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Pet food industry timeline: 15,800 BC to the present

People and pets didn’t start eating separate foods until after the Industrial Revolution.

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10 takeaways: Smarter batching to reduce pet food waste, improve efficiency

During a recent Ask the Petfood Pro, Horizon Systems experts shared practical ways to cut ingredient loss, streamline changeovers and improve throughput without major capital investment.

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Wheat beat oats and rye in dog food, contrary to human results

Although oats and rye are often associated with health benefits in people, those advantages were not evident in a study of healthy adult dogs.

'Grains are bad, m'kay.'

Pet Supplements & Treats Digest

Cat supplement market poised for growth as ownership trends shift

Shannon Landry of Packaged Facts Pet presented consumer insights at the NASC Annual Conference outlining why the cat market deserves more attention from supplement makers.

Packaged Facts projects cat product sales will grow faster than dog product sales across most categories over the next five years.

Latin America/Carribean

Why retailers are becoming pet food companies in Mexico

A new Triplethree International report finds that retailers in Mexico are reshaping the pet food value chain through private-label development, category management and direct access to shopper data.

Through private-label development, category management and direct access to shopper data, retailers are becoming increasingly influential participants in the pet food value chain.

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Innovafeed raises €51 million, restructures insect ingredient business

The French producer of Hermetia illucens ingredients will shift investment toward commercial growth in pet food and aquaculture.

Innovafeed's production facility in Nesle, France.

Marketing, manufacturing, consumer priorities: Petfood Industry News Quiz May 29-June 4

Test your industry news knowledge with questions on marketing trends and fresh pet food expansion.

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Pet Food Marketing and Branding

How human consumer trends reshape pet food marketing

Pet owners now apply the same values — nutrition, wellness and identity — to their animals that they apply to themselves, creating new opportunities.

Dogs and cats are now seen as family members, emotional support systems, workout buddies, travel companions and, in many homes, the most consistently well-liked member of the household.

Adventures in Pet Food

The human food influence: Our pets are what we eat?

A survey combining human food preferences and pet feeding drivers shows just how much what we give our pets is affected by how we eat ourselves.

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Sanitary extruder hood designs may reduce pet food recontamination

According to a Petfood Forum Tech Talk from Coperion, reorienting the traditional vacuum takeaway system eliminates a key recontamination risk while improving product safety and process control.

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Global Commerce

Indian producer ventures into fresh pet food

Drools partners with Tetra Pak to enter India's fresh pet food segment and grows its UAE footprint, while Italy's MF Tecno Packaging Systems points to rising SKU complexity and premiumization reshaping pet food packaging.

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EPISODE 110: How realistic is sustainability in pet food today?

A live Petfood Forum 2026 panel breaks down how pet food companies can move from sustainability ideals to practical, achievable action.

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