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Infographic: Chewy, Walmart.com occupy different dog kibble price tiers

A Tale of Two Retailers: Chewy’s rankings emphasize specialized, higher-priced formulas, while Walmart.com favors large bags of broadly positioned adult dog food.

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Brand Insights

Stop formulating for your worst batch

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Discover how AI can help pet food manufacturers move beyond predicting production outcomes to optimizing formulations with real-time data.

Stop formulating for your worst batch

Industry Voices

Clinical proof turns postbiotics into brand loyalty

Pet parents are looking for more — here's why clinically validated ingredients are important for repeat purchases and premium positioning.

Clinical validation is becoming a key differentiator in the pet postbiotic market, with brands increasingly relying on peer-reviewed research to prove efficacy and build pet parent trust and repeat purchases.

Adventures in Pet Food

Owners using AI to research pet care: The good, bad and alarming

Pet owners are increasingly turning to AI for information on their pets’ nutrition, health and behavior. A recent survey reveals promising and concerning insights.

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Market Trends and Reports

Survey: 55% of pet owners ask AI for nutrition advice

A new survey finds nearly 60% have changed pet care based on AI recommendations, but veterinarians remain their most trusted source for health and nutrition advice.

New research has found 43% of pet owners have used AI tools to get information about their pet's health or nutrition, with respondents turning to the tools an average of seven times per week.

European pet care retailers announce expansions

Specialty pet retailer Musti Group of Finland and online pet retailer Zooplus, based in Germany, reveal strong financial results and new outlets as evidence of growth.

Musti Group, a pet specialty retailer based in Finland, reported robust financial results.

Calamities destroy Philippine agri products useful in pet food

Back-to-back typhoons and mounting El Niño losses are eroding the Philippines' ability to supply pet food raw materials to itself, let alone the region.

The Philippines tops the global risk index due to its extreme exposure to overlapping typhoons, severe monsoon flooding and compounding climate shocks like El Niño and La Niña.

Petfood Forum News

Petfood Forum 2027 launches call for papers

Abstracts on nutrition, marketing, processing and regulatory topics are due October 16 ahead of the April 26-28 event in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Purina opens new $550 million factory in Ohio

Facility is Purina's first built from the ground up since 1975 and its largest single investment in a manufacturing plant to date.

Pet Food Regulations

Earth Buddy addresses upcoming federal hemp regulation changes

As Congress weighs new limits on hemp-based pet products, the company says it is reformulating some items ahead of a possible Dec. 11 deadline.

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Treat market, North Sea expansion, recall: Petfood Industry News Quiz Aug. 21-27

This week’s Petfood Industry News Quiz covers pet treat market growth, a wet dog food recall, advances in canine nutrition, expansion into the Baltic market and a major dry dog food reformulation.

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Globe Buddy expands into Baltic pet market

Danish pet food company Globe Buddy is expanding into Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia through a new distribution partnership with Euromedika.

Globe Buddy Hearts Baltic Market

Pet Food Recalls

Fromm Family Foods recalls wet dog food over metal contamination

Company is recalling its Turkey Pâté and Diner Classic Milo's Meatloaf Pâté due to potential metal contamination.

Fromm Meatloaf Pate Recall

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