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Market Trends and Reports

Report: New Zealand pet ownership holds steady despite barriers

Nearly two-thirds of Kiwi households continue to share their homes with companion animals, with cats maintaining their lead as the nation's most popular pet.

A new study shows New Zealand's relationship with its companion animals remains as strong as ever.

Brand Insights

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

APC Inc

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 Market

Pakistan's pet food industry pivots to local production as import duties soar

Rising import tariffs drive domestic manufacturing boom, but market demand struggles to keep pace with new capacity.

As import restrictions made foreign pet food unaffordable for a large portion of the Pakistani population, many former importers converted their businesses to manufacture pet food.

German pet food sales expand despite gloomy economic outlook

Germany's pet food sales grew 1.3% to €4.3 billion in 2024 despite economic challenges, while Indian startup GreenGrahi raised US$2.7 million for insect-based pet nutrition.

Germany’s cat food market reported growth last year, with sales reaching some €2.3 billion at brick-and-mortar stores, up 3.5% compared with 2023.

Petfood Forum News

Petfood Forum exhibitors showcase innovation, partnership focus in 2025

Major pet food industry suppliers highlighted technology integration, sustainability insights, and collaborative approach at annual trade show in Kansas City.

Coperion unified acquired brands Baker Perkins, Kemutec, K-Tron, Shick Esteve and Unifiller at Petfood Forum 2025.

Pet Food Company Profiles

U.S. Pet Food focuses on getting it right the first time

The company’s Next Level superpremium pet food line benefits from the co-owners’ decades of feed and pet food experience.

U.S. Pet Food co-founders Scott Glover and Antoine Albin did significant research to discover exactly what kind of pet food production plant they wanted to build in order to provide cost-effective, nutritionally superior dog and cat food.

Pet food shopper psychographics: A generational perspective

Everyone is concerned about rising prices, but how loyal are the various generations to current pet food trends?

Pet Owner Generations

Pet Food Insights

The legal landscape of pet food packaging

The key issues and developments in an evolving segment of the pet space.

Generic Pet Food Packaging

Ingredient Issues

Hidden calories: Silent contributors to pet obesity

How calorie miscalculations impact overall pet nutrition and health

Market Trends and Reports

Private label making gains in pet food

As consumers finally hit their breaking points with costs of goods, private label is gaining ground in the CPG space — including the pet food segment.

Dog High Five With Human

Something to Chew on

Weighing effects of tariffs on pet food consumers, makers

Trade War Pet Food Spending

Pet Ownership Statistics

Graph: Cats and dogs lead US pet ownership growth 2023-2025

U.S. households reported ownership of approximately 68 million dogs, up from 65.1 million in the 2023-2024 survey.

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Pet Food Regulations

USDA moves to rescind Organic Pet Food Standards

Pet Sustainability Coalition warns rescission would reverse decades of progress and harm businesses developing organic products.

PSC notes the proposed rescission could 'reverse more than 15 years of stakeholder engagement, National Organic Standards Board recommendations and industry' development.

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