Pet Food Nutrition & Functionality

Pet Food Ingredients & Functionality

ADM offers a broad portfolio of nutritional ingredients, functional ingredients, taste enhancers, flavors, aromas, colors, premixes, and blends to help you develop pet nutrition products with great taste and functionality.

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A Broad Portfolio of Pet Products with Great Taste and Functionality

Whether you’re looking to add taste, nutrition, or other functional benefits to your pet products, ADM is your go-to pet food ingredient manufacturer with a diverse portfolio to help you develop pet products that satisfy the expectations of modern pet parents. We offer alternative proteins, carbohydrates, fat sources, wellness products, fibers, and functional ingredients, as well as microbiome solutions, ingredients to enhance taste and flavor, aromatics, colors, premixes, blends, and more ingredients with functional benefits. Our team of ingredient experts have decades of experience developing pet food products with great taste and can help you find the right ingredients for your existing formulations or create new products to add to your catalog.

Our Portfolio of Pet Food Ingredients

Our portfolio includes alternative proteins, carbohydrates, fat sources, wellness products, fibers, microbiome solutions, aromas, colors, premixes, blends, and more.

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Alternative Proteins

We have more than 20 plant-, yeast-, and insect-based proteins in our broad portfolio of ingredients to help you meet consumer demands for pet food made with alternative proteins.

Carbohydrates

Our broad portfolio of carbohydrates includes grains, ancient grains, flours, and starches specifically chosen to work in pet nutrition products.

Fat Sources

We offer oilseeds, oils, fats, seeds, and more fat sources in our full pantry of pet food ingredient solutions.

Functional Ingredients

Our wellness, fiber, and functional ingredients portfolio includes fruits, vegetables, fibers, natural antioxidants, emulsifiers/stabilizers, acidulants, and natural additives.

Taste, Flavors, and Aromas

We offer natural flavors (including AAFCO Natural & Compliant solutions), culinary food bases, flavor enhancers, and acidulants for use in your pet nutrition products.

Colors

Our Colors from Nature™ include AAFCO Natural & Compliant solutions, anthocyanins, and a full rainbow of other naturally derived colors for pet nutrition applications.

Pet Premixes and Blends

We offer more than 400 pet food ingredients and custom blends, including vitamin and trace mineral premixes, dry ingredient blends, and more.

Microbiome Solutions

Our microbiome solutions for pet nutrition products include prebiotics, probiotics, postbiotics, and enzymes.

Your Pet Food Ingredients Supplier and Partner

When you partner with the pet nutrition experts at ADM, you get access to our broad portfolio of ingredients, formulation experts, and market insights to create products that pet parents want. See how in our interactive brochure:

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The Latest Market Insights and Trends

Stay ahead of the latest pet food trends with market insights from our team of experts.

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Decades of Pet Food Formulation Experience

ADM has been studying pet food ingredients for over 40 years.

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13 Research and Development Centers

We have a team of more than 140 animal nutrition experts at facilities around the world.

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Extensive University Partnerships

We partner with over 40 universities in 17 countries worldwide for the latest research.

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Our Consumer-Driven Approach to Pet Food Ingredients

Global consumer trends show that pet parents are applying their own dietary preferences and values to their pets. ADM is here to help you develop pet food that meets these evolving consumer demands with our market insights, agile production process, fast formulation services, uncompromising safety standards, and broad portfolio of ingredients. 

Environmentally Conscious Pet Food Ingredients

Our broad portfolio of pet food ingredients and solutions includes options to help you address your climate goals and satisfy consumer demand for eco-conscious pet foods. With our full pantry of pet food ingredients and solutions, our formulation experts can help you find the right ingredients for your brand.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about pet food ingredients and functionality.

How Does ADM Support Pet Nutrition Product and Ingredient Development?

As a leading pet food ingredient supplier and manufacturer, ADM has unparalleled expertise in pet food and treat formulation and a wide range of high-quality, wholesome ingredients to help you meet pet parents' expectations about the nutritional content and functional benefits of pet products. Whether you're looking for alternative proteins, gluten-free options, or eco-friendly ingredients, ADM can help you develop products with great taste and nutrition.

How Does ADM Ensure the Quality of Its Pet Food Products and Ingredients?

As a premier pet food ingredient supplier, ensuring the quality of our ingredients is at the center of everything we do. ADM maintains industry-leading standards through our quality management system at all our production facilities and throughout our end-to-end supply chain.

Does ADM Have Expertise in Alternative Protein Ingredients for Pet Food?

Our full pantry of commercial pet food ingredients contains more than 20 plant, yeast, and insect-based proteins for you to choose from, and our formulation experts are available to help you adapt your products to alternative proteins or develop new pet food and treats.

What Are the Advantages of ADM’s Global Supply Chain for Pet Food Ingredients?

As a global leader in industrial pet nutrition supply and manufacturing, ADM’s end-to-end supply chain offers a variety of benefits to our partners: 

  • Ingredient sourcing and procurement: Our vast supply network allows you to access ingredients from around the world, including ethically and sustainably sourced options. 
  • Scale and logistics: ADM has both U.S.- and E.U.-based manufacturing facilities, as well as an extensive global logistics and delivery network. 
  • Speed: We can help you quickly get products to market thanks to our direct relationships with growers around the world, keeping your products in a single supply chain from field to finished goods.
Partner With Us Now!

For general inquiries, questions, or more information, please reach out to us. As a leading pet food ingredient supplier, we are here to help.

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