipe

Standard Recipe
  • 40 g  TCfeline Original
  • 250 ml water
  • 100 g ground raw liver
  • 900 g  lean raw meat without bone
Yields 10 portions of 130 gram each.

For kittens and queens and ideal for any adult cat.

With Freeze Dried Liver
  • 40 g  TCfeline Original
  • 20 g freeze dried liver
  • 250 ml  water
  • 900 g lean raw meat without bone
Yields 9 portions of 130 gram each.

For any healthy adult cat when adding raw liver is an obstacle to homemade cat food.

With Cooked Meat
  • 40 g TCfeline Original
  • 20 g  freeze dried liver
  • 250 ml water
  • 900 g lean raw meat without bone for cooking
Yields 9 portions of 130 gram each.

For any healthy adult cat. Choose when using cooked meat is preferred.

Step 2: Preparing the Food

Weigh the ingredients using a digital kitchen scale for the greatest accuracy. Metric measurements provide the most precise and consistent results. However, for those accustomed to preparing recipes by volume, the approximate equivalents are:

• 40 g TCfeline Original = 1/4 cup (level)
• 250 ml water = 1 cup
• 100 g raw liver = 1/2 cup (level)
• 20 g freeze-dried liver powder = 1/2 cup (level)
• 900 g fresh, raw meat = 2 pounds (lbs)

Digital kitchen scales have become inexpensive and are one of the simplest ways to prepare recipes accurately. Once you become familiar with the process, weighing ingredients is often faster and more reliable than measuring by volume.

Water is added for texture. You can adjust the amount of water up or down to achieve the consistency your cat prefers. When preparing the cat food with meat chunks, less water is preferred to make the premix sticky and cling to the meat, instead of being left as an uneaten soup in the cat’s bowl.

Choose fresh, lean meat without skin, bone, or liver blended into it. Ground meat is the most digestible option. Ground meat may be purchased ready-ground or ground at home.

When preparing cooked food, combine the raw meat and water in a pot. Cover and cook gently over low heat until the meat reaches a safe internal temperature of 74°C (165°F). Do not discard the cooking liquid. Allow the meat to cool to room temperature, then stir the cooking liquid back into the meat before adding the premix. TCfeline Original contains heat-sensitive nutrients and should never be cooked. For a smoother pâté-like texture, the finished food can be blended with a stick blender. However, because homemade food contains no gums or stabilisers, its texture will differ from canned food. Some cats readily accept the smoother texture, while others prefer the cooked meat left unblended. If your cat is reluctant to eat cooked homemade food, the texture may be the reason rather than the flavour. Raw meat generally provides the texture most readily accepted by cats.

When preparing the Recipe With Cooked Meat, use freeze-dried liver instead of cooking fresh liver. B-vitamins are preserved during freeze-drying, but are largely destroyed during cooking. Freeze-dried liver is available as single ingredient dog treat cubes at most pet food stores. It can be pulverized using a dedicated coffee bean grinder and then added as a powder to the recipe instead of fresh liver.

A Different Approach

TCfeline Original is designed to produce a nutritionally complete prey-model diet using fresh, raw, boneless ground meat. However, those familiar with ratio-based prey-model feeding may prefer to prepare the meat portion in a way that reflects the style of preparation they have become accustomed to, such as using meat chunks and incorporating a variety of organs. The following variation offers a different approach that preserves the nutritional design of TCfeline Original while accommodating this familiar method of preparation.

  • 40 g (1/4 cup level) TCfeline Original
  • 60 ml (1/4 cup) water
  • 2 raw egg yolks (no egg white)
  • 50 g raw kidney
  • 100 g raw liver
  • 200 g raw heart
  • 650 g muscle meat (15-20% fat)

Combine the premix with the water and two egg yolks. The egg yolks help create a sticky sauce that coats the meat cubes, making it less likely that the cat picks out the meat chunks and leaves the supplement. Set the premix sauce aside.

Cut all the meat and organs into cubes small enough that each meal portion contains a balance of ingredients, and of a size your cat can comfortably eat while still providing an opportunity to “chew’. Combine the meat cubes with the premix sauce. The premix supplies nutrients that would normally be obtained from parts of a prey animal not included in this recipe, like from whole bone, blood, spleen and thyroid gland.

