Functional foods for pets gain popularity.

摘要

This article discusses the increasing use of prebiotic ingredients in wet and dry pet foods in EU countries. Aspects considered include: the predominance of mannan-oligosaccharides and beta-glucans; problems associated with recent increases in the price of food and feed ingredients; parallels between market trends for human and pet foods; key market restraints; and competition between prebiotic manufacturing companies in the EU.