Products that bridge the pet nutrition gap
Turn insights into action
Pet food trends follow human food trends. As a leader in taste and nutrition, our deep understanding of consumer preferences help pet food manufacturers develop products that are on-trend and rooted in consumer insights and demands.
Simplify commercialization
Whether we’re collaborating on a single quality ingredient or a full product, our team’s knowledge of food and beverage technologies, production processes and regional regulations help pet nutrition manufacturers seamlessly introduce pet food innovations to the marketplace.
Find local solutions and a global network
Our partnerships span conception to commercialization and beyond. With teams in 30 countries, on six continents and at more than 130 local manufacturing locations, we understand your business, your market and your consumers and can support your needs at a local level.
Explore our pet nutrition solutions:
Plant Protein
Functional Ingredients
Palatability
Sustainable Processing
Maintaining Freshness
Aromatics
Treat Coatings
Human-grade Animal Protein
Supplements
Plant Protein
Plant-based diets are a growing trend for people and their pets. In this category there’s often an expectation that meatless pet products replicate the taste and richness of meat-based diets. To seamlessly bring vegan or mixed protein products to market, pet food manufacturers must address common issues faced with plant-based ingredients such as delivering optimal palatability performance, creating finished products with appealing appearance and texture and formulating for nutritional completeness.
Whether seeking a single plant ingredient or a complete plant-based solution, our solutions can meet your needs. Our portfolio delivers unrivalled taste, nutrition and functional solutions and can be integrated into dry, wet and semi-moist dog and cat foods and treats.
Our plant protein pet food and treat ingredients include:
- Meat Alternative Solutions, a holistic approach to tackling multiple challenges with plant-based meat alternatives. Our portfolio brings together our leading palatability technologies, functional solutions, sustainability and nutrition into one complete solution.
- ProDiem, a nutritional plant protein solution made with pea, rice or sunflower proteins.
- Potato Protein, our premium potato protein is derived from potatoes specifically developed to produce high quality starch for humans and animals, has an optimal amino acid profile for pets, is rich in protein content and highly digestible.
• Learn more about the future of plant-based pet food
• Discover plant-based pet food trends and solutions
Functional Ingredients
Functional nutrition is one of the strongest trends in pet food. It is largely driven by pet consumers’ growing interest in providing nutrition for their animals that goes beyond satiety to include products that support digestive health and immune strength.
Surveys show that some consumers would be willing to pay more for pet products fortified with probiotics, and ingredient claims for digestive health have increased significantly in pet foods and treats. Our probiotic solution helps pet food and treat manufacturers ensure beneficial microorganisms survive the journey from processing to a pet’s gut.
Immune health support claims are also on the rise for both dog and cat foods and treats. Our proprietary immune health technology has a strong baseline of human clinical research to help support general immune health and overall physical health, protect against the harmful effects of stress and maintain healthy energy levels and mental clarity.
Our functional pet food and treat ingredients include:
Palatability
Pet food taste is the leading purchase influencer for people shopping for dog and cat food across all retail channels, from pet specialty stores to mass merchants and supermarkets. In today’s crowded pet food industry, it’s not enough for pets to enjoy a product—they must love it enough to grab their pet parent’s attention and inspire repeat purchases.
Sustainable Processing
Pet food processing can be harsh, and stripping food of essential nutrients is a real risk. Gentle pet processing methods can preserve the nutritional value of food, but some processes lead to inefficiencies and raise costs.
To balance the need for optimised products made with sustainable processes, we offer pet nutrition manufacturers a solution that maintains the quality of the product during efficient processing. This can lead to improved throughput, reduced power consumption, increased inclusion of water and low-cost ingredients plus extended shelf life and increased PDI.
Our sustainable processing pet food and treat ingredients include:
- Myvatex™, a range that blends salts of fatty acids, distilled succinylated monoglycerides and mono- and di-glycerides to optimise the physico-chemical interactions during conditioning
Maintaining Freshness
Pet owners are paying closer attention to their pet’s food product labels, appearance and aroma, often avoiding unfamiliar or artificial ingredients. Freshness is also playing a larger role in purchase decisions and has significant universal appeal for both dog and cat owners regardless of food type (traditional wet, dry, fresh).
