Alimentos para cães: a importância do teste de palatabilidade.

Abstract

The consumption and quality of pet foods has been currently increasing. Due to diversity of food brands and compositions, the animal and the owner have to choose the best product. Therefore, high quality is required, as result of the rigid control of the process involved, from the raw material to the final package. Appreciation is determined through the palatability test of two samples. It is the author’s belief that in Brazil there is a lack of research and development of quality and manufacturing parameters in engineering schools. This is potentially due to the fact that this field involves the whole knowledge of the production chain, as far as the commercialization, and no specific engaged in the quality field. Thus, the main objective of this work is to collect the parameters that can affect animal food palatability.