Pet Food News: Page 199

CBD pet products may face more FDA warnings, lawsuits

Depending on how that policy ends up, FDA could issue more warning letters to pet product companies using CBD in their formulations.

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The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

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What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

4 aspects of dog, cat food protein sustainability

Dog, cat and other pet food formulators can evaluate any protein source using a four-part framework.

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Pet Food Market

Don’t panic, Do act: Pet food crisis strategy dualities

Ultimately, crisis management involves balancing emotional and intellectual responses to avoid panic or retreat.

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Tom Willard, longtime pet food nutrition expert, dies at 75

Willard spent more than 45 years in pet food, developing businesses and products internationally with companies like Iams and his own, Performance Foods.

4 pet food trends post-COVID: type, retail, package, value

A panel of pet food industry professionals discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic would affect dog, cat and other pet food market trends, along with other prevailing movements in consumer demand.

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Pet Food Market

Profile data forecasts pet food personalization

To meet consumer demands for personalized pet foods, brands can use data from profiles created by pet owners themselves on those brands’ websites and apps.

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Pet Food Market

Refrigerated wet pet food sales higher than pre-pandemic

As of the four weeks ending August 8, refrigerated wet food had reached a higher sales growth rate than before the pandemic in pet specialty retailer outlets and in food, drug and mass market channels.

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Natural, grain-free pet food sales down; Big bag recovers

Some pet food sales trends gradually returned to pre-COVID levels, while others remained low.

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Australia feeds more raw pet food; Canada conventional

Regional differences emerged in pet owners’ feeding of raw, homemade and conventional pet foods.

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Pet Food Market

Argentinian pet treat companies grow despite poor economy

Pet treat and snack producers like Dr. Zoo in Argentina are meeting the current financial crisis head on by being proactive, creative and innovative.

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Pet owners rank ‘animal welfare’ near ‘no artificial’

Even during the pandemic, pet owners look for the same qualities in pet food as in their own.

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2020 pet food sales nearing 2019 levels; dry still down

Market analysts observed that pet food retail sales in the United States have not returned to the level they had reached before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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