Highly purified glucomannan for satiety and healthy weight support in pet food

Overview

Highly purified glucomannan is offered as a functional dietary fiber ingredient for pet food, designed to support satiety and healthy weight management in dogs and cats. When hydrated, glucomannan develops high viscosity that modifies food texture and physical properties, helping influence feeding behavior. This enables healthy weight support through a normal feeding routine rather than requiring a high-fiber diet replacement.

The ingredient has already been deployed across multiple pet product formats with different moisture levels and processing conditions, and is backed by human clinical evidence demonstrating weight management benefits. It is positioned as a practical, easy-to-incorporate solution for pet food manufacturers seeking to address overweight and obesity while preserving lean mass.

Technical specifications

Key features:

• Highly purified glucomannan available in multiple grades with varying viscosity, including lower-viscosity options that minimize texture impact
• Optimized dispersion methods and point of addition tailored to each application and format
• Compatible with supplements, jellies, chicken tender sausages, and dental chews
• Maintains key physical functions—hydration, viscosity, and water-holding capacity—under anticipated processing conditions including 100–140°C (heating, extrusion, retort)
• Evaluated for dispersibility, viscosity, water-holding capacity, texture, and palatability

Supporting evidence: Human clinical studies show glucomannan benefits for weight management. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 83 overweight adults, 1 g taken three times daily for 60 days reduced body weight, body fat percentage, and fat mass without reducing lean body mass or bone density. Additional studies report benefits for hunger, satiety, fullness, and body weight.

Technology readiness level

The glucomannan has already been used in multiple pet product formats with varying moisture levels and processing conditions. Validation is ongoing and includes assessing performance in wet food, dry food/kibble, and treats; examining stability of hydration, viscosity, and water-holding capacity after heating, extrusion, retort, and related treatments; and conducting controlled feeding studies in dogs to evaluate gastrointestinal tolerance, palatability, feed intake, satiety-related behavior, body weight, body condition score, fat mass, and lean mass—with particular focus on reducing fat mass while preserving lean mass. Appropriate inclusion levels and gastrointestinal tolerance for cats will be confirmed separately, taking dog findings into account.