Adding fur or additional fibre is unnecessary, as most cats ingest sufficient hair during grooming to fulfill this role naturally.

Choose grass-fed meats to increase the diet’s omega-3 fatty acid content.

Grinding the liver into the premix sauce often improves acceptance by coating the meat cubes with liver flavour.

If your cat consistently licks the sauce from the meat chunks while leaving the chunks behind, or frequently regurgitates meals after eating, ground meat is likely the better choice.

This was the approach used during the early years of the Feline Future feeding trials. Over time, however, I found that using ground meat and limiting the recipe to liver alone made preparation simpler while achieving the same nutritional outcome.

Examples for scaling the recipe

Original Premix in gramWater in gramLiver in gramMeat in gramMeat in poundsYieldPortions
40 g (1/4 C)236 g (1 C)100 g (1/2 C)900 g2 lbs1276 g20 x 64 g = 10 days
20 g ( 2 Tbsp)118 g (1/2 C)50 g (1/4 C)450 g1 lb 638 g10 x 64 g = 5 days
10 g (1 Tbsp)59 g (1/4 C)25 g 2 Tbsp225 g 1/2 lb (8 oz)319 g5 x 64 g = 2.5 days
5 g (1/2 Tbsp)30 g (2 Tbsp)12 g 1 Tbsp112 g1/4 lb (4 oz)159 g2.5 x 64g = 1+ day

The Best Start Lasts a Lifetime

Understanding Energy Density

Kittens, pregnant queens, and nursing mothers place the greatest nutritional demands on any feeding program. Yet they do not require a different recipe—only more of it. Whether we are talking about wild cats hunting natural prey, homemade food, or a commercial diet, if the food is correctly formulated per unit of energy, increasing food intake automatically increases every nutrient that scales with energy demand. Understanding this reveals one of the elegant principles behind TCfeline Original.

One of the most common questions people ask is whether kittens or breeding queens need additional calcium, vitamins, or other supplements while eating TCfeline Original.

The answer is no—

A kitten or queen does not need a different mouse.

They simply need more mice.

Every mouse contains protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, trace minerals, and energy in the correct proportions needed by the cat. As mothers enter late gestation and lactation, and as kittens grow, their energy requirements increase dramatically – often to four times the amount required to maintain a healthy, non-breeding adult cat. By eating more prey, they automatically consume more of every nutrient required for healthy development, lactation, and growth.

TCfeline Original follows exactly the same principle.

Because the recipe is balanced relative to its energy content, feeding more food automatically increases protein, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, and trace minerals in the correct proportions. The nutrient balance remains unchanged—the only thing that changes is the amount of food consumed.
That is why the same recipe supports kittens, pregnant queens, nursing mothers, and healthy adult cats. There is no need to add extra calcium or vitamin supplements. Simply feeding enough food to meet the increased energy requirement naturally provides everything else they need.

Veterinary professionals calculate the daily food portion for kittens  by first determining Resting Energy Requirement (RER) and then Daily Energy Requirement (DER). There are separate formulas  to calculate daily food portion for kittens weighing under 2kg (typically under 4 months old) and over 2kg (typically over 4 months old)

Here is a nice Feeding Reference Table. Food amounts rounded to nearest gram for simplicity

Kitten WeightFormula TypeRER (kcal)DER (kcal)Food per Day (g)Example Portion (6 meals/day)
1.0 kgUnder 2 kg70.0175.0122 g6 × 20 g
1.25 kgUnder 2 kg82.8207.0145 g6 × 24 g
1.5 kgUnder 2 kg94.7236.8166 g6 × 28 g
2.0 kgOver 2 kg130.0325.0227 g6 × 38 g
2.2 kgOver 2 kg136.0340.0238 g6 × 40 g
2.5 kgOver 2 kg145.0362.5253 g6 × 42 g

Why You Can Trust This Approach

You only get one opportunity to support healthy pregnancy, normal development, and the healthy growth of a kitten. Those early decisions help lay the foundation for lifelong health while reducing the risk of some nutrition-related conditions that can affect cats later in life.

