A highly palatable pet food that is formulated using a blend of ingredients having good nutritional balance with the health of the pet in mind, and a manufacturing method for the pet food. The present invention provides a pet food manufacturing method that includes a step of granulating a mixture of ingredients to obtain food granules, and a step of baking the food granules, wherein the baking temperature is preferably a temperature that generates pyrazines in the food granules. Further, the pyrazine content within the food granules following baking is preferably at least 0.10 ppm higher than the pyrazine content within the food granules prior to baking. Examples of the pyrazines contained within the food granules include 2,5-dimethylpyrazine, 2,6-dimethylpyrazine and/or 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine. Furthermore, the baking is preferably performed using far infrared radiation.本發明是為了提供一種配合有營養均衡良好的原材料、考慮到寵物的健康且寵物的嗜食性優異之寵物食品,以及該寵物食品之製造方法。本發明之寵物食品的製造方法,係包含:將原材料的混合物實施造粒而獲得食品粒的步驟、及將該食品粒實施燒成的步驟;燒成溫度較佳為讓食品粒生成吡嗪類的溫度。此外較佳為,使燒成後的食品粒中之吡嗪類含量變成比燒成前的食品粒中之吡嗪類含量多0.10ppm以上。作為食品粒所含的吡嗪類,可列舉2,5-二甲基吡嗪、2,6-二甲基吡嗪及/或2,3,5-三甲基吡嗪。此外,較佳為使用遠紅外線進行燒成。1‧‧‧陶瓷加熱器2‧‧‧爐3‧‧‧網帶輸送機4‧‧‧食品粒5‧‧‧食品粒的輸送路徑6‧‧‧燒成後的食品粒之回收容器L‧‧‧間隔距離
