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Freshpet recalls one lot of dog food for Salmonella

Freshpet had designated this single lot for destruction. However, it was inadvertently shipped to retailers in limited geographic markets between June 7 to June 10, 2021.

courtesy U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Chewy private label brand entering fresh pet food market

For the Tylee's brand fresh pet food, Chewy designers developed and patented a packaging method that they claim is both sustainable and preserves product quality during the delivery process.

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Chewy sales up 31.7% in Q1 2021; Users up 75% since 2019

One problem proved persistent throughout the quarter and reduced Chewy’s sales by an estimated US$40 million.

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Economy, domestic pet food has room to grow in South Korea

Changing attitudes about dogs and cats have created an opportunity for economy-priced pet foods in South Korea, especially for domestic brands.

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Novel protein sources for future pet foods, less meat

High-meat and human-grade marketing claims grew in popularity over the past few decades, but researchers warned that the pet food industry will need to focus on protein sources that don’t compete with human foods, while efficiently using resources and minimizing environmental pollution and habitat loss.

Photo by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

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Colombian Grupo Nutresa acquires Costa Rica pet food maker

A Columbian conglomerate of packaged food companies has entered with Costa Rican pet food market with its acquisition of Belina Nutrición Animal SA.

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Historical data about top pet food companies is available

Petfood Industry delivers more data on the world's top pet food companies each year. There are three, historical data sets for sale with information from 2017-2020.

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Latin America pet food market growth drivers, restraints

Latin America has strong potential for continued growth thanks to low penetration of commercial pet food, but street pets and pet abandonment remain problems.

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French maker of insect-based dog food to launch cat food

Reglo, a family owned pet food company based in France, currently offers only insect-based dog food but plans to expand to cat food and treats in 2022.

Reglo’s founder and chief executive, Basile Laigre, believes insect-based dog food can be a quality alternative to meat- and fish-based products.

Sharing pet food analysis data key to avoid another DCM

Providing empirical data to back up nutrition claims could help pet food companies avoid another situation like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

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J.M. Smucker pet food, treat profit down 32% Q4 FY21

J.M. Smucker pet food segments sales stood at US$2.8445 billion in its fiscal year 2021, which ended on April 30, a decline from US$8.8695 billion in FY20.

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Sunshine Mills issues voluntary dog food recall

Learn about the latest Sunshine Mills voluntary dog food recall due to possible Salmonella contamination in select dog food products.

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