Cut costs and develop flavors that pets will love

Convert animal co-products into valuable pet food palatants. With our biosolutions toolbox, you can achieve the cost efficiency, raw material flexibility and great flavors you need to win in the palatant segment.

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Shifting preferences, rising expectations

44%

of pet parents switched pet food last year.¹

^{1. Novonesis U.S. Pet Owner Study (2026) — Cats (n=405), Dogs (n=605).}

61%

of pet parents add store-bought toppers to meals.¹

41%

say cost limits their choices.¹

Unlocking flavor and efficiency in palatant production

When taste falls short, owners compensate - making palatability a key differentiator. Our biosolutions enhance flavor, boost process efficiency, reduce costs, and enable flexible use of diverse raw materials, delivering consistent, high-quality flavors pets love.

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Develop palatants that pets love

Through in-situ flavor development and bitterness control, our biosolutions help you develop palatants that deliver great flavor. They could even help you target the specific amino acids or other flavor compounds that pets crave.

Webinar: Driving pet food palatant premiumization through biosolutions

Want to consistently create flavors pets crave?

Discover how optimized protease blends boost flavor by generating free amino acids and enable confident palatant production. Watch our webinar to enhance formulations and meet demand for high-quality, great-tasting pet food.

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Introducing the Novonesis pet food toolbox

Tackle rising costs in palatant production

Our biosolutions toolbox features highly specific enzymes. Their specificity unlocks greater process control in palatant production, for improvements in raw material processing, higher yields and lower energy usage. All these benefits have the potential to reduce your costs.

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Tackle supply pressures in palatant production

Because our biosolutions cover a broad range of applications you can use them to process both plant and animal raw materials as well as upcycling novel protein sources and proteins from side-streams. Overcome supply challenges and create consistent, great-tasting pet food with flexible ingredients.

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Make the most of our experience in food & beverages and animal feed

Formed through the combination of Chr. Hansen and Novozymes, Novonesis has decades of experience in the food and beverage and animal feed spaces. Across the globe, manufacturers trust us to help them get more from their raw materials and develop more nutritious products with biosolutions. We’re ready to bring this experience to your pet food and palatant production.

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Support pet health with biosolutions

Pet parents are increasingly focused on lifetime wellness. Our scientifically selected probiotics and active enzymes support gut integrity, digestion, and nutrient availability—helping maintain well-being from early life to senior years.

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