Completion of the new facility launches the business unit’s Research and Exploration Services
Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, recently introduced the Research and Exploration Services of Kemin Nutrisurance, the company’s pet food and rendering technologies business unit, with the inauguration of Kemin’s first-ever wet pet food pilot lab at its global headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. Kemin operates in 90 countries, including manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Italy, San Marino, Singapore, South Africa and the United States.
The wet pet food pilot lab is a key feature of Kemin Nutrisurance’s leading approach to research, development and service, allowing the business unit and its customers to create, test and validate pet food and treats, including kibble and wet retort products, to help better predict large-scale results.
The state-of-the-art facility has more production capacity and testing capabilities than most research-and-development (R&D) labs, but with the flexibility of a smaller scale. Kemin Nutrisurance can now expand its innovative product lines and partner with customers to help test every aspect of their products with data validation.
Kemin Nutrisurance’s Research and Exploration Services will enhance co-creation with customers and assist in replicating pet food formulas for both new and established products. With a dedicated space to develop wet pet food, as well as test dry kibble coating, Kemin Nutrisurance can now provide customers with all-encompassing analyses, from raw meat products to packaging to pet satisfaction.
Kemin Nutrisurance’s Research and Exploration Services support customers at every stage of production by utilizing industry-leading tools and rigorous evaluation to ensure customers’ pet food meets their flavor, aroma, texture, and nutrition requirements. By partnering with Kemin Nutrisurance early in product development, customers can improve solution application and reduce implementation and uptake time at their facilities, assuring confidence on a larger scale.