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Fur babies or fur egos? Pets as extensions of the self

Pet owners likely feel better about pampering a pretend child than an extension of their own selves.

A Baroque oil painting of a person looking in the mirror. Instead of their reflection, they see a humanoid dog wearing the same clothes.

Pet Ownership Statistics

AI-animated robot pets don’t eat pet food or want treats

One robotic dog responds to more than 35 voice commands and servos to run, flip and otherwise caper. However, the robo-Rovers aren’t cuddly…yet.

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Market Trends and Reports

Latin American pet food industry overcomes geography, economics

Trade agreements in Latin America have had a mixed impact on the pet food industry.

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Wildlife conservation differentiates pet food brands

People who care about pets tend to care about animals in general. Sometimes pets lead people to appreciate wildlife in revolutionary ways.

Concern trolling influences pet food trends, formulations

Concern trolls have created documentaries, books, blogs and other online media to stoke fear of fillers, toxins, by-products and low-quality ingredients in pet food.

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Pet Food Market

Cell-based meat’s sustainability complex for pet food

While future developments in cellular agriculture may be able to beat conventional livestock at resource conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, current technologies have limited environmental sustainability credibility.

Meat cultured in laboratory conditions from stem cells.

Pet Food Market

AI identifies 6 pet food trends for 2023, but unoriginal

As a writer, I wondered if artificial intelligence could steal my job. To test ChatGPT’s capacity to muscle in on my turf, I asked the program to write about pet food trends in 2023.

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By-products can be called upcycled pet food ingredients

Rendering by-products into pet food ingredients reduces food waste and makes more efficient use of the resources needed to produce human foods. Rebranding these products as upcycled could aid acceptance by pet owners.

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6 media questions to answer during a pet food recall

Dog bites man isn’t news, but man recalls dog food is. When reporting on a pet food recall, journalists aim to answer six essential questions in every article: Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?

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Pet Food Market

Dog brain scan suggests dogs see actions more that objects

While Dr. Doolittle’s dream remains elusive, advances in brain scanning and analysis have opened a window into how dogs’ brains reconstruct what they see. Researchers at Emory University found evidence that we should probably be using more verbs when overdubbing our dog’s antics.

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3D printing pet treats with plant, insect, algae protein

Ordering a perfect cup of Earl Grey tea from a Star Trek-style replicator remains for the next generation. However, small-scale 3D printing of pet treats may not be science fiction for long. Those futuristically created treats may themselves contain equally unconventional ingredients, such as insect and algae proteins.

Protein derived from plants like algae may soon play a large role in pet food. | (waldru | Bigstock.com)

Stop fake news, beliefs about dog and cat food with games

From dilated cardiomyopathy to by-products to pentobarbital, a wide range of topics in the pet food industry have spawned their own sets of rumors and false beliefs. Along with these specific myths, pet owners often harbor wider misunderstandings about pet food formulation, processing and regulation.

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