In this episode of The Pet Food Science Podcast Show, Maïlys Le Thiec from Kemin Nutrisurance shares practical insights on how palatability solutions impact pet food formulation. She explains how ingredient quality, processing, and sensory components influence acceptance in dogs and cats. Learn how tailored approaches can improve appeal across dry, wet, and even vegan pet diets. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Palatability is really about pleasure and satisfaction, using mainly smell and taste to influence a pet's willingness to eat again."

Meet the guest: Maïlys Le Thiec brings a decade of experience to the pet food sector, with a specialization in palatability. She spent over three years in palatant development and now works as Technical Service Manager for Palatant and Health and Nutrition at Kemin Nutrisurance.

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What will you learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (00:59) Introduction
• (03:34) Defining palatability
• (05:53) Ingredient quality effects
• (06:59) Negative ingredient impacts
• (10:25) Designing palatants
• (17:03) Raw vs dry formats
• (24:22) Final Questions

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* Kemin

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