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Petfood Forum News

Petfood Forum Asia 2025 brings leading industry experts to Bangkok

The one-day seminar co-located with Pet Fair South East Asia on October 29 features sessions from Euromonitor International, dsm-firmenich and other leading companies focused on the Asian pet food market.

Petfood Forum Asia returns to Bangkok, Thailand on 29 October 2025.

Brand Insights

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

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Discover how plasma protein supports pet health, boosts palatability, and improves pet food functionality and processing performance in modern formulations.

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

Pet food fillers: Mythical marketing monsters or real pet threat?

Bridging the gap between science and marketing may be difficult. However, helping pet owners bust the filler myth and understand the nutritional value of each ingredient could lead to more informed choices and a broader appreciation for the complexity behind pet food.

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EPISODE 89: How does working in human food versus pet treats compare?

Zora Tabin shares her journey from founding Wild Zora human food products to launching Zora's Best Friendz pet treats, revealing the unexpected challenges and key differences between serving human and pet customers.

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Raw Cat and Dog Food

Raw pet food gains ground as consumers gain safety knowledge

As high-pressure processing is better understood by interested pet owners, industry safety standards are becoming established for raw pet food.

We Feed Raw offers customized, complete and balanced raw meals frozen and cold-shipped to customers, including beef, chicken, lamb, turkey and duck.

Pet Food Company Profiles

Heckova! brings the fun to superpremium dog food

This young, freeze-dried dog food brand works to bring new customers into the fold.

Heckova!’s philosophy is simple: Every dog is a heck of a dog, and food should make their lives happier and healthier.

Targeted premiumization strategies in pet foods

From fresh pet food to personalization, the various avenues in the premium pet food space continue to expand.

Fresh pet food growth is one of the ways the premium pet food market is expanding its reach as more pet owners look to optimize their animals’ eating habits.

Adventures in Pet Food

Do pet owners and other consumers still demonize ingredients?

Recent surveys indicate consumers of human food and purchasers of pet food may no longer focus on avoiding certain ingredients in their buying choices.

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Ingredient Issues

Eggs in pet products – the incredible option

As a highly bioavailable source of protein, eggs should be considered a premium ingredient in pet food.

Eggs are a complete, bioavailable protein with many potential uses in pet food formulations.

Global Commerce

How cats stole Indonesia's pet food market

Cats are the dominant pet in Indonesia, leading to success for the country’s cat food segment.

Indonesia has long since gone to the cats, with the balance tipping in their favor both in tonnage and in dollars when it comes to the pet food market.

Czech pet food giant to take over Polish company

Vafo Group seeks to acquire distributor Azan, while Fressnapf opens 41 new stores across Europe in Q1.

Vafo Group operates nine production facilities in Europe and has subsidiaries in the Czech Republic, Austria, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Poland, the UK as well as Estonia.

WH Group enters European pet food market by acquiring Poland’s Pupil Foods

Pupil Foods specializes in wet and dry cat and dog foods, supplying European markets including the United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary and Serbia.

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Ingredient Issues

Miscounting calories: Why pet food calorie calculations need fixing

Accurate calorie-counting is vital to keeping pets healthy in the midst of an obesity crisis.

Imprecise metabolizable energy calculations can complicate pet health, making it imperative that the numbers used are accurate.

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