Product profile · US manufacturer listing
Hikari Goldfish Gold
A floating pellet food for goldfish and koi fry, with its declared composition and evidence status explained.
Product and intended use
1.7–2.0 mm floating baby pellets; US packs 100 g, 300 g and 10 kg.
The manufacturer includes koi fry in the intended use. That does not make this a reviewed food for every age or size of koi. The declared shrimp meal is not identified as Artemia, so no Artemia ingredient link is inferred.
Formulations can change and regional packs may differ. The source below identifies the declaration used for this record. “Daily diet” describes the manufacturer’s positioning; it is not an Evidence.pet certification of completeness.
Declared nutritional analysis
These are manufacturer guarantees on an as-sold basis, not independent laboratory results. Minimums and maximums are limits, not exact measured quantities.
| Component | Declared guarantee |
|---|---|
| Crude protein | 32% minimum |
| Crude fat | 4% minimum |
| Crude fibre | 3% maximum |
| Moisture | 10% maximum |
| Ash | 12% maximum |
| Phosphorus | 0.7% minimum |
These figures alone cannot rank foods, establish digestibility or demonstrate a health benefit.
Manufacturer ingredient declaration
Read the declared ingredients
Fish meal, flaked corn, rice bran, wheat flour, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, shrimp meal, brewers dried yeast, DL-methionine, garlic, phaffia dried yeast, astaxanthin, grape seed extract, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (stabilized vitamin C), inositol, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, vitamin A supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, niacin, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, disodium phosphate, salt, ferrous sulfate, magnesium sulfate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate.
Declaration transcribed from the linked US manufacturer page. Ingredient names are not evidence of the amount supplied or its effectiveness.
Claims and evidence
The manufacturer promotes colour enhancement, digestion and immune support. These claims have not been independently confirmed for this product in this review.
No published trial of this exact commercial formulation has been verified for this entry. Related ingredient experiments cannot establish that this product delivers the same results. That is a gap in this review, not proof that no product research exists.
Explore the ingredients and research
The linked pigment research concerns koi. It does not establish performance in this product or its intended fish population.
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Follow the species, formulation, ingredient amount and measured outcome before applying a study to a product. Colour results should be considered separately from disease prevention or lifespan claims.
Source and review scope
Official US product information · Hikari brand profile
Evidence.pet record PRO-003. Checked 23 September 2026; next review planned 23 December 2026. Label-based review only. No independent batch testing or formal product efficacy grade.