Pet Food Palatability

Industry Voices

Lipid excipients offer supplement makers bioavailability, palatability solutions

Lipid-based formulation systems can enhance absorption, overcome palatability challenges and open new delivery pathways for pet supplements.

Brand Insights

Helping you navigate the evolving pet supplements industry

Petfood Industry

Stay current in this fast-growing category with insight that keeps you informed and helps you move forward with confidence.

Pet Food Ingredients

Shiitake, black soldier fly meals compared as alternative dog food ingredients

A study compared digestibility and nutritional characteristics of novel ingredients with conventional meat and bone meal.

Research Notes

Whole soybeans allowed higher fat in dog kibble extrusion than oil

Researchers compared internal fat supplied by whole soybeans with external fat added as liquid soybean oil during the extrusion of dry dog food.

Research Notes

Study: Cats readily accept, digest cultivated meat diet

A Ghent University and BeneMeat feeding trial found 9 out of 10 cats showed optimal acceptance of a complete diet containing cultivated meat, with digestibility comparable to a food-grade chicken control.

Petfood Forum News

Amano Enzyme to present palatant technology at Petfood Forum

Company's poster session will cover enzyme technology for flavor enhancement and nutritional value.

Petfood Forum News

How to use AI to predict pet food palatability

AFB International's Ana Rita Monforte, Ph.D., will present a framework for anticipating palatability outcomes before animal trials at Petfood Forum 2026.

Pet Food Palatability

In-demand texturized pet food excites Asia Pacific's ingredients market

Asia Pacific's pet food texture ingredients market is forecast to nearly double by 2030, driven by premiumization trends and growing consumer demand for sensory-rich pet food experiences.

Pet Food Palatability

Study: Yeast extract coating improves dog kibble palatability

A choice-feeding study from Ohly found dogs preferred meat-free kibbles coated with OHLY-GO Meaty product over uncoated alternatives.

Research Notes

Therapeutic gut health dog food improved digestibility and gastrointestinal signs

Although the study was conducted in healthy dogs, the authors concluded that a highly digestible, palatable diet containing functional fibers, oils and microbial ingredients can beneficially modulate fecal metabolites and microbiota.

Pet Food News

Antitrust case against Symrise dismissed by US DOJ

Flavor and fragrance ingredient supplier maintained no wrongdoing throughout investigation.

Pet Food Ingredients

Oil war: fish vs. algae as fatty acid functional ingredient in pet food

As demand for functional ingredients grows, both fish oil and algae oil will continue to play important roles in pet nutrition.

Research Notes

Older cats feeding patterns may differ from guidelines

In-home observations revealed that older cats tend to eat six to seven meals a day, with lower energy intake on all-wet diets and higher on kibble.

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