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Kaytee Forti-Diet Pro Health Nourish+Protect Hamster and Gerbil Food

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Kaytee Forti-Diet Pro Health Nourish+Protect Hamster and Gerbil Food

  • Small pet
Protein
12% min
Fat
6% min
Fiber
12% max
Moisture
12% max
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Facts read from kaytee.com, checked November 2, 2026. Labels change: check the package before you buy.

Ingredients

  1. 1 Corn
  2. 2 Wheat
  3. 3 Milo
  4. 4 Millet
  5. 5 Sunflower Seed
  6. 6 Dehulled Soybean Meal
  7. 7 Oats
  8. 8 Soybean Hulls
  9. 9 Sun-cured Alfalfa Meal
  10. 10 Sun-cured Timothy Grass Hay
  11. 11 Flax Seed (Source of Omega-3)
  12. 12 Whole Wheat
  13. 13 Peas
  14. 14 Peanuts
  15. 15 Green Split Peas
  16. 16 Oat Groats
  17. 17 Wheat Middlings
  18. 18 Calcium Carbonate
  19. 19 Dicalcium Phosphate
  20. 20 Corn Gluten Meal
  21. 21 Salt
  22. 22 Dried Cane Molasses
  23. 23 Pumpkin Seed
  24. 24 Soybean Oil
  25. 25 Sodium Bentonite
  26. 26 DL-Methionine
  27. 27 Choline Chloride
  28. 28 Pumpkin
  29. 29 Sweet Potato
  30. 30 Sliced Almonds
  31. 31 Coconut Oil
  32. 32 Hydrolyzed Yeast
  33. 33 Lignin Sulfonate
  34. 34 L-Lysine Monohydrochloride
  35. 35 Fructooligosaccharides
  36. 36 Spinach
  37. 37 Cranberry Pulp
  38. 38 Psyllium Seed Husk
  39. 39 Sodium Sesquicarbonate
  40. 40 TetraSodium Pyrophosphate
  41. 41 Titanium Dioxide (Color)
  42. 42 Riboflavin Supplement
  43. 43 Ferrous Sulfate
  44. 44 Vitamin B12 Supplement
  45. 45 Vitamin E Supplement
  46. 46 Zinc Oxide
  47. 47 Manganous Oxide
  48. 48 Niacin
  49. 49 Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K Activity)
  50. 50 Copper Sulfate
  51. 51 Citric Acid
  52. 52 Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative)
  53. 53 Brewers Dried Yeast
  54. 54 Wheat Germ Meal
  55. 55 Vitamin C (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate)
  56. 56 Pot Marigold
  57. 57 Calcium Pantothenate
  58. 58 Vitamin A Acetate
  59. 59 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  60. 60 Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)
  61. 61 Thiamine Mononitrate
  62. 62 Rosemary Extract
  63. 63 Yucca Schidigera Extract
  64. 64 Folic Acid
  65. 65 Manganese Proteinate
  66. 66 Copper Proteinate
  67. 67 Calcium Iodate
  68. 68 Cobalt Carbonate
  69. 69 Beta-Carotene (Color)
  70. 70 Biotin
  71. 71 Sodium Selenite
  72. 72 Canthaxanthin (Color)
  73. 73 Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract
  74. 74 Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product
  75. 75 Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product
  76. 76 FD&C Red No. 40
  77. 77 FD&C Blue No. 1

In label order: by weight before cooking, heaviest first. Underlined ingredients have a glossary entry.

Guaranteed analysis

NutrientOn the labelDry matter (calculated)
Crude Protein12% min13.6%
Crude Fat6% min6.8%
Crude Fiber12% max13.6%
Moisture12% max—
Omega-3 Fatty Acids0.6% min0.7%
Total Bacillus Species80,000 CFU/g min—

Dry matter takes the water out (value ÷ (100 − moisture) × 100), so wet and dry foods can be compared on one scale.

Calories

Not stated on the maker's page.

Carbohydrates and calories (estimates)

About 57.9% of the dry matter is carbohydrate, worked out by difference: labels don't state it. The label states no ash, so 8% of dry matter is assumed (a typical value).

  • Protein 15%
  • Fat 19%
  • Carbohydrate 66%

Where the calories come from, with the modified Atwater factors (3.5, 8.5 and 3.5 kcal per gram).

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