Pork Tenderloin

An easily accepted lean protein, useful as a wet-food topper or to tempt a cat with a poor appetite.

1-2 small pieces of cooked lean meat per serving as a treat or topper; it does not replace a complete cat food.

Poach in plain water, trim the fat, remove the bone and cut it small or shred it, adding no seasoning; **skip processed pork such as bacon, char siu and cured meat**.

**Raw pork carries the same bacterial and parasite risks for cats, so always cook it through**; never feed cooked bones, and the taurine and other nutrients a cat needs come from a complete balanced diet, not from a few pieces of lean meat.

Tenderloin is one of the leanest cuts of pork, with good-quality protein and relatively little fat, so it works as an occasional extra or training treat.

Offer 1-2 small pieces of cooked meat by body size (about a tablespoon for a small dog), within about 10% of daily energy intake, with complete dog food as the main diet.

Pick the leanest tenderloin, trim the visible fat, **poach or roast it through** and cut it into small pieces; add no salt, soy sauce, oil or seasoning, and **never feed processed pork such as bacon, char siu, cured pork or sausage**.

**Pork must always be cooked through**: raw pork can carry Salmonella, Campylobacter and parasites, and raw pork also carries pseudorabies-related risk; **cooked bones must never be fed**, as they splinter into sharp pieces.