Our texturizing solutions for animal nutrition
Texture plays a key role in animal nutrition, greatly influencing palatability, digestibility, and overall eating experience for pets and livestock.
As consumer expectations evolve, and pet owners seek products that mimic the quality and diversity found in human foods, the demand for textured, appealing feed and treats is rising rapidly.
Texturizing solutions are essential to meet these trends while maintaining nutritional value and product stability.
Our Expertise
At Roquette, our expertise in plant-based functional ingredients allows us to provide a comprehensive range of texturizing solutions for animal nutrition. From improving kibble crunch in dry pet foods to creating appetizing mouthfeel in wet and semi-moist formulations, our non-GMO ingredients deliver the functionality, consistency, and quality that manufacturers and pet owners expect.
“Pet owners are placing increasing value on innovative textures, believing they contribute to overall enjoyment and health”
- Pet Food Processing, “Textures Drive Pet Food Innovations,” Sept 2022
To meet consumer expectations, animal nutrition must deliver appealing textures that meet both nutritional and sensory expectations. We understand that the needs for thickening, binding, gelling, texture enhancement and expansion, chewability, viscosity, and sliceability are diverse and essential across animal nutrition applications. Our expertise in plant-based ingredients, sourced from corn, waxy corn, wheat, potato, and pea enables us to offer a comprehensive range of functional texturizing solutions tailored to your challenges.
- Starches provide structure, thickening, binding, and gelling functionalities
- Fibers imrpove texture, chewability, and aiding in moisture retention
- Proteins help create desirable bite and enhance mouthfeel
- Glucose syrups and polyols contribute to soft textures, optimizing chewiness, and stabilizing moisture
With the right combination of these high-quality ingredients, we help you design innovative pet food textures that delight animals and reassure their owners.
Our Starches: cost-effective ingredients for a wide variety of textures.
We provide an extensive selection of native and functional starches sourced from corn, waxy corn, wheat, potato and pea. These plant-based, cost-effective ingredients enable manufacturers to achieve a wide variety of textures in both established and innovative formulations. Whether enhancing the crunch of kibble, forming appetizing chunks, thickening savory sauces, or shaping satisfying treats, our starches offer tailored solutions across all application types.
Our Fibers: addressing nutritional and textural needs
Beyond their recognized nutritional value, vegetal fibers are powerful tools for texturizing pet food. Their capillary effect allows them to efficiently bind water or oil, helping manage moisture and texture in finished products. Soluble fibers further impact viscosity, making fibers excellent multi-taskers in addressing both dietary and textural needs within your recipes.
Our Proteins: the alternatives proteins that support texture
Functional plant proteins can help in supporting texture, especially when replacing or reducing meat content in pet food formulations, especially in wet formats. Roquette’s VITEN® Vital Wheat Gluten and LYSAMINE™ pea protein isolate are ideal for meeting these challenges, delivering the structure and mouthfeel consumers expect. Additionally, when processed through extrusion, VITEN® Vital Wheat Gluten and LYSAMINE™ GPS can help create convincing meat analogues, on their own or in combination with traditional meat meals, offering realistic alternatives that satisfy modern pet owners.
Our Sugars and Sugar derivatives: versatile ingredients for texturizing solutions.
We offer a broad portfolio of sugars produced through starch hydrolysis. Our sugars are available in both liquid forms (such as glucose syrups) for effective viscosity control and in dried forms for use as carriers or bulking agents. These versatile ingredients add textural dimension, support processing needs, and contribute to the stability and appeal of your pet food products.
Our Glucose syrups and Polyols: humectant agents made from vegetal origin
To support soft textures and maintain enjoyable chewiness, especially in semi-moist treats, Roquette’s glucose syrups and polyols provide reliable humectant functionality. These plant-derived agents help manage water activity, reduce microbiological risks, and preserve product quality. The inclusion of polyols ensures pet treats are softer, fresher, and more enjoyable for pets.