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Market Trends and Reports

Survey: Majority of pet owners now celebrate pets’ birthdays

New UK survey data finds 64% of pet owners mark pets’ birthdays with gifts, cards or parties — especially younger generations and small animal owners.

A recent survey by online great card company Moonpig revealed that almost two-thirds (64%) of pet owners celebrate their pets' birthdays each year.

Brand Insights

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation.

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

Hill’s and Harvard launch web portal to accelerate pet microbiome research

Hill's Pet Nutrition

New One Health Microbiome Resource provides open access to over 2,000 pet gut microbiome samples, supporting scientific collaboration across veterinary and human health.

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Chewy Health backs veterinary training center in new US shelter facility

Company partners with Lincoln Memorial University to fund a learning center for veterinary students inside new Clay County, Florida, animal services building.

Cat In Cage At Shelter Vet Andrea Gantz

Abrupt diet change may model illness in dogs

A study examined how abrupt dietary changes in dogs can serve as a controlled method to study gut microbiota resilience and test digestive health additives.

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Pet Food Recalls

Spectrum Brands Pet recalls turtle food over Salmonella concerns

One lot of Tetra ReptoMin 3-in-1 food for aquatic turtles is being recalled due to Salmonella risk to pets and people.

While no illnesses have been reported in pets or humans, Spectrum Brands Pet is recalling the affected lot out of an abundance of caution and in coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Volare secures funding to scale insect protein production for pet and animal feed

Finnish biotech company to build energy-efficient insect protein facility to supply sustainable ingredients for pet food, aquafeed and poultry diets.

Purina Cares Day supports tornado relief, pet welfare needs across US

Nestle Purina PetCare

The 24th Purina Cares Day mobilized thousands of employees across 34 U.S. cities to support people, pets and communities in need — including tornado-hit St. Louis, Missouri.

Purina employees logged 5,000-plus volunteer hours during its annual service day.

Market Trends and Reports

Study: Dog owners willing to pay more for food labeled with health claims

University researchers analyzed dog food pricing to reveal which health-related attributes command higher costs — and what that means for brands and buyers.

In the pet food aisle, health and wellness products are becoming increasingly important in shaping customer purchasing behaviors.

Central/Western/Southern Asia

Nestle invests in Indian pet food brand Drools

Nestle stated that this was only a financial investment by the company and that Drools would remain strategically and operationally independent

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Pet Food Extrusion

Wenger and Extru-Tech launch AI-powered extrusion optimization software

Wenger Manufacturing Inc.

EXPRO AI uses predictive modeling to optimize process setpoints and reduce variability in pet food manufacturing.

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Safety & Quality

Innovative FEED Act introduced in US Senate

Companion bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in March with broad bipartisan support.

Congress House Senate

Supreme Petfoods doubles output with GIC packaging line upgrade

Supreme Petfoods

The small pet food manufacturer has doubled its production throughput after installing two new automated packing lines at its Suffolk, UK, facility.

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