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Nummy Tum Tum Pet Products Pure Sweet Potato
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8/26/2010
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Pure Sweet Potato from Nummy Tum Tum Pet Products is USDA Certified Organic and made in the US, according to the company. Also available in pumpkin puree, the sweet potato puree has a suggested serving size of one tablespoon per 10 lbs. weight daily.
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Max & Ruffy's organic grain-free vegan dog treat line
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8/26/2010
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Max Ruffy's offers a certified organic, vegan, grain-free treat line for dogs. Flavors include, Powerhouse: Sweet Potato Alfalfa flavor, The Kelp Highway: Butternut Squash Kelp flavor and Five-Star Blueberry. The treats are hand baked in small batches without the use of preservatives, additives o...
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Zeus and Co. hosts second annual open house
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8/12/2010
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Zeus and Co. recently hosted its second annual open house in Arlington Heights, Ill. The petfood and product distribution company owner, David Levy, holds the event to bring together vendors for a customer appreciation day, which more than 300 people attended this year.
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Sydney gets organic restaurant for pets
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8/12/2010
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Sydney, Australia, has a new restaurant for cats and dogs called Chew Chew featuring organic menu offerings, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The restaurant is run by pet nutritionist Naoko Okamoto and opened in June. Home delivery is also available.
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Market update: natural and organic petfood
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8/11/2010
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Market update: natural and organic petfood
The latest data from Packaged Facts on hot trends and what the future holds for the US natural and organic pet market
BY Jessica Taylor
US retail sales of natural pet products had been growing at teen double-digit rates since 2002, but...
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Market Report: Pet owners seek new information sources
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8/10/2010
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At Petfood Forum 2010, Marion Nestle, PhD, and Malden Nesheim, PhD, stood in front of a well-populated conference room to share observations from their new book, Feed Your Pet Right. It follows in the footsteps of Nestle’s 2007 book on the petfood recalls, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coa...
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Cranimals receives 'Editor's Choice' award
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8/10/2010
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Cranimals Zendog Biscuits received the "Editor’s Choice" award by Pet Product News International.
The Zendog Biscuits debuted in March 2010, as a certified organic cranberry dog biscuit, according to the company.
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A new way to feed dogs
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8/10/2010
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A new canine nutrition brand backed by Smartpak Canine, an animal health focused catalog and web retailer, has launched a new diet category for dogs that claims it will forever change the way consumers feed their dogs. The Proportions Whole Food Nutrition Program allows dog owners to create a custom...
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Rosemary extract acts as natural antioxidant
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8/9/2010
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Rosemary extract is a common ingredient found on dry petfood labels, typically at or near the bottom of the ingredient listing. While rosemary extract is generally viewed with favor by pet owners, it doesn’t provide nutritional fortification, it doesn’t provide medicinal support for any specific a...
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Research: New petfood product development
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8/7/2010
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Dive into John Adams’ extensive information on new petfood product development, the future of global markets and new RD technologies and strategies. All of these new product development strategies can be applied to petfood and pet treats.
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New product development for future petfood markets
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7/30/2010
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Innovation has become a key business process and is seen as essential for business growth and development. “The aim of the innovation/new product development process is to start with a collection of many ad-hoc ideas and finish with a selection of a few defined ideas to present to the market place,...
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Packaged Facts offers report on natural and organic pet products
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7/26/2010
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Packaged Facts has published a new report, Natural, Organic and Eco-Friendly Pet Products in the U.S., 3rd Edition.
The report covers both food and non-food products in the natural and organic pet market.
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MarketResearch adds new report on natural pet products
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7/20/2010
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MarketResearch added a new report by Packaged Facts, titled “Natural, Organic and Eco-Friendly Pet Products in the U.S., 3rd Edition.”
The report divides the market into two classifications: petfood and pet care.
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Boulder, Colorado, is a leader in natural petfood movement
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7/12/2010
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Residents in Boulder, Colorado, USA, lead the movement in feeding natural petfood diets to dogs and cats, according to an article from dailycamera.com.
Although the price of natural and organic petfoods can be more than traditional food, Boulder residents are willing to pay.
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Nutrient digestibility is age dependent in cats
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7/9/2010
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Availability of nutrients is influenced by extremes of age. For appropriate development of foods and nutritional management throughout lifestages of cats, we need a better understanding of the influence. This study investigated nutrient digestibility, mineral absorption, feces and urine production ...
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High calcium intake in growing dogs
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7/9/2010
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The current study was part of a larger investigation (Dobenecker, 2002). The apparent digestibility of protein, fat, nitrogen-free extract (N-free extract) and organic matter as well as energy of a tripe and rice-based diet supplemented either with normal calcium or excess calcium was determined in...
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Hudivo launches new organic hay for rabbits
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7/8/2010
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At Interzoo 2010, Hudivo introduces its new organic hay, complete with animated haystack! Anita Heidelstadt of the marketing department describes the new product and how changing demographics in Europe are causing pet owners to turn to small pets.
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Something to Chew On: Petfood stands strong at Interzoo
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7/6/2010
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Everyone in the world who has anything to do with the pet industry converged on Nuremberg, Germany, the week of May 10—or at least that’s how it seemed. Actually, more than 38,000 pet trade visitors from 117 countries attended Interzoo 2010, according to its organizers, in addition to 1,052 compani...
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Teledyne Tekmar Atomx Automated VOC Sample Prep System
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6/24/2010
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Teledyne Tekmar Atomx Automated VOC Sample Prep System combines an autosampler and purge and trap into a single instrument for the analysis of volatile organic compounds, with the ability to perform methanol extractions. The system features the Extractasol clean-up step to reduce carryover or cross...
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The changing pet retail landscape
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6/15/2010
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With the recession, credit crunch and consumers becoming more frugal, the retail channels are responding to the new realities. With unemployment reaching double digits and fewer jobs being created, consumers have changed their shopping habits.
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Vitamin D -- for pets, sunlight isn't enough
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6/14/2010
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We read a great deal about vitamin D in the popular press these days. Beyond the age-old deficiency diseases, it is now reported that supplemental vitamin D in people has an influence on a wide range of conditions including cognitive function, osteoporosis, fatigue, diabetes, cancer and more.
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PetGuard Inc. organic beef, chicken jerky
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6/5/2010
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PetGuard Inc. offers USDA-certified organic beef jerky and organic chicken jerky for dogs.
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Organic petfood task force asking for your input
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6/1/2010
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The task force is soliciting input from both member and non-member companies. This issue will be discussed at a PFI committee meeting on July 30 in Portland, Oregon, USA, just prior to the AAFCO meeting, and at the Feed and Pet Food Joint Industries Conference this fall.
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Online extra! Sustainability survey results
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5/28/2010
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See the full results of the survey sent to the Petfood Industry audience on sustainability.
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Research: What’s in store for pet retail
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5/25/2010
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With the deepening recession, credit crunch, and with consumers becoming frugal, the retail channels are responding to the new realities. With unemployment reaching double digits and fewer jobs being created consumers have changed their shopping habits.
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