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Debbie Phillips-Donaldson, editor-in-chief of Petfood Industry, shares her insights and opinions on all things pet food, addressing market trends as well as news and developments in pet nutrition, food safety and other hot topics for the industry.

Dry pet food production on the rise in emerging markets

February 19, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Developing pet food markets like China, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Mexico and Argentina showed strong growth for dry pet food production in 2017.

Pet food manufacturing adds $127 billion to US economy

February 12, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

A new report shows pet food manufacturers’ sizable contributions, especially in the top five states: Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Iowa and California.

Pet food sales outlook: Stunning rise of US mass market

February 5, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

The continuing growth of ecommerce is changing and even disrupting many markets and product categories, including pet food.

Pet food nutrition research addresses pet obesity

January 29, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

A popular human dieting method shows up in a pet food, plus nutrigenomics and research into feeding amounts and pet food labels may help treat pet obesity.

Global pet care sales grew 14 percent in past five years

January 22, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Driven by trends like clean label, transparency and sustainability, pet food and pet care sales continue to grow faster than those of other packaged goods.

3 pet food companies in top 9 players in US pet market

January 16, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Nestlé Purina, Mars Petcare and Big Heart are among the largest companies by revenue in the US pet market, with three other pet food players in the top 17.

2018 starts with pet food acquisitions, slower US sales

January 9, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Sizable pet food players have made deals early this year and in late 2017, yet weaker 2017 pet food sales growth in US pet specialty offsets the progress.

Lessons for pet food from study on discarded human food?

January 2, 2018

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

A consumer study on human foods made with discarded ingredients could have insights for pet food companies for using and marketing by-product ingredients.

Clean label pet food trend works for packaging, too

December 18, 2017

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

The clean label trend, popular in pet food and human food, includes packaging that offers only essential information for consumers to make confident decisions.

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Adventures in Pet Food
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Dry pet food production on the rise in emerging markets

Pet food manufacturing adds $127 billion to US economy

Pet food sales outlook: Stunning rise of US mass market

Pet food nutrition research addresses pet obesity

Global pet care sales grew 14 percent in past five years

3 pet food companies in top 9 players in US pet market

2018 starts with pet food acquisitions, slower US sales

Lessons for pet food from study on discarded human food?

Top 3 pet food stories in 2017, what they mean for 2018

Clean label pet food trend works for packaging, too

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