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Adventures in Pet Food

Tips for navigating tariffs: Is your pet food business prepared?

New U.S. tariffs have gone into effect, affecting many imports of pet food, ingredients, packaging or other raw materials. Where does your company stand?

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US quintuples tariffs on Brazilian pet food

Brazilian Pet Industry Association (Abinpet) weighs in on impacts from latest round of U.S. tariffs on Brazil.

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Pet industry faces new tariff reality as August 1 deadline passes

The American Pet Products Association launches educational webinar series to help companies navigate evolving trade compliance requirements and avoid costly penalties.

Despite an August 1 tariff implementation deadline, several countries have received extensions.

Kormotech partners with Bulgaria's largest online pet retailer

Also: Belgian pet food maker Versele-Laga opens new Hungarian production facility while European industry body calls for harmonized EU waste sorting labels.

Kormotech's pet food brands will now be available across Petmall's 17 brick-and-mortar stores and online platform as the Ukrainian producer expands its eight-year presence in Bulgaria's growing pet food market.

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Chart: Top 20 pet food companies 2024; Purina, Mars still dominate

Nestle Purina PetCare and Mars Petcare continue to have the largest annual revenues, as do U.S.-based companies overall.

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Stability, uncertainty co-exist in current pet markets

With 2025 shaping up to be a significantly economically difficult year, it’s hard to figure out exactly where pet food will fall for consumers.

We’re halfway through perhaps the most economically uncertain year we’ve had since the pandemic, and the only constant seems to be change.

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Global pet food market projects 6.5% CAGR through 2035

New market analysis from Future Market Insights shows conventional pet food maintains 70% share while premium segments drive expansion across key regions.

According to FMI, the global pet food market is experiencing an unprecedented surge, driven by the profound trend of pet humanization, a growing demand for premiumization, and an increasing shift toward tailored nutrition.

VAFO Group acquires Polish pet food distributor AZAN

Czech pet food manufacturer VAFO Group has acquired AZAN, a major Polish distributor, strengthening its position in Central and Eastern European markets.

VAFO Group Chairman Pavel Bouška (signing left) and AZAN co-founder and CEO Agnieszka Donicz (signing right) announce the acquisition that brings the Polish distributor into the Czech pet food manufacturer's portfolio after nearly 30 years of partnership.

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Asia-Pacific pet food market poised for strategic evolution

Sahiba Puri with Euromonitor International will highlight regional opportunities, premium positioning strategies at Petfood Forum Asia in Bangkok this October.

In the Asia-Pacific region, a growing cat and dog population, evolving pet humanization, appeal for premium offerings and low penetration levels of packaged food feeding is creating prospects for market expansion and penetration.

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Purina PetCare sales down in H1 2025, but still growing

Purina PetCare remained a top contributor to Nestlé's profitability, with steady margins and positive volume growth despite a slowing pet food category.

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Pet food stocks recovered in 2024 from post-pandemic dip

While growth has moderated from pandemic-era highs, profitability and operational improvements have helped many companies outperform broader consumer staples and discretionary sectors.

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NARA partners with Côte d'Ivoire ministry to develop animal feed standards

North American Renderers Association signs five-year agreement with West African nation's animal resources ministry to advance regulatory harmonization and technical knowledge sharing.

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