I understand what is at stake. That is why TCfeline Original was never released after just a short feeding trial or a laboratory calculation. It has been carefully formulated, continuously refined, and put to the test with all healthy life stages over and over again.

The formulation of TCfeline Original began with a simple question: What nutrients does a cat naturally obtain from its prey? The answer came from studying the composition of prey animals, sending real mice for nutritional analysis, and translating the results into a practical recipe using fresh meat. The nutrient composition of the finished recipe was then compared with well-established industry benchmarks, including the nutrient profiles developed by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) and the nutrient requirements established by the National Research Council (NRC).

Scientific formulation, however, is only the beginning. For decades, TCfeline Original has been continuously evaluated through the Feline Future study group.

Every refinement made to TCfeline Original over the years has been guided by observation, practical experience, and an ongoing commitment to understanding feline nutrition more deeply. Today, my confidence in TCfeline Original does not come from nutritional analyses or from meeting industry standards alone. It comes from watching this recipe support cats through every healthy stage of life—from growing kittens to active adults and through normal pregnancy and successful lactation whenever those stages formed part of the study. It is the formula I have trusted with every generation of my own cats, and I would never hesitate to feed it to the most vulnerable kitten, valuable breeding queen, or the most loved cat in my care.

Choose the Right Meat

Fresh meats intended for human consumption are the best choice for use with TCfeline Original. Suitable sources include your local grocery store, butcher, farm gate purchases, or legally hunted game meats. Always choose boneless meats. TCfeline Original already contains the calcium, phosphorus and magnesium needed to replicate the mineral content of natural prey, so additional bone should not be included.

Cats evolved to eat a diet consisting primarily of small mammal prey, such as mice. We can closely replicate this by choosing lean red meats. Above all, cats seem to prefer dark red game meats, such as venison. Goat and lamb are excellent alternatives, followed by bison and grass-fed beef. These meats can be expensive when purchased at retail prices, so blending them with extra lean pork, which cats also readily enjoy, is an excellent way to reduce cost.

Beef can occasionally be problematic for some cats. Even lean beef is often higher in fat than other red meats and may not be as well tolerated by cats with sensitive digestion.

Although poultry is a popular choice for homemade cat food, raw poultry carries a greater risk of Salmonella contamination, as well as seasonal avian influenza. For this reason, poultry may be best kept off the menu or fed only after cooking. E. coli is not a concern. Cats are considered resistant to it and it forms part of the normal intestinal flora of cats and plays a role in the synthesis of vitamin K.

Choosing the Right Fat Content

Natural prey is surprisingly lean. Therefore, the meats selected for homemade cat food should also be lean to extra lean. Cats have not evolved to consume large amounts of fat, and excessive dietary fat may place unnecessary strain on the pancreas and liver. Conversely, meats such as skinless chicken or turkey breast are generally too lean to be used on their own.

Ground Meat or Meat Chunks?

Although cats naturally “chew” prey into smaller pieces before swallowing it, experience has shown that finely ground meat works best when preparing homemade cat food. Ground meat blends more thoroughly with the premix and added water, creating a uniform mixture. It is also easier for most cats to eat, as they tend to prefer lapping their food. Preparing the diet with chunks of meat may result in some of the premix mixture being left behind in the dish, or occasionally cause cats to regurgitate pieces that take longer to break down in the stomach.

Ground meat can be purchased ready-prepared or freshly ground at home. As with all meats used with TCfeline Original, choose boneless cuts only. Do not grind meats containing bone, such as chicken or rabbit, as TCfeline Original already supplies the necessary calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

The Inconvenience of Adding Liver

Fresh liver is an important ingredient in TCfeline Original recipes and remains the preferred choice whenever practical. It is an inexpensive, minimally processed food that most closely reflects the liver a cat would naturally consume as part of its prey every day.

Fortunately, preparing fresh liver need not become a chore. Buying liver in larger quantities, grinding it once, and freezing it in 100 g (½ cup) portions makes future batches of homemade cat food quick and convenient to prepare. For example, for a single cat, preparing just 18 – 100 g portions (1.8 kg) of liver provides enough for about six months of homemade cat food.

