Pet nutritionist becomes a new profession

　　Jade dog pounding medicine, full moon, Chang'e exploring the moon, laurel praying for blessings... In the Mid-Autumn Festival that just passed, a batch of exquisite mooncakes were born in the "Egg Yolk Pet Shop" on Shanbanqiao Road, Chenghua District, Chengdu.

However, unlike ordinary moon cakes, they are not for people to eat, they are carefully made for a group of "special guests".

　　Their producer is a pet nutritionist licensee-Jia Wenbin.

"Special guests" are "hairy kids", mainly cats and dogs.

　　Pet food everything

　　Monthly passenger volume from 30 to 600

　　At 11 o'clock in the morning, Jia Wenbin began to prepare food for the pets to welcome the opening of 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

　　Just past the Mid-Autumn Festival, he made a batch of pet mooncakes.

Now that the National Day is coming, the store is stepping up the production of Michelin set meals for pets, including appetizer soup, main course turkey breast, cheese dessert... everything.

Not only making pet food, Jia Wenbin told reporters that many pets will have dry hair and long tears, which are signs of unreasonable pet feeding.

What he needs to do is to prepare meals with reasonable ingredients according to the pet's own condition, and communicate with the owner to change pet food.

　　In the past, for example, this dish uses kelp, apples, potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, and blueberries as raw materials. The dishes made are strictly limited to protein, fat, dietary fiber, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, etc. Proportion, "Kelp has low calories, high iodine content, diuretic and swelling effect, and can prevent pet kidney function problems."

　　It is understood that the egg yolk pet shop opened in 2020.

At first, the monthly passenger volume was only 30, but now it has reached 600.

This profession is still relatively novel, and the public's acceptance is naturally not high. The reason for the current passenger flow, Jia Wenbin said: "My work has been recognized by many people, and most of the new customers are introduced by regular customers."

　　Industry Status:

　　Not many licensed pet nutritionists

　　"In summer, if the dog food eaten by pets is too hot, tears will easily develop. At this time, it is necessary to temporarily stop dog food with raw materials of beef and mutton, and replace it with raw materials such as duck meat. Cat pet food is also exquisite. The two types of pets are different in their food. Compared with dogs, cats need to eat some oilier food..."

　　Jia Wenbin talked about how to take care of pets scientifically.

This young man, born in 1994, passed the pet nutritionist certificate in Paris in 2016.

　　After analyzing the domestic market, Jia Wenbin and three other university students thought of opening this egg yolk pet shop together to make food for pets.

　　This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, Jia Wenbin prepared duck, chicken, shrimp and other pet mooncakes with different flavors for customers' pets according to different nutritional combinations.

This kind of moon cake specially formulated for pets is relatively rare in Chengdu and even the whole country.

　　He told reporters that although the domestic pet market has gradually emerged in recent years, the pet nutritionist industry has not yet been fully developed.

At present, there are not many regular pet nutritionists who are licensed and can concentrate on researching ingredients.

Jia Wenbin said that what he wants to do next is to surpass the West and develop a new set of ingredients that are more suitable for modern pets in China.

Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News Reporter Dai Jiajia

　　Intern Guo Wenyi Photography Report