ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe Review

ZiwiPeak Dry Cat Food Review


ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe

Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: lamb and seafood

Est. Calories: 409 cal/100g


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Overall, ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe is a significantly above average cat food, earning 9 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list. For more information on our cat food analysis techniques, please click here.


Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • mutton
  • goat
  • whole kahawai
  • goat tripe
  • mutton lung
  • whole mackerel
  • mutton tripe
  • goat liver
  • mutton liver
  • goat heart
  • goat lung
  • goat kidney

Questionable Ingredients

None

Potential Allergens

  • whole kahawai
  • whole white trevally
  • whole mackerel
  • new zealand green mussel
  • lamb bone

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe's most plentiful ingredient listed is mutton, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains goat, whole kahawai and goat tripe as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, it's worth noting that this product does not list either by-products nor bulk-adding fillers within its top ingredients. By-products are considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients. Common fillers typically used to add bulk to the product are not required in your cat's diet. Together, their combined absence may be indicative of a higher quality product.

Allergen alert: This product contains lamb bone, whole kahawai, whole white trevally, whole mackerel and new zealand green mussel which may be problematic for cats who suffer from lamb or seafood food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 2877 cat foods in our database, ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe has:

  • an average amount of protein
  • significantly fewer carbohydrates than average
  • significantly more fat than average
  • less fiber than average
  • significantly less moisture than an equivalent wet food
In general, cats have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, ZiwiPeak Air-Dried East Cape Recipe has approximately 409 calories per 100g (115 calories/ounce), which is considerably more calories compared to the average of the other dry cat foods in the CatFoodDB.


All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on January 6, 2023.

The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:

Mutton, Goat, Whole Kahawai, Goat Tripe, Whole White Trevally, Mutton Lung, Whole Mackerel, Mutton Tripe, New Zealand Green Mussel, Goat Liver, Mutton Liver, Lamb Bone, Lecithin, Goat Heart, Goat Lung, Goat Kidney, Inulin from Chicory, Dried Kelp, Dried Apple Pomace, Mutton Bone, Minerals (Dipotassium Phosphate, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite), Preservative (Citric Acid, Mixed Tocopherols), Goat Bone, Salt, DL-Methionine, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine.


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the cat food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
38.0%
Fat: (min)
32.0%
Fiber: (max)
3.0%
Carbs: (est)
1.0%
Ash: (est)
12.0%
Moisture: (max)
14.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.

Protein: (min)
44%
Fat: (min)
37%
Fiber: (max)
3%
Carbs: (est)
1%
Ash: (est)
14%
Calories: (est)
409/100g

*Note that nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Optionally, manufacturers may also publish a product's ash content. When they are not published an average of 3% ash for wet food, and 6% ash for dry food, will be used. Because exact nutritional percentages are not available and all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values. Any other manufacturer published values in a product's Guaranteed Analysis is done at the manufacture's discretion, and is not used in any of the calculations done by CatFoodDB.

Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their individual needs.


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