Sentences with word «palatant»

«There are, however, some very good natural palatants available to help improve palatability without really increasing the calorie count.

We live in an age where the «focus» of pet food manufacture is on palatants because the base of these foods is crud, and the «science» behind the products means that insects that infest the grain that is their base can be considered a legitimate protein source that the manufacturer can argue is good for them.

Feed as a singular meal, supplement, treat, or palatant.

A lower quality ingredient that serves as a palatant is listed as «animal digest» in the ingredient panel.

The foods offered for sale at veterinary clinics may well have gone through much «rigorous scientific testing,» but that is deceiving, as much pet food science is directed at developing «palatants» and other means to get your dog or cat to eat something that he otherwise would never touch.

Most dry dog and cat foods are so highly processed that most dogs and cats won't eat them, won't recognize them as food, unless the foods are coated with a taste enhancer (palatant).