Kerry EverWild™ can help meet growing consumer demand for cleaner ingredient labels and freshness. EverWild is a diverse range of nature-inspired, kitchen-friendly ingredients like dairy, celery and vinegar that can help improve pet food palatability, appearance and help maintain freshness, quality and taste over shelf-life.
The EverWild portfolio is made for pet food and treat manufactures seeking ingredients pets enjoy, and people can feel good about.
Kerry EverWild helps:
- Redefine freshness
Help improve fresh appeal to a wide range of finished products that are flavourful and safe from first sniff to the last bite - Meet pet-specific requirements
AAFCO and AAFCO-Natural options available to meet the unique needs of pet food formulas - Deliver flexible, global solutions
Wide range of solutions backed by 150 years of protecting and perfecting food to meet specific customer challenges and labelling requirements
See insights on pet owner perceptions of freshness and ingredients
Aromatics
Research shows a majority of pet consumers want their animals to experiences new things, including tastes and smells. With thousands of new products entering the global pet food market each year, pet nutrition manufacturers must offer unique, attention-capturing flavour profiles.
Our team of certified flavourists can help you introduce customized aromas to the marketplace, inspired by regional taste trends that can make a lasting impression on pet consumers. Our aromatic products work in dry and wet dog and cat food, dog and cat treats and plant-based pet products.
Our pet food and treat aroma ingredients include products from the following lines:
- Authentic Savoury™, a collection of tastes including beef, chicken, pork and dairy flavours
- Simply Nature™, a collection of tastes including fruit and vegetable ingredients, a collection of tastes including fruit and vegetable ingredients
- Taste Sense™, a collection of taste modulators that optimise taste while reducing fat, sugar or salt
Treat Coatings
Rewarding dogs and cats with treats and snacks can increase the bond between pet and pet consumer and add variety to a pet’s diet. However, pet treats often add surplus empty calories and contribute to obesity in dogs and cats.
Our coating solutions can help transform pet food suppliers’ tasty treats into snacks with functional benefits. Made for frozen and shelf-stable products, our sweet and savoury treat coatings provide a delicious and nutritious pathway to improved digestive health and immune system support or increase fibre for satiation.
Examples of our pet treat coating products include:
- Coatings such as yoghurt and nut butters
- Centers made from fruits, nuts, cereal or cookies
- Jumbles that use a combination of coating and center options
- Options that are gluten-free, non-GMO, organic, nut-based or plant-based
Human-grade Animal Protein
Pet consumers increasingly want pet food and treats that list real meat as a top ingredient, and they want more sustainably sourced pet food with transparent origins and ingredients. There’s also a growing interest in human-grade pet foods, which new research shows may help improve digestibility.
Kerry's line of locally-sourced chicken products are gently cooked in a state-of-the-art USDA Organic-, APHIS- and FSSC22000-certified facility dedicated to poultry. Our human-grade animal protein products are appropriate for use in dry and wet dog and cat food, dog and cat treats, blended plant and animal products and broth toppers.
Our human-grade animal protein ingredients include:
- Cooked chicken
- Chicken powder
- Chicken fat
- Broth, available in liquid and powder across protein types including chicken (organic and conventional), beef (organic grass-fed and conventional), turkey and pork
Pet Supplements
Pet supplement demand is booming and is expected to reach nearly US$2.5 billion globally by 2025. This growth is driven by pet owners seeking proactive solutions to help keep their pets healthy and living their best lives.
Our technologies and ingredients can help pet supplement manufacturers innovate new and novel products that support pet health and are enjoyed by pets.
