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Blue Buffalo Clinical Trials Office celebrates second year

The Blue Buffalo Veterinary Clinical Trials Office (BBVCTO) at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine is celebrating its second year of partnership, making it possible to support studies of novel therapies that improve the health of both animals and people.

Brand Insights

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation.

Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

Earth Animal invests in a Certified Organic & USDA plant

Earth Animal, the trusted choice in award-winning, health improving, veterinary formulated products, has invested in a Certified Organic & USDA, human food manufacturing plant to create their foods for both dogs and cats.

Pet Food Market

Health Extension ups distribution with Pet Food Experts

The mission will be to rapidly expand the brand's market presence throughout all of its territories.

Dog owners like kibble of specific size, shape and color

Scientists in Poland and the United States collaborated to evaluate how kibble’s physical characteristics influence dog owners’ perceptions of dry dog food.

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Mars Petcare supports regulation of Australian pet food

The dog and cat food company recalled ADVANCE Dermocare dry dog food products after numerous dogs were affected by megaesophagus.

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Brown rice considered worse than corn by pet owners

Pet owners may accept heirloom varieties of corn as novel pet food functional ingredients.

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Sorghum germ provides protein and fat in pet food

Scientists found that sorghum germ in particular had higher quantities of fat and protein than other fractions of sorghum or whole grains.

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Market Trends and Reports

Infographic: 6 pet food ingredients consumers don’t want

Pet food buyers look for “free-from” claims on the products they buy and there are specific classes of ingredients that people increasingly don’t want in their pets’ meals.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Scratchpay fetches $6.4 million Series A round

Scratchpay Financial, the veterinary care-focused financial technology company, announced that it has secured a $6.4 million Series A funding round, led by Companion Fund, the first venture capital fund focused on pet care innovation.

Healthy Hemp Pet Co. releases new supplement

Healthy Hemp Pet Company, an industry leader in all-natural pet products including PRC-hemp oil health products for pets, has launched a revolutionary new health product to boost pet immunity.

Phillips Pet Food & Supplies to expand Fresh & Frozen

Phillips Pet Food & Supplies, the nation’s largest pet product distributor, will expand its Fresh & Frozen category on July 2, to further its initiative to build the industry’s leading distribution platform.

Mexican pet food industry concentrated in 5 states

Of the 134 pet food companies based in Mexico, five states produce nearly 95 percent of the nation’s dog and cat food.

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