Abstract: The invention provides palatability enhancing compositions comprising a palatability enhancing amount of two or more of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, one or more animal by-products, and one or more microbial proteins and comestible compositions comprising one or more comestible ingredients and the palatability enhancing compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides palatability enhancing compositions comprising a palatability enhancing amount of two or more of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, one or more animal by-products, and one or more microbial proteins and comestible compositions comprising one or more comestible ingredients and the palatability enhancing compositions.

Abstract: The invention provides flavored drinking water additives and flavored drinking water compositions. The invention also provides methods for increasing water consumption by an animal and improving hydration for animals using the flavored drinking water additives and flavored drinking water compositions of the present invention.

Abstract: A process for making a dry, stable intermediate pet food including meat includes the steps of combining a plurality of ingredients specified by a basal pet food formula, wherein the plurality of ingredients includes a slurry of meat, mixing the plurality of ingredients to form a basal mixture, extruding the basal mixture, cutting the extruded basal mixture into flakes, and drying the flakes to a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight. In one embodiment, to make a finished pet food composition, the flakes are shipped for final processing to a processing facility having finishing equipment including grinding, extruding and coating equipment.