PureeX for pet food
Discover the power of PureeX - premium insect meat for appetising pet food with health and wellbeing benefits.
PureeX is fresh or frozen insect meat from black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens). Naturally, it's a tasty, healthy, and sustainable meat. It's minimally processed and packed with health promises. Perfect for both dogs and cats, PureeX excels in wet food, functional treats and snacks and is highly suitable as fresh meat in extruded dry food. Choose PureeX for a pet food that's good for your furry friends and good for the planet!
Nine key benefits
PureeX heralds an innovation in pet food: it's insect meat that adds a new dimension of freshness! Involving just a few steps, PureeX is minimally processed and maximally nutritious. This functional ingredient provides all the health benefits of insect proteins and lipids while also reducing the environmental ‘pawprint’ of pet food. It’s the smart choice for pet food manufacturers keen to add health- and wellness-related claims to the label. With a growing body of scientific evidence proving its health benefits, PureeX is emerging as the go-to solution for savvy producers. Nine key benefits make PureeX stand out in the market.
Superior quality
Our carefully crafted ingredients are the result of good genetics, rigorous quality standards and our unique integrated farming-production setup. This delivers consistent, stable composition, high freshness, high palatability and functional excellence - time after time.
Providing health benefits
The list of health benefits associated with PureeX is getting longer by the day. From hypoallergenicity to a beneficial antioxidant effect and the potential to prevent arthritis: exceptional outcomes are demonstrated exclusively for PureeX, setting it apart in the insect puree market.
Authentic ingredient
For PureeX, we keep processing to a minimum. Prepared in only a few steps to preserve maximum taste and freshness, PureeX is fresh authentic insect meat, fulfilling our promise to deliver a premium-quality ingredient that enhances pet wellbeing and health.
Great palatability
Studies show that pets find PureeX truly tasty, with positive responses like waggy tails and lip-licking. Good consumption delights pet owners, who also rate the look and smell of a diet with PureeX highly. Curious to learn more? Download our white paper on PureeX's palatability in the Discovery Centre.
Highly digestible
Highly digestible PureeX ensures maximum goodness is delivered and absorbed. Pets in the real world truly benefit from our high-performance functional ingredients.
Hypoallergenic
As a novel protein, PureeX is ideally suited for hypoallergenic diets or for diets catering to pets with sensitive skin or stomachs. Its great versatility allows it to be incorporated as a single nutrient source or combined with another novel protein.
Natural
Bugs are nature's treat to many animals, ho instinctively see insects as tasty and nutritious. By incorporating them into a wide range of pet food products, we harness this natural goodness and deliver it consistently in a convenient format.
Low footprint
PureeX is proven to have a low environmental footprint, as demonstrated in a peer-reviewed Life Cycle Assessment by the German Institute of Food Technologies (Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik, DIL e.V.). There is a significant reduction in emissions, land and water use compared to poultry meat, for example. For exact data on the footprint of PureeX, scroll down.
Versatile
PureeX is proving increasingly popular in pet food manufacturing thanks to its great versatility. This multi-talented functional ingredient delivers health and wellness benefits to dogs and cats at every life stage: puppies/kitten, adults, and seniors. It can be incorporated into a comprehensive range of premium and veterinary products, including complete wet food, tasty snacks, functional treats and as a fresh ingredient in extruded dry food.
Pet health and PureeX
Discovering new health claims
Researchers are uncovering a range of health benefits of PureeX, including its hypoallergenic properties that may provide relief for pets with allergies. Another study suggests that PureeX could help prevent joint diseases like arthritis by reducing inflammation and providing essential joint-building blocks.
Two scientific studies point to a strong antioxidant effect. The first study found that PureeX could suppress the negative effect of pro-oxidant molecules by 90%, while chicken and fishmeal could trigger a 5-15% increase of these harmful molecules. The second study showed that insect-based cat food with PureeX demonstrated 80% suppression of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), outperforming super premium cat foods, which achieved 70%. For manufacturers in the premium pet food sector, PureeX offers an exciting opportunity to enhance antioxidant potential in sustainable, easily digestible formulations that benefit pet health.
Ongoing research continues to reveal additional health benefits of this innovative ingredient.
A low footprint ingredient
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the German Institute of Food Technologies Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL) confirms PureeX has a considerably lower environmental footprint compared with common alternatives.
98% less CO2 emissions
compared to poultry meat per kg product
100% less land use
compared to poultry meat per kg product
99.8% less water use
compared to poultry meat per kg product
Applications
It’s an exciting time to realise the power of insects in your pet food formulations. Insect ingredients are creating more of a buzz every day. We are continually unlocking new applications and benefits to share with you. With easy processing and handling and the support of enthusiastic and highly knowledgeable experts, it’s time to start exploring the exciting possibilities.
Dogs: puppy, adult, senior
Wet food
Fresh ingredient in extruded dry food
(Functional) treats
Cats: kitten, adult, senior
Wet food
As fresh ingredient in extruded dry food
(Functional) treats
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PureeX insect meat is perfect for creating highly appetising, low paw-print pet food, especially wet food. Our product sheet is full of tasty data, including scientific research, environmental data and insightful sources of inspiration. Of course, our pet-loving experts are ready to unleash their knowledge and support you in bringing your application ideas to 'woof'erful reality. Pamper pets by downloading the product sheet now.
Safety and quality
Unleashing the highest quality and standards
Our products meet the highest requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice Plus (GMP+), SecureFeed, and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), and fully comply with European feed legislation. We don't just meet these benchmarks – we strive to exceed them in our quest for exceptional quality.