Gut Health

Feeding complete foods rich in natural fiber is undoubtedly good for a pet´s health – a fact that is backed up by an array of scientific studies. As components of pet food and functional ingredients, specific fiber sources are primarily known for their ability to keep a pet´s digestive system healthy and balanced. Clinical studies have shown that supplementing dry and wet cat food with cellulose fiber helps to reduce typical hairball symptoms and to raise fecal hair excretion in cats.

Preventing obesity

As in humans, pet obesity numbers continue to increase year by year. According to the Association for Pet Obesity (APOP), nearly 60% of cats and 56% of dogs in the US are overweight or obese.

Weight management foods enriched with concentrated cellulose fiber can help to better control weight in cats and dogs without affecting food palatability.

Dental care

Oral health is another top concern among pet owners. Approximately 70% of cats and 80% of dogs develop some form of oral health problem by the time they are three years old. Clinical studies have proven that dental foods and snacks enhanced with specific cellulose fibers work more effectively to promote oral health in dogs when compared with fiber-free control products.

Standardized quality

Consistency, texture, and uniformity of pet food products are key quality attributes that are important to consumers but may be difficult to maintain. Given the variable nature of ingredients and the complexity of the manufacturing process, creating the right consistency can be a challenge for the manufacturer. Well-known binders such as spray-dried plasma (SDP), wheat gluten, or egg white/albumin commonly are used in so-called restructured meat products like chunks and in all 47 meat applications for their high swelling, water retention, and emulsion capabilities.

With a series of long-term pilot scale tests at their Technical Competence Center in Rosenberg (Germany), JRS demonstrated that a favorable cost-benefit is achieved by partially replacing conventional binders with functional cellulose fibers.
Regardless of the type of meat ingredient tested, replacing 2% SDF with 1% cellulose helps optimize the key parameters in a steam tunnel process and improves the textural parameters of the chunk before and after retorting.

Fiber as a tool

Fiber research is also currently underway into capturing product quality features in dry grain-free products with high meat inclusion in order to overcome typical extrusion challenges such as stickiness, reduced throughput, or poor product integrity.

Natural products for the future

As pet food trends follow our tastes and expectations discovering the functionality of simple, natural plant fibers is a key field of innovation.
These special natural fibers can help develop vegan meat alternatives giving the substitute products the right consistency and the desired structure. Moreover, many pet owners are exploring raw feeding with product convenience being a strong argument for consistent purchase. Natural plantfibers can make raw pet food firmer and more comfortable to handle while contributing to good digestion.

Energy Savings Opportunities

Each pet food and treat product format offers opportunities for cost savings and improvement in overall efficiency, especially during a global energy crisis, this fact is the focus of every entrepreneur. Specialized cellulose fibers have proven to make production processes more sustainable. In dry pet food, the drying time in production can be reduced by 50% making way for lower power consumption and relieving the bottleneck in drying, allowing for higher product throughput.

Tailored Fiber Solutions

With enormous demand across the pet industry for innovative products, manufacturers are looking for unique marketable, and functional ingredients.

Specialized plant fibers can be considered the pet food technologist´s toolbox for providing a wide range of functionalities across the whole spectrum of pet food products: dry to wet, frozen to sterilized, and even dietary supplements such as tablets.

As a leader in fiber products, JRS offers a comprehensive range of fiber ingredients that are suitable for all manufacturing processes and formulation options. Fibers that can help create sustainable pet food for better differentiation and improved pet health.

 

By: Dr. Astrid Bosse. JRS Petfood & Aquafeed

Source: All Pet Food Magazine


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We are a manufacturer, a problem solver, and a reliable technology/system partner for a wide range of industries. As an owner-managed family business, we are strongly rooted in our southern German region since 1878, and as a corporate group, we are now globally active, with around 4,000 employees in more than 90 locations worldwide.

 

A spirit of inventiveness, courage and close customer relationships has shaped what started as a classic oil and grain mill into a global market and knowledge leader in the segment of sustainable, functional Plant Fiber Technology.

 

At JRS, we have been making high-quality fiber ingredients for pets for more than 60 years. Today, we are a global expert in animal nutrition solution that are natural, healthy, and sustainable. Our long history producing high-quality and nutritious fiber ingredients has provided an edge in producing premium natural ingredients that pet food manufacturers can trust. The entire process from harvest, storage to the final production is done under controlled conditions in order to guarantee a complete product integrity and traceability.

 

JRS Petfood offers a wide range of choices for all pet food categories with benefits through all stages of our pets’ life as well as during the pet food production.

 

Scientifically proven ingredients and an experienced team help you analyze together the problems and develop fiber solutions.

 

Ingredients with added value to our pets and pet food producers.

Your all-in-one partner!


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