What is found in dog food pellets for dogs and cats? The site of the Chamber of Food Manufacturers for Dogs, Cats, Birds and other pets (FACCO) offers a diagram that details all stages of the manufacture of a kibble. The important steps in this process are first the mixing of all the ingredients (dosed beforehand), they will then be ground and prepared for cooking. Extrusion cooking is the process that technically makes it possible to manufacture a kibble. It is a mixture of high temperature condition (sometimes 200 ° C) and high pressure (35 times atmospheric pressure). Once extrusion cooking is done, the croquettes are dried, coated (often with a layer of fat to increase the palatability of the product), cooled and then stored. The suite consists of packaging steps to serve customers. An ingredient is essential in the manufacture of these dry kibbles, it is the carbohydrates. In the form of starch, this macronutrient is an essential compound to technically enable the producti...