Develop flavors pets love. Consistently.
Convert animal co-products into valuable pet food palatants with our biosolutions toolbox. Achieve greater hydrolysis control, consistent quality, raw material flexibility and great flavors across batches.
Shifting preferences, rising expectations
Pet parents are paying closer attention to what goes into the bowl. Taste, quality and value all influence whether they stay loyal or switch. As expectations rise, palatability becomes more than a product feature. It becomes a competitive advantage.
of pet parents switched pet food last year.1
1. Novonesis U.S. Pet Owner Study (2026) — Cats (n=405), Dogs (n=605).
of pet parents add store-bought toppers to meals. 1
say cost limits their choices.1
Unlock flavor, consistency and flexibility in palatant production
Develop high-quality palatants with more control over flavor development, raw material use and production outcomes.
Flavor development
Through in-situ flavor development and bitterness control, biosolutions can help generate soluble proteins and free amino acids – important building blocks for palatability and flavors pets crave.
Consistency and control
Gain greater hydrolysis control, work toward more predictable processing, reliable functionality and consistent quality across batches.
Raw material flexibility
Use biosolutions to process both plant and animal raw materials, while upcycling novel protein sources and proteins from side-streams. That helps you respond to changing supply conditions while developing delicious palatants pets love.
Want to consistently create flavors pets crave?
Discover how optimized protease blends can support flavor development by generating soluble proteins and free amino acids, while enabling more confident palatant production.
In this on-demand webinar, you’ll explore consumer insights, protease applications and practical ways biosolutions can help improve quality, consistency and performance in pet food and palatant production.
Still using papain? Here’s what you are missing
Replace variable papain with microbial proteases for more consistent palatant production. Benefit from reliable hydrolysis performance, shelf-stable handling and predictable dosing to improve process control, product consistency and production confidence.
Bring proven biosolutions experience to palatant production
Formed through the merger 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 support pet food and palatant production by optimizing raw materials, improving flavor development and accelerating innovation with lab analysis and hands-on technical support for enzyme selection, dosing and process optimization.
Explore more possibilities with our enzymes toolbox
While proteases are key for palatability and ingredient functionality, other enzymes can enhance pet food production and unlock new development opportunities:
• Amylases improve extrusion by managing dough viscosity and supporting smoother processing.
• Lipases can release free fatty acids, offering new flavor potential.
• Other enzymes are being evaluated for their potential to support texture and protein functionality, subject to technical feasibility and regulatory approval.
From proteases to broader enzyme opportunities, biosolutions help improve today’s products while exploring tomorrow’s potential.
Explore our solutions
- Improved solubility and functionality of protein
- Extensive protein hydrolysis
- Liquify and breakdown plant proteins
- Working pH range
- Suitable for organic products
- Available strengths
- Debittering
- Generation of peptides or single amino acids
- Hydrolysis action
- Quality grade
- Savory flavor generation
- Working pH range
- Working temperature range
- Available strengths
- Hydrolysis action
- Generation of peptides or single amino acids
- Debittering
- Savory flavor generation
- Working pH range
- Working temperature range
- Quality grade
There's a biosolution for all your needs
Talk to an enzyme expert
Request a process evaluation and get expert guidance on the right enzyme solutions for your palatant and pet food production needs.
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