Premium diets are associated with which outcome?

• A. less nutritious, more waste produced
• B. more required to feed, less absorbed, more waste from undigestable products
• C. no effect on waste produced
• D. less required to feed, more absorbed, less waste produced

Answer: (D)

Premium diets are designed to be highly digestible and nutrient-dense. When the ingredients are of high quality, more of the energy and nutrients you feed are absorbed by the animal instead of passing through the gut. That means the animal can meet its needs with less total feed, and there’s less undigested material to become waste. So the outcome is that less feed is required and more of what is eaten is absorbed, resulting in less waste produced.