--- title: "Pet food formulation: Maximum profit at optimum quality" description: Learn how our BESTMIX formulation software helps you create pet food products with a maximum profit at an optimum quality. image: https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Petfood_social_picture.jpg --- [Support](http://www.adifo.com/support) - [en](http://blog.adifo.com/en) - [nl](http://blog.adifo.com/nl) - [de](http://blog.adifo.com/de) - [中文](http://blog.adifo.com/cn) [![Adifo](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hubfs/Adifo_May2016/Images/logo-2.svg)](http://www.adifo.com) Menu # Blog # Pet food formulation: Maximum profit at optimum quality by [Lynn Verstrepen](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/en/author/lynn-verstrepen) 25 May 2016 # ![pet food formulation bestmix](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pet_Food/Petfood_circles.jpg?width=800&name=Petfood_circles.jpg "pet food formulation bestmix") The pet food industry deals with a very specific product development and production process. Producers need to be able to generate and maintain complex bill of material, meet nutritional requirements and marketing claims whilst also guaranteeing maximum profits. How can specialized software help? ## Optimize raw material purchase ![pet food formulation](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs_pictures/petfood%20Raw%20material%20purchase.jpg?width=800&name=petfood%20Raw%20material%20purchase.jpg "pet food formulation") Which raw materials should you buy? When, where and at what price? Adifo’s [BESTMIX formulation](http://www.adifo.com/products/bestmix-feed-formulation) software helps you in making the optimal purchase decisions. With [BESTMIX Multiblend](http://info.adifo.com/webinar-recording-multiblend-introduction-and-basic-functionality) you can evaluate and control the usage of raw materials in time, based on the expected sales of your pet food formulas. BESTMIX will also optimize the allocation of purchased raw materials to your production facilities. This way, you can react to market fluctuations correctly and purchase the right quantities of raw materials at the right time. - Once you have used Multiblend, you will never go back to Singleblend. ## Produce at lowest cost ![pet food bestmix formulation](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs_pictures/Petfood%20produce%20at%20lowest%20cost.jpg?width=800&name=Petfood%20produce%20at%20lowest%20cost.jpg "pet food bestmix formulation") How can you manage complex Bills of materials, meet nutritional requirements and marketing claims whilst guaranteeing maximum profit? The powerful [BESTMIX pet food formulation](http://www.adifo.com/products/bestmix-feed-formulation) software enables you to generate all of this critical information and boost your business. With BESTMIX feed formulation you can easily reflect the different production steps by breaking down the master recipe in sub recipes. This way, every sub recipe can easily be processed on its own during the production process. Furthermore, moisture loss due to extrusion is taken into account upon optimizing your recipes. This way you deliver the exact nutritional quality you claim on the label: nothing more, nothing less. ## Create compliant declaration ![pet food quality control](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs_pictures/Petfood%20compliant%20declaration.jpg?width=800&name=Petfood%20compliant%20declaration.jpg "pet food quality control") How do you create compelling and innovative pet food with compliant declaration? The label of a pet food is key in your communication with the pet owner and is highly regulated. As pet food trends mirror those in human food, marketing claims have become standard practice on pet food declaration. Therefore, labelling is an integrated part of [BESTMIX formulation](http://www.adifo.com/products/bestmix-feed-formulation), allowing you to assess compliance to regulations and claims early in the product development process. After approval, the product datasheets (incl. appropriate feeding guidelines) are automatically generated based on user defined templates. ## Deliver high quality pet food ![pet food BESTMIX quality control](https://2044671.hs-sites.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs_pictures/Petfood%20high%20quality.jpg?width=800&name=Petfood%20high%20quality.jpg "pet food BESTMIX quality control") How can you monitor the quality of your incoming raw materials? And how do you guarantee the quality of the pet food you produce? You should continuously measure the fluctuating quality of critical raw materials, enabling accurate recipe formulation. This results in compliant products and will allow you to deliver what you promised to your customer. ‘A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all’. [BESTMIX Quality Control - smart sample management -](http://www.adifo.com/products/bestmix-lims-feed) enables you to monitor the quality of your raw materials and end products. BESTMIX Quality Control provides you with a powerful tool to [interactively transfer this data to your formulation system](http://info.adifo.com/webinar-recording-improve-your-formulation-with-efficient-quality-control). ‘Keeping your raw material specs up to date is just a few clicks away’. Moreover, this software also integrates smoothly with your ERP-software, NIR instruments and service laboratories. Want to know more? 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