Pet Food Ingredients Pet Food Palatability
Optimizing pet food safety, palatability throughout the supply chain
From raw materials to the pet bowl, learn how to optimize pet food and rendered product attributes like oxidation, food safety, nutrition and palatability throughout the supply chain. Sponsored by Kemin
Shining a Light on Pet Food Safety: risks associated with trending pet food formats
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Opportunities for microbial contamination exist throughout the pet food supply chain. For this reason, suppliers, renderers, pet food manufacturers and pet parents must work together to ensure the safety of pet foods. Below, we explore common incidences of microbial contamination in trending pet food formats.
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Controlling Oxidation in Rendered Meals: 5 Factors to Consider
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Rendered animal protein meals are at a high risk for oxidative degradation as they make their way from the renderer to their destination - in this case, the pet food manufacturer.
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4 most common recall causes for US dog, cat, pet food
They identified 55 individual volatile chemical compounds emanating from the dog foods sprayed with palatability enhancers.
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Specialized Pet Food and Rendering Services
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To create a high-quality pet food or rendering product, not only do you need superior ingredients, but you need a partner that understands all phases of the pet food and rendering processes.
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3 aroma compounds ‘vital’ to dog food palatability
During the past decade in the pet food industry, pathogen related recalls were among the most frequent. Along with direct contamination by microorganisms such as Salmonella, ingredients tainted by fungal mycotoxins, like aflatoxin, have caused pet food recalls.
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How Aroma Affects Pet Food Palatability
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If a pet won't eat its food, that’s the end of the story. It doesn’t matter if the nutrition is balanced, the price is right, or the packaging and marketing claims are attractive enough to secure a first purchase. Unlike humans, pets do not talk. They cannot “describe” why they like food A but not food B, or vice versa. Therefore, pet owners look for pets’ behavioral signals of accepting or rejecting the foods.
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