PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pet food and a method for producing the pet food that is highly appetizing for pets and formulated using nutritionally balanced ingredients with the health of the pet in mind.SOLUTION: (1) The method for producing the pet food includes steps for pelletizing a mixture of ingredients to obtain food pellets, and baking the food pellets. (2) In the method described in (1), a baking temperature is a temperature at which pyrazines are produced in the food pellets. (3) In the method described in (2), baking is carried out so that the pyrazine content of the baked food pellets is greater by at least 0.10 ppm than the pyrazine content of the food pellets before baked. (4) In the method described in (2) or (3), the pyrazines include 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2,6-dimethylpyrazine, and/or 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine. (5) In the method described in (1)-(4), baking is carried out using far-infrared radiation.【課題】栄養バランスの良い原材料を配合し、ペットの健康に配慮し、ペットの食いつきが優れたペットフード及び該ペットフードの製造方法の提供。【解決手段】(1)原材料の混合物を造粒してフード粒を得る工程と、前記フード粒を焼成する工程と、を含むことを特徴とするペットフードの製造方法。(2)前記焼成の温度が、前記フード粒にピラジン類を生成させる温度である(1)に記載の方法。(3)焼成後の前記フード粒中のピラジン類の含有量が、焼成前の前記フード粒中のピラジン類の含有量よりも、0.10ppm以上多くなるように、前記焼成を行う(2)に記載の方法。(4)前記ピラジン類が、2,5-ジメチルピラジン、2,6-ジメチルピラジン及び/又は2,3,5-トリメチルピラジンである(2)又は(3)に記載の方法。(5)遠赤外線を用いて、前記焼成を行う(1)~(4)に記載の方法。【選択図】図1
