Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review

Pet foods are a vital component of the global food industry. Pet food’s success depends on its acceptance by both consumers (the pets) and purchasers (the pet owners). Palatability tests using panels of both trained and untrained pets are often used to measure the preference and acceptability of pet...

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Autores principales: Shilpa S. Samant, Philip Glen Crandall, Sara E. Jarma Arroyo, Han-Seok Seo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0ac8e6c51bb2492c84b2f70b92f908ec2021-11-25T17:33:13ZDry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review10.3390/foods101125992304-8158https://doaj.org/article/0ac8e6c51bb2492c84b2f70b92f908ec2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/11/2599https://doaj.org/toc/2304-8158Pet foods are a vital component of the global food industry. Pet food’s success depends on its acceptance by both consumers (the pets) and purchasers (the pet owners). Palatability tests using panels of both trained and untrained pets are often used to measure the preference and acceptability of pet foods. Human perception of pet foods is usually determined by descriptive sensory analysis. Since dry pet foods (also known as kibbles), while being the most popular, are the least palatable, palatants as a flavor enhancer are generally added to dry pet foods to increase their acceptability to pets. Pet foods can also be prepared to be more appealing to pet owners if the chosen aromas and flavors are commonly associated with human food. With increasing demand, developing flavor enhancers to meet the needs of both pets and owners is becoming increasingly important. This review summarized the current state of flavor enhancers used in the pet food industry and their influence on food palatability from both animal and human standpoints.Shilpa S. SamantPhilip Glen CrandallSara E. Jarma ArroyoHan-Seok SeoMDPI AGarticlepetpet fooddry dog foodpalatantspalatabilityflavor enhancerChemical technologyTP1-1185ENFoods, Vol 10, Iss 2599, p 2599 (2021)
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topic pet
pet food
dry dog food
palatants
palatability
flavor enhancer
Chemical technology
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pet food
dry dog food
palatants
palatability
flavor enhancer
Chemical technology
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Shilpa S. Samant
Philip Glen Crandall
Sara E. Jarma Arroyo
Han-Seok Seo
Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
description Pet foods are a vital component of the global food industry. Pet food’s success depends on its acceptance by both consumers (the pets) and purchasers (the pet owners). Palatability tests using panels of both trained and untrained pets are often used to measure the preference and acceptability of pet foods. Human perception of pet foods is usually determined by descriptive sensory analysis. Since dry pet foods (also known as kibbles), while being the most popular, are the least palatable, palatants as a flavor enhancer are generally added to dry pet foods to increase their acceptability to pets. Pet foods can also be prepared to be more appealing to pet owners if the chosen aromas and flavors are commonly associated with human food. With increasing demand, developing flavor enhancers to meet the needs of both pets and owners is becoming increasingly important. This review summarized the current state of flavor enhancers used in the pet food industry and their influence on food palatability from both animal and human standpoints.
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author Shilpa S. Samant
Philip Glen Crandall
Sara E. Jarma Arroyo
Han-Seok Seo
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Sara E. Jarma Arroyo
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title Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
title_short Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
title_full Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
title_fullStr Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Dry Pet Food Flavor Enhancers and Their Impact on Palatability: A Review
title_sort dry pet food flavor enhancers and their impact on palatability: a review
publisher MDPI AG
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