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Latin America/Carribean
Beyond Brazil and Mexico: Latin America's new pet food growth map
As cat food surges and smaller markets develop distinct industrial identities, a more fragmented — and more nuanced — Latin American growth story is emerging.
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Champion Petfoods opens $32M innovation center in Canada
When pet food capacity outpaces demand, what's a manufacturer to do?
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Pet Food News
Champion Petfoods opens $32M innovation center in Canada
The new Global Innovation and Discovery Centre at the company's NorthStar Kitchen will support recipe development and research for its ORIJEN and ACANA brands.
Business Strategy
From dashboards to decisions: AI's pet food impact
Iván Franco with Triplethree International shares how AI-powered analytics can improve pricing, forecasting and profitability across Latin America's pet food market.
Production
When pet food capacity outpaces demand, what's a manufacturer to do?
As pandemic-era investment continues to come fully online, manufacturers face growing margin pressure — and must compete on distinctiveness, not just scale.
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EPISODE 111: How are small pet businesses using AI right now?
eTailPet's Eric Thornton breaks down where AI adoption stands for independent pet retailers and what it means for the businesses that serve them.
Industry Voices
Integrated audits reduce redundancy, speed nonconformance closure
Unified oversight programs cut duplicate supplier audits by 30% and closed nonconformances 40% faster, according to SGS data presented at NASC's annual conference.
Adventures in Pet Food
Hype may be top challenge to cultivated protein in pet food
Can cultivated protein escape the fate of other over-hyped novel sources, like insect protein, which seems to have met reality in the current economic environment?
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Cultivated meat, Historic dog bans, Palatability: Petfood Industry News Quiz June 12-18
This week's questions explore new findings on ingredient preferences in dog biscuits, the hurdles facing cultivated meat products and growing investor interest in the expanding pet wellness sector.
Industry Voices
Pet wellness market tops $5 billion, attracts investors
The U.S. pet wellness category is larger and growing faster than many industry estimates suggest, drawing strong investor interest, L.E.K. Consulting's Lauren DeVestern told attendees at the 2026 NASC Annual Conference.
Latin America/Carribean
CMI, Grupo Bios form Central American pet food alliance
The partnership unites two established regional players to build one of Latin America's most influential pet food platforms.
Latin America/Carribean
Infographic: Latin America offers growth opportunities for U.S. pet food exports
Economic recovery and pet humanization trends are driving demand for premium dog and cat food across South America and the Caribbean.
Pet Food Insights
Regulatory complexity leads to challenges for cell-cultivated meat products
As public understanding of cell-cultivated meat products has expanded, regulatory efforts at both the federal and state levels have increasingly influenced how manufacturers interact with consumers.
Pet Food Safety
Salmonella, antibiotic resistant bacteria found on imported dog treats in US
Researchers isolated three bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic considered a last-resort treatment in human medicine, from pig ear treats imported from Brazil.
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