Limited Ingredient Cat and Dog Food (LID)

Pet Valu expands into freezer section with Performatrin Culinary

Company introduces its frozen, raw and gently cooked recipes for pet parents looking for minimally processed dog food.

Performatrin Culinary raw chicken dinner adult dog food

Brand Insights

Conveyance solutions to maximize production

Intralox

Learn how Intralox conveyance solutions can enhance pet food safety and increase production.

Conveyance solutions to maximize production

Pet Food Company Profiles

Identity Pet Nutrition: Going beyond canned pet food

This small company has grown from canned dog and cat foods to human-grade, gently cooked options since its 2018 founding.

Co-founder, President and CEO Jeremy Petersen has built Identity Pet Nutrition (alongside his brother Trevar) to grow in the niche of wet and fresh pet food nutrition. (Also pictured is Chief Dog Officer Shih Tzu Zoey.)

DNA analysis finds undeclared grains, animals in dog food

In most cases, the undeclared species contradicted the dog foods’ marketing and labeling, including grain-free claims.

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Pet Food Market

Supply chain challenges, premium opportunities for cat food

Learn about the latest in cat food trends and challenges, including premiumization of the space as well as ongoing supply chain issues affecting the segment.

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Bison in 36 dog, cat and other pet foods, treats

In Petfood Industry’s Pet Food Product Database, 36 pet foods, treats and supplements included American bison (Bison bison) in their descriptions.

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Coconut, spinach, 3 more plant superfoods in pet recipes

The rising popularity of plant superfoods in pet food corresponds to people’s demands for farm produce that produces health results in their own diets.

Blueberries are known as a superfood in the human food space, but does that use translate to the pet food arena? | (Brian A Jackson | Shutterstock.com)

Pet Food Market

European pet food market grew in 2021, less than 2020

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, European pet owners continue to demand environmentally and socially responsible kibble, wet food, treats and other pet products.

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Pet Food Market

Natural Balance eyes pet specialty after Smucker split

The brand originated in pet specialty retail, whereas much of Smucker’s expertise lies in food, drug and mass market retail outlets.

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Pet Food Market

Remote work helps Natural Balance in pandemic acquisition

The move to remote work allowed many former Smucker employees to avoid moving during the pandemic and keep their jobs.

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Grains rise in pet food as amino acids insure against DCM

To avoid DCM and future problems, pet food formulators may need to reevaluate what humanization means in terms of ingredient diversity.

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Market Trends and Reports

‘Healthy grains’ dog foods appear in the wake of DCM

Dog food formulators have done that by bringing grains back, adding taurine and dropping legumes and potatoes from recipes

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7 pet food solutions for companion animal health

Beyond providing nutritionally balanced formulations, pet food manufacturers can help the health of dogs, cats and other pets.

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