{"id":1196,"date":"2020-07-28T09:44:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T09:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2024-09-10T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:59:10","slug":"ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Reduce Costs in Wet Pet Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food\/#why-does-the-need-for-cost-reduction-arise\" title=\"Why Does the Need for Cost Reduction Arise?\">Why Does the Need for Cost Reduction Arise?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food\/#how-to-gel-perfectly-with-low-cost\" title=\"How to Gel perfectly with low cost?\u00a0\">How to Gel perfectly with low cost?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food\/#lets-make-it-right\" title=\"Let\u2019s make it right\u00a0\">Let\u2019s make it right\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-costs-in-wet-pet-food\/#best-opportunity-to-look-for-gels-and-thickeners\" title=\"Best Opportunity to Look for Gels and Thickeners\">Best Opportunity to Look for Gels and Thickeners<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"why-does-the-need-for-cost-reduction-arise\"><\/span><strong><u>Why Does the Need for Cost Reduction Arise?<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nDue to competition, all pet food manufacturers want Cost reduction and it can be achieved through optimizing usage of gels and thickeners only.\r\n\r\nSo, they need to review the recipe cost and also look to scope if there is any reduction in cost possibility in wet pet food. But product developer has to balance many factors like product appearance with texture, digestibility, and quality.\r\n\r\nThese factors can often limit the scope, but cost reduction can often be achieved through optimizing the usage of gels and thickeners.\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how-to-gel-perfectly-with-low-cost\"><\/span><strong><u>How to Gel perfectly with low cost?\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nIn wet pet food gels and thickeners fulfill a wide range of process and product roles.\r\n\r\nCarrageenan has fantastic properties and it is a great material. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/application\">wet pet food<\/a>, arguably the synergistic interaction between kappa-carrageenan, it forms a weak, brittle gel in the presence of potassium ions. But with a non-gelling hydrocolloid like cassia gum-to form elastic gels is the most important functionality.\r\n\r\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wet-canned-pet-food.jpg\" alt=\"Wet Canned Pet Food\" width=\"400\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wet-canned-pet-food.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wet-canned-pet-food-768x727.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe problem with carrageenan is its\u2019s price is very high and it has also many applications. In addition, carrageenan price also has a high variation due to the effects of the naturally occurring phenomenon. Nowadays the sea temperature in the world increases. This affects the growth of commercial seaweed-used for manufacturing kappa-carrageenan-and gives rise to shortages.\r\n\r\nTherefore, optimization of gels and thickeners offers many opportunities in cost reduction, and also bringing additional benefits with it like palatability, product quality, and fecal quality.\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"lets-make-it-right\"><\/span><strong><u>Let\u2019s make it right\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/product\/cassia-gum-powder\">Cassia Gum Powder<\/a> which is a cost-effective gelling agent can be used with Carrageenan to reduce cost and improve the gelling system in wet canned pet food.\r\n\r\nThis is applicable to all product formats where these ingredients are used. When a lack of fundamental understanding of the gel\u2019s functionality exists, it is possible to create a completely gelled texture in a chunks-in-gravy format, not what the customer expects!\r\n\r\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-1179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cassia-gum-powder-alternative-for-locust-bean-gum.jpg\" alt=\"Cassia Gum Powder Alternative for Locust Bean Gum\" width=\"960\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cassia-gum-powder-alternative-for-locust-bean-gum.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cassia-gum-powder-alternative-for-locust-bean-gum-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\r\n\r\nThe Pet food industry needs a holistic approach and minimizes risk in product quality, customer satisfaction, and with their brands but they also need a holistic approach covering the whole supply chain from the raw material vendor.\r\n\r\nFactors, as mentioned above, can be applied to all types of format of wet pet food, and based on these factors producers can consider cost optimization of thickeners and also minimize and control the risks.\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"best-opportunity-to-look-for-gels-and-thickeners\"><\/span><strong><u>Best Opportunity to Look for Gels and Thickeners<\/u><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\nWith scientific principles, the pet food industry applies a holistic approach than significant cost savings are achievable. As pet food producers look to ride out the effects of the global economic downturn and save money to reinvest in their products and facilities, arguably there isn&#8217;t a better time to look at gels and thickeners. It can also be noticed that the benefits of improved palatability and the fecal quality of the products can be experienced by the pets too.\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_1200\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1200\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cassia-gum-powder-as-a-food-additive-in-pet-food-industry.jpg\" alt=\"Cassia Gum Powder as a Food Additive in Pet Food Industry\" width=\"1000\" height=\"3600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cassia-gum-powder-as-a-food-additive-in-pet-food-industry.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cassia-gum-powder-as-a-food-additive-in-pet-food-industry-768x2765.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassia Gum Powder as a Food Additive in Pet Food Industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZXHIBfvFes\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Due to competition, all pet food manufacturers want Cost reduction and it can be achieved through optimizing usage of gels and thickeners only.\r\n\r\nSo, they need to review the recipe cost and also look to scope if there is any reduction in cost possibility in wet pet food. But product developer has to balance many factors like product appearance with texture, digestibility, and quality.\r\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1201,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196\/revisions\/1201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avlasthydrocolloids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}