Petfood Forum News

Grains rise in pet food as amino acids insure against DCM

The gravitas of the FDA influenced pet owners to take the announcement seriously. This wasn’t an irate blogger, this was the United States federal government.

November 8, 2020

Tim Wall

To avoid DCM and future problems, pet food formulators may need to reevaluate what humanization means in terms of ingredient diversity.

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Petfood Forum CONNECT is over — but wait! There’s more!

The annual trade show and conference may have wrapped up, but there’s more education coming in November.

September 28, 2020

Lindsay Beaton

Petfood Forum CONNECT may be over for the year, but there’s more education coming in November.

How pet food can grow from change and disruption

September 23, 2020

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Selling pet food online, providing and conveying value to pet owners and learning new skills from adapting to change can all help pet food brands grow.

Remembering Tom Willard, pet food friend and mentor

September 18, 2020

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Tom was one of the best of the many good people in the pet food industry: a very knowledgeable, dedicated mentor, advisor, partner and friend to many of us.

Testing pet microbiome validates diet marketing claims

However, if those feeding trials aren’t conducted carefully, they can be a waste of time and money.

September 17, 2020

Tim Wall

As consumer interest in pets’ gut microbiomes increases, pet food companies can gain insight into their products by monitoring the microbiome in feeding trial.

4 aspects of dog, cat food protein sustainability

The pet food industry has leverage to demand ecological and social responsibility from protein suppliers.

September 16, 2020

Tim Wall

Dog, cat and other pet food formulators can evaluate any protein source using a four-part framework.

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Don’t panic, Do act: Pet food crisis strategy dualities

When facing a crisis, pet food industry professionals often face two options for how to react.

September 16, 2020

Tim Wall

Ultimately, crisis management involves balancing emotional and intellectual responses to avoid panic or retreat.

Profile data forecasts pet food personalization

With direct-to-consumer sales, a pet food company can build a customer experience with data and personalization using three methods of data collection.

September 15, 2020

Tim Wall

To meet consumer demands for personalized pet foods, brands can use data from profiles created by pet owners themselves on those brands’ websites and apps.

Raw, freeze-dried, other pet foods gain consumer traction

September 14, 2020

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Though shares are small, frozen, refrigerated and freeze-dried pet foods are growing faster than conventional ones and rebounding from spikes and drops.

Refrigerated wet pet food sales higher than pre-pandemic

As of August in mass market retailers, refrigerated pet food sales had dropped from their COVID stock up spike of 51.7% growth down to 13%, but it stayed positive and returned ahead of year over year growth rates that they saw previous to COVID, 44.1% compared to 32%.

September 14, 2020

Tim Wall

As of the four weeks ending August 8, refrigerated wet food had reached a higher sales growth rate than before the pandemic in pet specialty retailer outlets and in food, drug and mass market channels.