In this recipe, lush New Zealand land meets cool, blue, pristine sea. Wild, whole blue mackerel from the remote waters around New Zealand. Mackerel is a rich source of Omega-3 fatty acids to support brain, skin, and coat health.
Your cat will love the delicious flavors, and you’ll love the effect it has on their health.
Features
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92% PeakPrey® ratios of meat, organs, seafood, bone.
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10% Z-BOOST® superfoods blend.
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Use as a complete and balanced meal, a nutritious topper, or a delicious treat.
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Free from grains, potatoes, glycerin, and rendered meat or meals.
Storage instructions
Refrigerate once opened and use within 7 days.
Benefits
Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids
Found throughout the body, especially the brain and eyes. As you might expect, these nutrients are crucial for supporting healthy brain function, growth, and development (particularly for puppies and kittens). But they also play an important role in helping your pet’s blood vessels, heart, immune system, and lungs work properly.
They’re also great for supporting healthy skin and coat. Poultry is an important source of Omega-6 fatty acids, while New Zealand green mussels and other seafoods are a good source of Omega-3 fatty acids.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Glucosamine is a combination of ‘glucose’, a sugar, and ‘glutamine’, an amino acid. It helps form and repair cartilage. Together, they’re ideal for building healthy joints and resisting joint tissue breakdown - particularly crucial for our senior pets and puppies. Beef, lamb, poultry, and bones are a good source of these nutrients.
Taurine
An amino acid and one of the building blocks of all proteins. Necessary to maintain normal vision, digestion, heart muscle function, and to maintain a healthy immune system. Dogs can make taurine, but cats rely on taurine exclusively from their diets. All animal proteins are an excellent source.
Calcium
Calcium builds and maintains strong bones. But it’s also needed for the heart, muscles, and nerves to function properly. In the wild, cats and dogs would eat bones along with meat to get the calcium they need. We think they have the right idea, so ZIWI Peak recipes include ground bone to reflect what your pet would eat in the wild.
Sodium
Sodium is beneficial for focus and mood, heart and blood health, weight maintenance, and fluid balance. Puppies and kittens require sodium to support healthy growth. Sources include meat and seafood, and salt.
Selenium
Protects cell membranes from oxidative damage and is found in meat and fish.
Pyridoxine (B6)
Glucose generation, red blood cell and nervous system function, hormone regulation, immune response, niacin synthesis, and gene activation. A good source of this especially vital vitamin is fish and white meats.
Methionine
Methionine supports good urinary health, reducing the risk of kidney disease, bladder stones, and struvite crystal formation. This nutrient is important for skin and coat health, eye health, heart health, and more. It is also one of the essential amino acids required and is a precursor to other amino acids like cysteine which can then be converted to taurine by dogs. Fish is a good source, along with meat.
Nutrition
Ingredients
Mackerel, Water Sufficient for Processing, Lamb, Lamb Lung, Chickpeas, Lamb Tripe, Lamb Heart, Lamb Kidney, Lamb Liver, New Zealand Green Mussel, Lamb Bone, DL-Methionine, Dried Kelp, Minerals (Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex), Taurine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid).
AAFCO Statement (Nutritional Adequacy)
ZIWI Peak® Mackerel Recipe is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein (min) |
12% |
| Crude Fat (min) |
3% |
| Crude Fiber (max) |
2% |
| Moisture (max) |
78% |
| Ash (max) |
4% |
| Chondroitin Sulfate (min) |
300 mg/kg |
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| Calorie Content (calculated) |
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| kcal ME / kg |
1075 |
| kcal ME / 185g can |
199 |
| kcal ME / 85g can |
91 |
Feeding
Feeding Directions
Perfect for all breeds and life stages, ZIWI Peak® can be fed as a topper or a complete and balanced meal for cats. Our recipes are nutrient dense, so a little goes a long way—and just like people, each pet is unique. We recommend you monitor your pet’s weight and adjust feeding amounts accordingly.
85g
Adult: For every 3kg / 6.6lb of cat body weight, feed approx 2 cans per day.
Kittens and pregnant or nursing females: feed approx double this amount in 2-3 feedings per day.
185g
Adult: For every 3kg / 6.6lb of cat body weight, feed approx 1 can per day.
Kittens and pregnant or nursing females: feed approx double this amount in 2-3 feedings per day.
