In vitro digestion and microbial fermentation of dried food residues, a potential "new" component for pet food, and different non-digestible carbohydrate sources.

ABSTRACT: Food residues are often fed to dogs in private households and might also be a potential "new" ingredient for pet food in the future. As food residues might contain not only digestible, but also fermentable substrates, an effect on the intestinal microbiota can be assumed. In the present study, two batches of dried food residues (DFR) collected from hotels in Crete were microbially fermented in an in vitro batch culture system with canine fecal inoculum: non-sterile DFR including meat (DFRm), sterile DFR including meat (DFRms) and sterile DFR without meat (DFRwms). Different non-digestible carbohydrate sources (beet pulp, wheat bran, inulin, carrot pomace, brewer´s spent grains, cellulose and lignocellulose) were included for comparison. Inulin, cellulose and lignocellulose were only used a

SUBMITTER: Paßlack N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791538 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature