Pet Food News: Page 70

Pet Food Institute names 2025-2026 board officers

Scott Salmon, Simmons Pet Food president, is the newly elected chair.

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

South African BSF producer expands into EU, UK pet food markets

Maltento’s golden whole-dried larvae derived from the black soldier fly contains 45% protein and 27% fat.

Maltento’s whole-dried larvae is produced at the company’s state-of-the-art insect breeding facility in Cape Town, South Africa.

Pet Food Market

Sofía helps grow Bolivia's pet food market

The country’s pet food market is one of the newest in Latin America with an annual pet food consumption of around 38,000 tons.

Sofía operates four production lines: three dedicated to dog food and one to cat food.

SOMIC founder Manfred Bonetsmuller passes away

His inventive spirit and personality shaped the company from Amerang in Upper Bavaria for more than 40 years.

Manfred Bonetsmuller

Zoomark 2025 expands layout, adds thematic areas

Next year's event in Italy will offer a new layout designed with thematic pathways focusing on trends such as sustainability, quality and innovation.

In total, Zoomark 2025 will occupy nine halls and cover an area of 78,000 square meters (840,000 square feet).

Friends & Family Pet Food, Novel Farms co-developing cultivated meat for pets

The partnership hopes to launch a product line in 2025.

Friends & Family and Novel Farms are currently testing and prototyping, focusing on selecting meats, with plans to launch the product line in 2025.

AFIA, VSAVA launch Pet Health Month in Vietnam

The campaign engages Vietnamese veterinarians and pet owners in workshops about how they can better tailor pet health care and nutrition to meet their pets’ physical and biological needs.

The seminar was attended by leading experts and many veterinarians in Vietnam.

Pet Food Additives/Supplements

Clasado Biosciences enters pet nutrition market

Clasado Biosciences

Known for its extensive research in human health, the company introduces the Bimuno Pet brand to support pet nutrition formulators.

Clasadado Biosciences

Latin America/Carribean

Requirements for exporting US pet food to Panama

Panamanian pet owners may perceive U.S. pet food as high quality, wholesome and reliable, which has resulted in continuous growth in demand.

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Triplethree launches sales prediction tool to Mexican pet food market

The free tool shows how predictive analytics can support brands in improving strategies and sales forecasting.

The new tool aims to help companies forecast sales more accurately, refine strategies, and strengthen market positioning.

Pet Food Market

Inspired Pet Nutrition completes acquisition of Butcher's Pet Care

This acquisition creates a pet food group with sales of more than £350 million (US$454.5 million).

Butcher's specializes in natural pet food for dogs and cats, with its products sold across major UK retailers and globally.

PetSmart launches pet food bag recycling program

New pilot program in Arizona and New Jersey lets pet parents recycle all brands of pet food, treat and cat litter bags.

PetSmart's pet food bag recycling program is available in all its stores across Arizona and New Jersey.

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