Profeco performed a quality analysis of 33 brands of commercial dry cat food in 2022, finding all comply with Mexican regulations as well as AAFCO guidelines.

General nutrition goals for pets with cancer include preserving lean muscle, minimizing metabolic disturbances and GI intolerance to food, and optimizing quality of life.

“The diets associated with the pancytopenia outbreak in cats in the United Kingdom all contained potatoes flakes which, in this scenario, are thought to have been the likely source of mycotoxin,” Royal Veterinary College researchers wrote.

Ninja, a Saudi Arabian app offering pet food and other products via quick commerce, had 1.5 million downloads of its app in just four months after launch.

Cell-cultured pet food ingredients may appeal to certain pet owners more than others.

There is hope the food will extend the lives of cats to 30 years. 

Globally, a research team counted 43 brands selling pet products using insect-based ingredients, with 35 of those brands operating in Europe. Black soldier fly larvae and mealworms were the two most frequently used insect species.

The launch comes amid rising demand for game meat in pet food.

In the first half of 2022, the pet food industry had these mergers and acquisitions. 

Pet food and treat sales declined slightly for General Mills in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 to US$592.9 million, compared with US$593.4 million during the same period of the previous year.