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Secret AI may drive pet food innovations behind the scenes
The pet food industry's most valuable algorithms are likely remaining behind the firewall, while patents continue to protect the innovations those algorithms help create.
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Nulo launches pet athlete contest with Petco
US pet food construction tops $1.5 billion
Report: Pet brands cut Amazon out-of-stock losses 63%
Patents, high meat, purchase decisions: Petfood Industry News Quiz July 24-30
Patents offer clues to high-fresh-meat dry pet food production
Q&A Science Dive: Advanced glycation end-product formation in wet, dry and fresh cat food
Austin and Kat expands mushroom supplement line for dogs
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Is pet food picking up the pace in adopting AI?
Patents, high meat, purchase decisions: Petfood Industry News Quiz July 24-30
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Adventures in Pet Food
Is pet food picking up the pace in adopting AI?
Is AI adoption in pet food accelerating, and can it keep up as the technology advances? Should it? Distrust and fear of AI are receding but concerns remain.
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Pet Food Safety
Wet cat food held highest levels of certain potentially unhealthy chemicals
Concentrations of advanced glycation end-products in mildly cooked (fresh) and extruded dry diets often did not differ significantly in an experiment.
Market Trends and Reports
Report: Dog owners embrace value-driven spending
New data from the American Pet Products Association shows dog ownership climbing while owners tighten budgets through smarter, not smaller, spending.
Pet Food Marketing and Branding
Nature's Logic sustainability firsts: A David vs. Goliath brand strategy
A disciplined series of industry firsts tripled sales and delivered a 4x return before Nature's Logic's acquisition by Mid America Pet Food.
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Tax incentives, personas, Latin America: Petfood Industry New Quiz July 17-23
Test your knowledge of the week's stories.
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Adventures in Pet Food
How similar are the US human and pet food markets?
Reports show parallels in terms of growth rates, the influence of inflation and how health and wellness still factor into consumers’ purchasing decisions.
Pet Food Processing
Freeze-dried pet food gains ground in demand, ingredients and manufacturing
Consumer behavior, ingredient innovation and production engineering are converging to move freeze-dried pet food from specialty format to scalable category.
Pet Food Insights
Automation is easy. Adoption is hard.
The pet food manufacturing industry is entering a new era of automation.
Market Trends and Reports
Survey: 49% of owners view their dogs as soulmates
New research from Freshpet shows nearly half of dog owners consider their pet, not a romantic partner, their ultimate soulmate.
Pet Food Market
Pet food inflation cools further in June
June data show pet food price growth continuing to slow even as the broader Consumer Price Index eased, according to a new report from Pet Business Professor.
Latin America/Carribean
Latin America's pet food market projected to reach US$18.5 billion by 2035
Brazil accounts for nearly 60% of regional sales as pet humanization, premiumization and product innovation continue to drive market growth.
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