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Pet Food Market

The next big thing in pet food functional ingredients

Customization and novel ingredients are top experts’ predictions for the future of functional ingredients in pet food.

Brand Insights

Omega-3s are Transforming Consumer Demand for Better Pet Nutrition

Corbion

Give pets the nutrition they deserve with algae-based omega-3s, a rich, natural source of DHA with zero impact on the ocean.

Nutrition

Pet allergies key in grain-free pet food evolution

With grain free a now-commonplace segment of pet food, manufacturers are looking for ways to further differentiate themselves in the market.

Pet Food Ingredients

Popular novel pet food ingredients lack in-depth research

Many pet foods now feature ingredients like novel proteins and grain-free starches like peas and potatoes, but there is little research on them for pets.

Pet Food Ingredients

Are grain-free pet foods truly healthy and sustainable?

Grain-free pet foods remain popular among pet owners and pet food companies, but there are concerns over their sustainability and some formulations.

Market Trends and Reports

3 superfoods growing fast as cat food trends

James Restivo, director of client development at market research group Nielsen, identified certain superfood ingredients that are popular in cat food.

Limited Ingredient Cat and Dog Food (LID)

How vitamins, premixes can increase pet food brand equity

By properly managing pet food vitamins and premixes in dog and cat food, manufacturers can increase consumer assurance and brand equity.

Pet Food News

4 limited ingredient diet pet food options analyzed

Limited ingredient diet (LID) dog and cat foods use a minimal number of ingredients, but must still provide complete nutrition.

Pet Food Market

Expert opinion: functional pet food ingredient trends

Functional ingredients are now being used in all kinds of pet food formulations, as larger industry trends find answers in functional options.

Limited Ingredient Cat and Dog Food (LID)

Natural petfood: It’s all about the ingredients

The most important marketing and product trends in natural petfoods have always involved—quite naturally—what the products are made of. But the ingredients thrust gained much momentum as a result of the spring 2007 petfood recalls, and the petfood industry’s fixation on ingredients continues to this day as product recalls keep the consumer focus on product quality and marketers tussle to make their products stand out from the superpremium pack.

Pet Food Ingredients

Feeding high-omega-3 diet to dogs with OA

The aim of the trial was to compare the effect of a veterinary therapeutic diet (VTD) rich in omega-3 fatty acids from fish origin to a regular diet used as control (CTR) in dogs afflicted by naturally occurring osteoarthritis (OA). Thirty privately owned dogs had lameness confirmed by an orthopedic examination, stifle/hip OA and locomotor disability based on the peak of the vertically oriented ground reaction force (PVF) measured using a force platform.

Pet Food Ingredients

Benefits of dietary fiber in companion animal diets

Dietary fiber has long been an important ingredient in companion animal diets. Not until recently have we begun to understand the numerous benefits dietary fiber may have on dog and cat health and well-being. Recent work on prebiotics and understanding the benefits of a healthful large bowel microbiota has increased the interest in dietary fibers. In particular, the database regarding dietary fibers and prebiotics is growing as it relates to pet animal nutrition and health.

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