Dr. Joy Kong explains that kibble contains only 8-10% moisture while cats need 60-70%, and the high-heat processing destroys nutrient bioavailability. Manufacturers add back vitamins to meet regulatory minimums, not to optimize health, leaving cats vulnerable to chronic disease.
Feeding a cat kibble is the worst thing a pet owner could do to set them up for chronic disease situation. These kibbles are about 8 to 10% moisture because the heat has eliminated most of the moisture. You'd be wanting around 60 to 70% moisture in a diet. We've killed the bioavailability of the nutrients. If you look at a label of a kibble, you'll notice a lot of the vitamins and minerals are added back in. That is because they were killed. But those aren't bioavailable. They're just meeting the minimum standards of aafco. But what most people don't realize that those are minimum requirements. They're not optimal requirement.
