Abstract:
The number of pets in the world has increased. At the same time, more attention has been
paid to their nutrition and health. Making pet food at home has more cost. Therefore, this
research aims to create a low-cost pet food. For this, offal meal, which are waste products
from the poultry industry, and cassava were used. The waste products of the poultry meat
industry include heads, blood, legs, feathers, and intestines. These ingredients contain
many nutritional components such as protein, mineral, vitamin, and fiber. Cassava is
growing quickly and abundantly in Sri Lanka. It also has a lot of nutritional components
such as fiber, carbohydrate, vitamin and minerals. To develop pet food with the
incorporation of poultry offal meal and cassava flour evaluate the nutritive composition
and self-life of the prepared product. The proximate composition of the pet food Maxies as
feed basis for moisture, crude protein, crude fiber, crude fat, total ash were 60 ,34.42oA,
2.30oh,78.T8o ,93 90o respectively. The proximate composition of the pet food Pedigree
as feed basis for moisture, crude protein, crude fiber, crude fat, total ash was 5oA,20o/o,5yo,
10oA,94.837o respectively. A sensory evaluation was conducted using a 6-point hedonic
scale to assess the appearance, texture, smell, and size of the formulated Maxie's dog food.
This research shows that locally sourced poultry by-products and cassava flour can be
effectively used to create high-quality, affordabie dry dog food. The findings not only meet
nutritional and safety standards but also present new opportunities for local production,
waste reduction, and economic growth within Sri Lanka's pet food industry.
