Chicken is the most common animal protein source in pet food. There are a number of good reasons for the fact that chicken is the number 1 animal protein in pet food:
- abundant available volume globally
- Relatively easy specie with regard export health certification
- No religious sensitivity
- Excellent nutritional profile of the co-products
- Relatively low carbon footprint of based animal proteins
- Many global initiatives available with regard animal welfare (slow growing breeds, stocking density, outdoor access, etc.)
At IQI we focus on specialty and functional chicken products. This can vary from organic, free-range chicken, high protein chicken products, hydrolyzed chicken products, bio-functional chicken products (palatability, joint health, IgY, etc.), and techno functional chicken products (binding and gelling).
Chicken meat powder (CMP) is by no means comparable to chicken meal due to the differences in raw materials and processing techniques. The chicken carcasses used as the raw material do not contain any grains – guaranteeing a gluten-free final product. By removing the bones and fat, CMP is turned into a low-calorie ingredient that contains at least 75% crude protein. It is low in fat, ash, and calcium but full of essential electrolytes. Low temperature spray drying is used to increase shelf life and to conserve the valuable benefits and bioactivities of the protein and amino acid structures.
EU certified
As confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), all of IQI's imported animal proteins from Europe which comply with EU Regulation 1069/2009, once further processed into petfood in the U.S. are eligible for export from the U.S. to the EU.
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