8 месяцев я делал корм для кошек и собак… И ЧТО В ФИНАЛЕ?

I spent eight months creating dry cat and dog food—and it was perhaps the most challenging project of my life. From the first idea to the final kibble, I spent millions of rubles, countless hours, terabytes of video footage, and two weeks of editing. All of this was done to show you how I created the food in this 20-minute film, not just a review of the finished product. While developing the food formula, I brought in people I trust: Olga Levtsova, a pet food development technologist, and Anna Suaro, a veterinary nutritionist. Together, we explored what truly impacts the quality of the food: we analyzed the composition, carefully selected ingredients—including fresh meat, which makes up at least 30% of the product—and monitored the final lab results. No compromises for the sake of cost. We'll walk this entire journey together: we'll visit a real pet food factory, peek into closed workshops, see how an extruder works, and how raw materials are transformed into finished pellets. You'll learn the inner workings of the pet food industry in Russia and how dry pet food is made in a domestic production environment—from the initial calculations to the final palatability test. Watch to see the final product. ⏱️ Film timestamps: 00:00 — How to Launch Your Own Pet Food Brand: Teaser from Production 00:22 — Tailed Pet: My 8-Month Quest 01:23 — Technology and Raw Materials: Recipe Development with Technologist Olga Levtsova 03:22 — The Reality of the Pet Business: Why It's Difficult to Make a Quality Product 04:14 — Pet Food Composition: Ingredient Analysis with Nutritionist Anna Suaro 07:26 — In Search of Production: How to Find a Plant for 30% Fresh Meat 08:23 — Negotiations at the PetExpert Plant: Technical Limitations of the Line 09:53 — Freeze-Dried Treats in Dry Food: Is It Worth Adding? 10:26 — Brand development and packaging design for our pet food 11:01 — How pet food formulas are calculated in real time 12:26 — The Economics of Quality: Is it difficult to balance ingredients and cost? 13:11 — How pet food is made in a factory: From the butcher shop to the industrial extruder 19:25 — Feed palatability testing on cats, project results and finale 🔍 In this video: how to launch your own pet food brand, dry food recipe development, veterinary nutritionist Anna Suaro, technologist Olga Levtsova, dangerous mycotoxins in raw materials, carbohydrates in pet food (rice, cornmeal, amaranth), how to find a factory for pet food production, PetExpert factory restrictions, how a butcher shop operates, meat emulsion and metal detector, food quality testing in a lab, how an industrial extruder works, the first test pellet, palatability testing on cats, the pet business in Russia. 👉 Subscribe to the "Khvostaty Pet" channel so you don't miss new videos! __________________________ Hvostatiy Pet Video Content: ■ YouTube:    / @hvostatiypitomets   ■ VKontakte: https://vk.com/hvostatiypitomets ■ RUTUBE: https://rutube.ru/u/hvostatiypitomets/ ■ Telegram Channel: https://t.me/hvostatiypitomets (new release notifications and important information) Contacts for collaboration: email: [email protected] #dryfood #catfood #dogfood #foodreview #howfoodismade #foodquality #foodrecipe #extruder #feedfactory #petbusiness #domesticfood #Russia #freshmeat #feedtest #feedproduction