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Pet Food Market

Coastal wolves, ancient clambakes and paleo dog food

For dogs, the paleo diet can mean meat and other items encountered around human camps during domestication. Although “discarded loincloth” will never become a dog food variety, other ancient flavors may remain to be revived as dog foods.

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Confusion over GMO corn in US pet food exports to Mexico

A decree ends genetically modified corn imports to Mexico by 2024. However, exactly what this means for the pet food industry is uncertain. Meanwhile, landraces are losing ground to varieties developed outside corn’s crib in Mexico.

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Pet owners describe selves and pets with same emotions

Scientists identified ranges of animal emotions and associated behaviors, as described by pet owners. Those same pet owners also noted their own emotions while interacting with their pets.

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Pet food exec sustainability idea differs from consumers

The multiplicity of sustainability problems makes containing them in single term difficult. For many pet owners the concept of sustainability may remain hazy, or they may think of the word in different terms pet food executives and marketers.

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Pandemic, climate ‘baby bust’ may affect pet food industry

With declining numbers of real babies and fewer fur babies, the pet food industry faces potentially conflicting demographic trends.

Pet Food Packaging

Pet food pods could reduce single-serve packaging waste

Brightly printed, sturdy pet food packages may ensure freshness on par with human foods, but multiple layers of material often mean superpremium packaging must make a trade-off with sustainability.

Pet Food Market

Circadian rhythm pet foods: untapped human trend?

Pet owners now feed their pets the same foods morning and night, often day after day. Could specific formulations address pets’ daily metabolic changes while forging new ranges of time-specific dog, cat and other pet foods?

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Market Trends and Reports

VR tours of pet food facility may provide transparency

The pet food industry chose the red pill this year. While giants like Purina can create full-on VR experiences, even small pet food start-ups can use free panoramic camera apps to make immersive pet food facility tours.

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Cute brand ambassador pets never get drunk, Tweet slurs

The role of both social media and pets intertwines as animals’ own online presences increasingly influence consumers’ views of dog, cat and other pet food brands. In some cases, animals make better brand ambassadors because they are less likely to behave like beasts than people. Plus, cuteness is power in the persuasion game.

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WHO simulated pet cats spreading new disease among humans

What if a disease erupted that could spread from pets to people and vice versa? The World Health Organization prepared for just that scenario.

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Snakes make friends as reptile pet humanization grows

Reptiles lack an essential characteristic to be fur babies. Nevertheless, pet owners do consider their cold-blooded pets with warmth.

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Market Trends and Reports

4 enduring elements of pet food industry success

While the pandemic’s effects will continue through the year, certain aspects of consumer demand trends may be amplified by the sudden need to stay at home.

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