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Raw pet food safety risks rise with owner cognitive bias

Pet owners tended to underestimate health risks from improper handling of raw products, such as rinsing raw meat or not segregating utensils and equipment.

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Brand Insights

Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production

Datacor (formerly Format Solutions)

Discover how pet food manufacturers are reducing emissions and driving sustainability through ingredient innovation and eco-friendly nutrition.

Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production

Pet Food Market

Pandemic bond boosts wet, premium, says Mars Petcare exec

After leading the largest division of the world’s largest pet food company through half a year of the pandemic, Ikdeep Singh believes the pet food industry in 2021 will be influenced by the bonds forged between pets and people during pandemic lockdowns.

Ikdeep Singh took on the role of North American divisional president for Mars Petcare in August 2020. | courtesy Mars Petcare

Rye grain digestible, palatable in sustainable dog food

As grains grow in pet food popularity in the wake of DCM and sustainability concerns, rye could find wider use in dog food.

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Pet Food Market

Wind Point Partners acquires FoodScience Corporation

Wind Point Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, acquired pet food ingredient maker FoodScience Corporation, a Vermont-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements for humans and pets.

Pet Food Market

Mexican dog food brand leaders land in Panama

Two leading dog food brands from ADM in Mexico, Ganador and The Top Choice, are now distributed in Panama with a potential market of 2 million dogs.

Courtesy of Ganador/ADM

Pet Food Market

Simmons Pet Foods continues expansion, plans 3 lines in AR

The expansion will add 90,000 square feet with three production lines. The pet food facility will add 150 jobs, and completion is planned for fall of this year.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Hair of the dog food: ingredients from booze byproducts

By-product from the brewing industry, such as yeast, have served as pet food ingredients since before the coining of the portmanteau “upcycling” in the 1990s.

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Pet Food Recalls

Vitakraft Vita Smart Hedgehog Food recall for Salmonella

Vitakraft Sun Seed Inc. of Weston, Ohio, USA recalled one lot of Vitakraft Vita Smart Hedgehog Food because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

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Pet Food Market

US pet food exports to China up one year after Phase One

Last year, pet food exports from the United States to China increased under the U.S.-China Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement, which was signed Jan. 2020.

Import Export Us China

Internet searches may provide pet food market snapshot

Information such as searches for dog breeds may give pet food brands insight into breed preferences and, therefore, potential growth opportunities.

The Rottweiler was the most searched for dog breed in 34 countries in 2020. (denisfilm | Bigstock.com)

Pet Food Market

5 insights on China’s pet food market post-2020

Data and observations sum up how the Chinese pet food market fared in 2020, while local pet food businesses and experts offer outlooks for 2021.

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UK pet food exports to EU face Brexit challenges

To ensure continuity of trade between the U.K. and EU, in general terms, UK pet food producers who export to the EU or are planning must adapt to changes.

Brexit may have a significant impact on British pet food businesses trying to export their products to other European countries. | (Iryna Kuznetsova | iStock.com)

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