What sets Kemin apart is the breadth of our petfood product and application expertise, which we leverage to provide a full complement of services and solutions to meet the local and global needs of petfood manufacturers, ingredient suppliers and renderers. Kemin brings expertise to every step of the petfood ingredient manufacturing process to assure the quality and performance of our products and to develop innovative solutions that address evolving consumer expectations.
Petfood Ingredient Value Every Step of the Way
When creating a winning petfood brand, you need a trusted partner that understands all phases of the petfood and rendering manufacturing processes because changes to a single formula specification can affect everything from petfood diet stability to palatability. At Kemin, we appreciate and understand how raw materials, production processes and other factors can impact the final petfood diet and are focused on providing industry-leading products and services that meet stabilization, palatability, ingredient exclusion and formulation needs. We provide valuable services and support for every phase of petfood production.
Petfood Ingredient Assurance: Kemin ingredient specialists utilize their experience and long-standing relationships within the industry to assure the safety and quality of both your rendered and non-rendered petfood ingredients.
Petfood Diet Assurance: The Kemin technical services and Customer Laboratory Services (CLS) teams provide industry-leading solutions for stability, food safety and palatability.
Freshness Protection: The Kemin technical services and CLS teams provide industry-leading stabilization solutions — including technical advice and laboratory testing — throughout the entire petfood process and ingredient supply chain.
Product Training & Education: A Kemin account manager and technical services manager are prepared to provide training and education to your vendors and customers about our petfood antioxidant and palatant ingredients.
Product Performance: The technical services and CLS teams provide technical and lab support to verify the performance of our petfood products and provide feedback on what results mean for your operation.
Equipment Services: As a leading petfood ingredient supplier and renderer, our Product Application Department (PAD) of engineers are dedicated to designing liquid application systems and overseeing system fabrication, installation and maintenance.
Kemin Technical Services
Our dedicated technical services staff leverages extensive petfood industry experience and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot customer issues and provide recommended product usage and inclusion rates, petfood manufacturing support and market information. As part of the ongoing support you receive from the technical services staff, you will receive key information regarding:
- Market trends and the availability of raw materials and ingredients
- Updates on the efficacy of new ingredients on stability and palatability
- Shelf-life and flavor expectations
- Inclusion rates and petfood manufacturing processes
- Product recommendations and research collaboration
- Protocol development and trial coordination
- Process scale-up testing
Production Assistance from Customer Laboratory Services (CLS)
Receive dedicated analytical support throughout all phases of the petfood and rendering manufacturing process. By partnering with customers to analyze the integrity of their supply chains, we are able to understand the influences that various petfood ingredients have on the stability and palatability of your final product, keeping it safe, fresh and nutritious. Our industry-leading throughput and turnaround times, as well as our validated equipment and methods, allow us to meet and exceed your overall business goals. CLS provides the laboratory support services you need to meet your end product specifications.
The CLS team provides value throughout all phases of the petfood manufacturing process:
- Vendor validation and raw material quality assessment
- Application rate and equipment calibration verification
- Ingredient and product trouble shooting
- New ingredient and product development assistance
- Analytical support, applied research and quality control support
- Advanced method development
Product Application Department (PAD) at Kemin
Whether it’s an antioxidant or a palatant, the effective use of an ingredient depends on its proper application and distribution. Kemin understands that every facility is different, so we are committed to providing customized equipment, training and education to ensure our industry-leading solutions for stability, food safety and palatability help you meet your performance goals.
Kemin Petfood and Rendering Technologies' team of highly qualified engineers and technical experts consult with customers to design petfood product application systems and carefully monitor system fabrication, installation and maintenance. We utilize our petfood product and application expertise to provide training and education, ensuring your performance goals are met.
- Complete a comprehensive site survey
- Assist in equipment selection and calibration
- Design, install and maintain systems
- Advise on product application rates, locations and process development
- Respond quickly to troubleshoot and address any issues