Provided is a method for producing a pet food having excellent palatability. A method for producing a pet food, comprising: a kneading step of adding an amino acid and a reducing sugar to a pet food raw material and kneading the resultant mixture to produce a kneaded food material； a granulation step of granulating the kneaded food material to produce food granules； and a burning step of burning the food granules with a far infrared ray. It is preferred that multiple kinds of amino acids are added in the kneading step. It is also preferred that the amino acid or amino acids and the reducing sugar are added in the total amount of 0.5 to 5.0 parts by mass inclusive relative to 100 parts by mass of the pet food raw material in the kneading step.