Most grocery stores carry fresh liver, although it may only be available on certain days of the week. Ask your butcher when fresh liver is stocked and purchase enough to prepare several months’ worth at one time.

There is no need to match the type of liver with the type of meat used in the recipe. Beef, pork, lamb or chicken liver may all be used. However, remember that raw poultry liver carries the same Salmonella risk as other raw poultry products.

Using Freeze-Dried Liver

If fresh liver is the only obstacle standing between you and homemade feeding, freeze-dried liver can be used as a practical alternative for adult cats.

Freeze-dried liver offers convenience and stores well, but it is a processed product and considerably more expensive than fresh liver. Whenever practical, fresh liver remains the preferred choice because it stays true to the philosophy of preparing homemade cat food from fresh, minimally processed ingredients.

Freeze-dried liver should not replace fresh liver when preparing food for kittens or pregnant or lactating queens, where fresh liver remains the recommended choice.

Freeze-dried liver cubes are available from most pet stores. They can be ground into a fine powder using a dedicated coffee grinder and added during food preparation in place of fresh liver.

Recipe Size and Freezing the Cat Food

The standard TCfeline Original recipes prepare approximately 10 days’ worth of food. Over many years this has proven to be a practical batch size. It keeps preparation time to a minimum, requires only modest freezer space, and means preparing cat food only about three times per month.

But the recipes are easy to scale up or down to suit your preferred food preparation routine. Some people enjoy preparing fresh food every day or two, while others prefer making larger batches that last several weeks. The standard recipe represents a practical balance that has worked well for me over many years, but you are free to prepare as much or as little as best fits your own schedule.

Unless you prepare fresh food every day or two, homemade cat food must be frozen for storage.

How to Freeze

Over the years I have experimented with many ways of freezing homemade cat food, and one method has consistently proven to be the most convenient: individual silicone cupcake moulds.

Silicone moulds are inexpensive, reusable, unbreakable, and easy to clean. They are also safe for the freezer, microwave and dishwasher.

Set out the required number of silicone cupcake moulds on a tray that fits into your freezer. Portion the prepared food into ¼-cup or ½-cup sized moulds and freeze.

Rather than removing the food from the moulds once frozen, leave each portion in its silicone cup during storage. This helps protect the food from freezer burn and makes thawing especially convenient. Turning the filled moulds upside down on the tray after freezing also helps protect the exposed top surface of the food from freezer burn.

Before feeding, simply place the mould in the refrigerator to thaw overnight or microwave it for about 30 seconds on “speed defrost” when needed. Transfer to a serving dish, rinse the cupcake mould, and it’s ready for when you make the next batch of cat food. There is no packaging waste and minimal labour.

Ideas for Multi-Cat Households

If you have several cats, freezing individual portions may result in a large number of individual silicone moulds to wash. In that case, you may find it more convenient to freeze a larger volume of food instead, such as the total amount of food consumed by all the cats in the household each day.

Another option is to mix and freeze only the meat and liver in daily quantities. When needed, thaw one package and add it to the premix and water. Then feed.

For example, a household with five cats might prepare thirty packages containing a mixture of 450 g meat and 50 g liver. Each day, thaw one package, mix 20 g TCfeline Original premix and ½ cup water, ass the meat-liver bland, then feed the freshly prepared food throughout the day.

How Much Should I Feed My Cat?

Cats evolved to hunt small prey frequently throughout the day. An average adult cat requires approximately the same amount of energy as five mice per day. At about 30 g each, this represents roughly 150 g of whole prey.

Food prepared with TCfeline Original does not contain indigestible prey components such as fur, stomach contents and digestive tract, which contribute bulk but relatively little nutritional value. As a result, it is more calorie dense. 130 g of homemade cat food provides as much energy as 150 g whole prey.

For most adult cats, divide the daily portion into two or three meals throughout the day. Two meals of 65 g (¼ cup) each work well for many cats.

Daily food requirements will naturally vary. Larger or particularly active cats will require more food, while smaller or less active cats may require less. Food intake also increases substantially during pregnancy, lactation and growth. These special life stages were discussed in more detail earlier on this page.