George Collings, Ph.D.

Collings is president and general manager of Nutrition Solutions (www.cnutritionsolutions.com), a consultancy for all phases of new and existing nutrition businesses (pet, animal, human). As a Ph.D. nutritionist, Collings is uniquely board certified on both the animal and human sides of nutrition.

Pet food labeling — Who has the ear of the consumer?

Learn about the complications in pet food labeling and how marketing and regulatory may find themselves at odds when trying to communicate with consumers.

Pet Food Ingredient Mix

Dissecting DCM: When dogs’ diets are incomplete, imbalanced

DCM investigations have ignored established genetic research and dogs’ complete diet histories, focusing instead only on one class of pet food ingredients.

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Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)

Dissecting DCM: How genetics can impact canine nutrition

DCM has long been documented as a genetic disease in dogs, which the current investigation ignores, along with links of genetic predisposition to nutrition.

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Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)

Communicating about DCM to pet parents

The pet food industry should help consumers understand the documented science behind DCM, including genetics, proper nutrition and feeding practices.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Bringing a new petfood concept to market

Where do new product ideas come from in the petfood industry? Do they only come from marketing or sales? In my experience, some of the fastest growing new products or brands have come from single entrepreneurs as well as large multifunctional groups.

Pet Food Ingredients

Dominoes falling in petfood ingredient market

Each of these is a domino in the petfood ingredient market. The days of US$2 bushel corn seem a faint memory for those of us who have been in the petfood business for many years. Today, corn prices are over US$7 per bushel, with some experts projecting a rise as high as 35% over the next year.

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