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The effects of sorghum fractions on pet food extrusion, digestibility and antioxidant capacity in dogs (Room 2103C)

04 Apr 17
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Petfood Forum Full Schedule, Petfood Forum Full Schedule; Petfood Forum Novel Ingredients, Petfood Forum Full Schedule; Petfood Forum Nutrition, Petfood Forum Full Shedule

Isabella Alvarenga, DVM, PhD student at Kansas State University, explains findings of a study to mill sorghum into different fractions and explore their processing attributes and health benefits in dogs. Sorghum is an interesting option as a novel pet food ingredient due to its unique characteristics: it grows in semi-arid regions, it is non-GMO and gluten-free, and its seed coat and pericarp are rich in antioxidant phenolic acids and polyphenols. Alvarenga’s work demonstrated that sorghum flour and sorghum mill-feed may provide new functional and nutritional options for use of sorghum in modern pet foods.