Pet Food Palatability: Page 4

Korean foods inspire fermented chicken dog snacks

Fermented chicken could serve as a functional ingredient in dog treats and snacks.

Kimchi cabbage in a bowl with chopsticks (Buppha Wut, Bigstock.com)

Understand feeding behavior to help in-home pet food results

Interpreting animals’ mental states from their reactions to foods requires more than just assessing how much food was eaten and how quickly.

(Susan Jojola, PhD, AFB International | WATT Global Media)

Market Trends and Reports

Kibble tech matches dog, cat food shape to pets’ biology

Pet food product developers vary kibble’s dimensions to influence the palatability of dry dog and cat food.

Kibble designed for Bulldogs, on left, and Labrador Retriever, on right. (Tim Wall)

Scientific tip for seaweed palatability in dog food

While high levels of seaweed inclusion reduced dogs’ preference for the kibble, the researchers offered advice for maintaining palatability while using seaweed-based pet food ingredients.

(DejaVuDesigns, BigStock.com)

Pet Food Ingredients

Delivering optimum nutrition in the pet food marketplace

Supporting cognitive function, sustaining the active canine and providing a lifetime of nutritional support through functional ingredients and formulation options. Sponsored by DSM.

Yorkshire Terrier Dog Vet Veterinarian

Pet Food Ingredients

Improving pet well-being and owner satisfaction

Strategies and market insights on palatability, packaging, and pet nutrition. Sponsored by Diana Pet Food.

Dog with female owner

Summer lowers dogs’ intake of preferred kibble in tests

Scientists found that weight and breed influenced kibble preference in tests conducted over ten years, from 2007 to 2017.

(chalabala | Fotolia.com)

Pet Food Palatability

Improving pet food quality through custom processing

Enhance palatability, reduce product degradation and ensure quality using custom pet food processing solutions. Sponsored by Schenck Process Group.

Pet Food Market

Hill’s plans small dog feeding trial facility in Kansas

Hill’s Pet Nutrition plans to build a 23,000-square-foot facility largely devoted to conducting feeding trials with small dogs.

(Photo by Andrea Gantz)

Dogs and cats readily accept insect-based protein and oil

In feeding trials with both dogs and cats, pet foods made with insect-based ingredients had similar palatability and digestibility to kibble containing conventional pet food protein and oil sources.

photo courtesy EnviroFlight

Measuring cats’ food enjoyment can augment consumption data

Because pet parents see feeding as a time to enrich the bond with their cats, measuring a cat’s enjoyment of food and treats can enhance that bond, according to Susan Jojola, Ph.D., manager of applied behavior research at AFB International.

Photo by Ivanko Brnjakovic | Dreamstime

Pet Food Ingredients

Practical tips on pet food palatability

Improving pet's well-being and owners' satisfaction through market insights on palatability, performance, and pet nutrition. Sponsored by Diana Pet Food.

cat eating kibble

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