31 mar 2007

19 dec 2006

Maintaining the health of dogs and cats by providing wholesome, nutritional diets is becoming an important component of esponsible pet ownership. Besides complete and balanced nutrition, product safety and quality parameters, in connection with trac...

01 apr 2006

Antioxidants fit into the category of natural products strongly associated with health benefits and are regarded by many as vital ingredients in animal diets. It is becoming clearer how they work and which dietary sources are the most potent. This ju...

01 may 2005

The premix business is an essential component of the success and growth of the pet food industry. The purpose of adding and using supplemental premixes has changed noticeably over recent years and may well continue to do so in the future. Deena Krest...

25 apr 2005

The application of enzymes in the petfood industry has been dominated by the use of proteases fro flavour production. The use of amylases for extrusion is the next step, once quality issues have been solved. But the potential is sufficient to sugges...

01 oct 2003

The term “companion animal” has replaced that of “pet”. Today’s challenge is to provide complete diets meeting all requirements in a safe and highly palatable form. The highly specific requirements of the cat illustrate just how far we have come sinc...

01 feb 2002