How should animal hydrolysate be reflected in pet food labels?

In order to pursue good flavor and palatability, many pet food manufacturers will use flavor regulators made of animal hydrolysates as the main raw materials, but there is only one substance in the "Feed Raw Materials Catalog", and the "Pet Feed Labeling Regulations" mentions that the use of seasoning products made of animal hydrolysates as the main raw materials should be labeled as "pet feed compound seasoning" or "taste enhancer" in the raw material components of the pet food label
.
So these three names, under what circumstances should they be used?

 

It needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis
.

 

If animal hydrolysates are used alone in pet food, then the requirements
for animal hydrolysates in the Feed Raw Materials Catalogue must be met.
The "Catalogue of Feed Raw Materials" gives specific requirements for the source, process and quality of animal hydrolysates, such as the source requirements are the meat, internal organs and organs of clean edible animals, and the edible animal requirements here are animal breeds in the National Livestock and Poultry Resources Catalogue in Announcement No.
303 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; The process requirements are grinding, crushing and hydrolysis; The quality requirements are that they should be derived from the same animal species that are fresh and non-deteriorated or treated with refrigeration or freezing, avoid hooves, horns, teeth, hair, feathers and digestive tract contents, and do not use lesions or animal tissues
containing prohibited substances.
At the same time, it also makes requirements for the writing of animal hydrolysate in the label, which needs to mark the animal type and physical form such as pig hydrolysate, chicken hydrolysis powder, etc.
, and the most important point is that animal hydrolysate can only be used in pet food, and animal hydrolysate is not allowed in livestock feed and poultry feed
.

 

If a seasoning product made of animal hydrolysate is used in pet food, it needs to be labeled
as "pet feed compound seasoning" or "taste enhancer" in the raw material components of the pet food label 。 Although the names of compound ingredients are not allowed in the ingredient list of feed and pet food, if compound ingredients are used, the raw materials and additives in the compound ingredients must be separated into the raw material composition and additive composition classification in the ingredient list, and marked according to their respective requirements, but because the "Pet Feed Labeling Regulations" clearly stipulates "pet feed compound seasoning" and "taste enhancer", it needs to be implemented in accordance with the regulations, that is, both names can be used
。 However, it should be noted that only these two names can be used compliantly, and other names or other compound ingredients are not allowed to be used
in the label.

 

Another point that pet owners need to pay attention to, "pet feed compound seasoning" is not the usual "attractant", and the normal product raw materials extracted from fresh meat, plus some necessary feed additives, have no side effects on pets, and there will be no addiction to pets, pet owners can buy
with confidence.
For food attractants, you can refer to the previously published article "How to claim "no food attractants"? 》
。

 

Animal hydrolysates and pet feed compound seasonings are flavor substances widely used in pet food, which have their own advantages, but the use compliance needs to attract the attention
of enterprises.
The Food Partner Network Feed Compliance Service Center can provide enterprises with feed and pet food compliance consulting services, welcome to contact for consultation
.