책임운영기관 농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 (로고)

As part of the premiumization trend in dog foods, plant based, grain-free and gluten-free diets have been focused. However, without comprehensive information regarding carbohydrates in dog foods, it can be difficult to produce nutritionally balanced diet. Therefore, our study aimed to evaluate the nutritional value of commonly used carbohydrate ingredients in commercial dog foods. Firstly, utilizing data from Euromonitor, we investigated the trends in the dry dog food industry and analyzed the annual trends in the volume of dry dog food sales and dog population from 2010 to 2021. The market size in 2021 showed the highest growth in premium dry dog food (KRW, 254.3 billion) among the commercially available products, compared to 2010. In addition, the sales of dry dog food by age category was marked by a significant increase in the market size of senior (405%) dry dog food products. Secondly, we searched the frequency of carbohydrate ingredients and conducted the proximate analysis of the most frequently used top 10 carbohydrate ingredients. Subsequently, crude protein, crude fat, nitrogen free extract in those carbohydrate ingredietns were analyzed based on the dry matter. The analysis results indicated that mung bean had the highest crude protein content at 31.3%, while oats exhibited the highest crude fat content at 23.3%. Additionally, sweet potato demonstrated the highest nitrogen free extract content, measuring at 93.6%. The outcomes of this study are expected to provide a valuable foundation for the growth and development of the domestic dog food industry, while also contributing to a deeper understanding of the specific role of each ingredient as a carbohydrate source.