Our pet supplement solutions include:
- BC30®, a branded probiotic that is proven to help improve pet food digestibility and can be found in numerous leading human and pet food supplements
- Wellmune®, a proprietary yeast beta glucan ingredient clinically supported in human studies to support the rising demand for immune health
- EverWild™, a line of kitchen-friendly ingredients that can help keep semi-moist chews fresh and flavourful
- Savoury aromatics, a portfolio of natural flavours that can help improve product palatability for pets while adding aromatic impact for pet owners
Kerry is proud to Partner with the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) as a preferred supplier.
Plant Protein
Plant Protein
Plant-based diets are a growing trend for people and their pets. In this category there’s often an expectation that meatless pet products replicate the taste and richness of meat-based diets. To seamlessly bring vegan or mixed protein products to market, pet food manufacturers must address common issues faced with plant-based ingredients such as delivering optimal palatability performance, creating finished products with appealing appearance and texture and formulating for nutritional completeness.
Whether seeking a single plant ingredient or a complete plant-based solution, our solutions can meet your needs. Our portfolio delivers unrivalled taste, nutrition and functional solutions and can be integrated into dry, wet and semi-moist dog and cat foods and treats.
Our plant protein pet food and treat ingredients include:
- Meat Alternative Solutions, a holistic approach to tackling multiple challenges with plant-based meat alternatives. Our portfolio brings together our leading palatability technologies, functional solutions, sustainability and nutrition into one complete solution.
- ProDiem, a nutritional plant protein solution made with pea, rice or sunflower proteins.
- Potato Protein, our premium potato protein is derived from potatoes specifically developed to produce high quality starch for humans and animals, has an optimal amino acid profile for pets, is rich in protein content and highly digestible.
• Learn more about the future of plant-based pet food
• Discover plant-based pet food trends and solutions
Functional Ingredients
Functional Ingredients
Functional nutrition is one of the strongest trends in pet food. It is largely driven by pet consumers’ growing interest in providing nutrition for their animals that goes beyond satiety to include products that support digestive health and immune strength.
Surveys show that some consumers would be willing to pay more for pet products fortified with probiotics, and ingredient claims for digestive health have increased significantly in pet foods and treats. Our probiotic solution helps pet food and treat manufacturers ensure beneficial microorganisms survive the journey from processing to a pet’s gut.
Immune health support claims are also on the rise for both dog and cat foods and treats. Our proprietary immune health technology has a strong baseline of human clinical research to help support general immune health and overall physical health, protect against the harmful effects of stress and maintain healthy energy levels and mental clarity.
Our functional pet food and treat ingredients include:
Palatability
Palatability
Pet food taste is the leading purchase influencer for people shopping for dog and cat food across all retail channels, from pet specialty stores to mass merchants and supermarkets. In today’s crowded pet food industry, it’s not enough for pets to enjoy a product—they must love it enough to grab their pet parent’s attention and inspire repeat purchases.
Sustainable Processing
Sustainable Processing
Pet food processing can be harsh, and stripping food of essential nutrients is a real risk. Gentle pet processing methods can preserve the nutritional value of food, but some processes lead to inefficiencies and raise costs.
To balance the need for optimised products made with sustainable processes, we offer pet nutrition manufacturers a solution that maintains the quality of the product during efficient processing. This can lead to improved throughput, reduced power consumption, increased inclusion of water and low-cost ingredients plus extended shelf life and increased PDI.
Our sustainable processing pet food and treat ingredients include:
- Myvatex™, a range that blends salts of fatty acids, distilled succinylated monoglycerides and mono- and di-glycerides to optimise the physico-chemical interactions during conditioning
Maintaining Freshness
Maintaining Freshness
Pet owners are paying closer attention to their pet’s food product labels, appearance and aroma, often avoiding unfamiliar or artificial ingredients. Freshness is also playing a larger role in purchase decisions and has significant universal appeal for both dog and cat owners regardless of food type (traditional wet, dry, fresh).
Kerry EverWild™ can help meet growing consumer demand for cleaner ingredient labels and freshness. EverWild is a diverse range of nature-inspired, kitchen-friendly ingredients like dairy, celery and vinegar that can help improve pet food palatability, appearance and help maintain freshness, quality and taste over shelf-life.
