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Proteins are essential nutrients for the human body.

They are one of the building blocks of body tissue, and can also serve as a fuel source.

As a fuel, proteins provide as much energy density as carbohydrates: 4 kcal (17 kJ) per gram; in contrast, lipids provide 9 kcal (37 kJ) per gram.

The most important aspect and defining characteristic of protein from a nutritional standpoint is its amino acid composition.

Freeze-drying—technically known as lyophilisation, lyophilization, or cryodesiccation—is a dehydration process typically used to preserve a perishable material or make the material more convenient for transport.

Freeze-drying works by freezing the material and then reducing the surrounding pressure to allow the frozen water in the material to sublimate directly from the solid phase to the gas phase.

Pet food is plant or animal material intended for consumption by pets.

Typically sold in pet stores and supermarkets, it is usually specific to the type of animal, such as dog food or cat food.

Most meat used for nonhuman animals is a byproduct of the human food industry, and is not regarded as "human grade".

Cat food is food for consumption by cats.

Cats have requirements for their specific dietary nutrients.

Certain nutrients, including many vitamins and amino acids, are degraded by the temperatures, pressures and chemical treatments used during manufacture, and hence must be added after manufacture to avoid nutritional deficiency.

The amino acid taurine, for example, which is found within meat, is degraded during processing, so synthetic taurine is normally added afterwards.

Long-term taurine deficiency may result in retinal degeneration, loss of vision, and cardiac arrest.

In the context of nutrition, a mineral is a chemical element required as an essential nutrient by organisms to perform functions necessary for life.

Minerals originate in the earth and cannot be made by living organisms.

Plants get minerals from soil.

Most of the minerals in a human diet come from eating plants and animals or from drinking water.

As a group, minerals is one of the four groups of essential nutrients, the others of which are vitamins, essential fatty acids, and essential amino acids.