The EverWild portfolio is made for pet food and treat manufactures seeking ingredients pets enjoy, and people can feel good about.
Kerry EverWild helps:
- Redefine freshness
Help improve fresh appeal to a wide range of finished products that are flavourful and safe from first sniff to the last bite - Meet pet-specific requirements
AAFCO and AAFCO-Natural options available to meet the unique needs of pet food formulas - Deliver flexible, global solutions
Wide range of solutions backed by 150 years of protecting and perfecting food to meet specific customer challenges and labelling requirements
See insights on pet owner perceptions of freshness and ingredients
Aromatics
Aromatics
Research shows a majority of pet consumers want their animals to experiences new things, including tastes and smells. With thousands of new products entering the global pet food market each year, pet nutrition manufacturers must offer unique, attention-capturing flavour profiles.
Our team of certified flavourists can help you introduce customized aromas to the marketplace, inspired by regional taste trends that can make a lasting impression on pet consumers. Our aromatic products work in dry and wet dog and cat food, dog and cat treats and plant-based pet products.
Our pet food and treat aroma ingredients include products from the following lines:
- Authentic Savoury™, a collection of tastes including beef, chicken, pork and dairy flavours
- Simply Nature™, a collection of tastes including fruit and vegetable ingredients, a collection of tastes including fruit and vegetable ingredients
- Taste Sense™, a collection of taste modulators that optimise taste while reducing fat, sugar or salt
Treat Coatings
Treat Coatings
Rewarding dogs and cats with treats and snacks can increase the bond between pet and pet consumer and add variety to a pet’s diet. However, pet treats often add surplus empty calories and contribute to obesity in dogs and cats.
Our coating solutions can help transform pet food suppliers’ tasty treats into snacks with functional benefits. Made for frozen and shelf-stable products, our sweet and savoury treat coatings provide a delicious and nutritious pathway to improved digestive health and immune system support or increase fibre for satiation.
Examples of our pet treat coating products include:
- Coatings such as yoghurt and nut butters
- Centers made from fruits, nuts, cereal or cookies
- Jumbles that use a combination of coating and center options
- Options that are gluten-free, non-GMO, organic, nut-based or plant-based
Human-grade Animal Protein
Human-grade Animal Protein
Pet consumers increasingly want pet food and treats that list real meat as a top ingredient, and they want more sustainably sourced pet food with transparent origins and ingredients. There’s also a growing interest in human-grade pet foods, which new research shows may help improve digestibility.
Kerry's line of locally-sourced chicken products are gently cooked in a state-of-the-art USDA Organic-, APHIS- and FSSC22000-certified facility dedicated to poultry. Our human-grade animal protein products are appropriate for use in dry and wet dog and cat food, dog and cat treats, blended plant and animal products and broth toppers.
Our human-grade animal protein ingredients include:
- Cooked chicken
- Chicken powder
- Chicken fat
- Broth, available in liquid and powder across protein types including chicken (organic and conventional), beef (organic grass-fed and conventional), turkey and pork
Supplements
Pet Supplements
Pet supplement demand is booming and is expected to reach nearly US$2.5 billion globally by 2025. This growth is driven by pet owners seeking proactive solutions to help keep their pets healthy and living their best lives.
Our technologies and ingredients can help pet supplement manufacturers innovate new and novel products that support pet health and are enjoyed by pets.
Our pet supplement solutions include:
- BC30®, a branded probiotic that is proven to help improve pet food digestibility and can be found in numerous leading human and pet food supplements
- Wellmune®, a proprietary yeast beta glucan ingredient clinically supported in human studies to support the rising demand for immune health
- EverWild™, a line of kitchen-friendly ingredients that can help keep semi-moist chews fresh and flavourful
- Savoury aromatics, a portfolio of natural flavours that can help improve product palatability for pets while adding aromatic impact for pet owners
Kerry is proud to Partner with the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) as a preferred supplier.
Pet Food with a Purpose: How to win with functional nutrition
Learn about consumer demands driving the need for functional nutrition in pet food and treats as well as key considerations for developing your next product.
