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Petfood Forum 2023 offers pet food consumer insights

Pet food experts address pet owner perceptions and other industry insights during May 1-3 conference.

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Pet Food Press Releases

Petfood Forum 2023 announces keynote speakers

Petfood Forum 2023 announces keynote speakers and dates.

Pet Food Press Releases

Petfood Forum 2023 Student Program announces call for papers

Learn about how to submit a research poster or oral presentation abstract for Petfood Forum 2023’s Student Program.

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BSF protein an ‘easy swap’ for other proteins in dog food

With alternative proteins increasing in popularity in human foods, they are also gaining interest from consumers of pet food, and black soldier fly (BSF)-based ingredients are among the most popular.

Image by Dennis Kress, public domain, WikiMedia Commons

Petfood Forum 2023 announces call for papers

Petfood Forum, the premier, exclusive event for the global pet food industry, is seeking noncommercial abstracts for its 2023 conference program.

Petfood Forum 2022 Speaker Lyons

Pet Food Ingredients

Testing pet microbiome validates diet marketing claims

As consumer interest in pets’ gut microbiomes increases, pet food companies can gain insight into their products by monitoring the microbiome in feeding trial.

The human microbiome is an area of increasing interest and study, and that research has expanded into the companion animal sphere. (ChrisChrisW | iStockPhoto.com)

Core species of dog, cat gut microbiome identified

In dogs, 15 genera made up the core, while healthy cat guts hosted 17. Dawn Kingsbury, DVM, AnimalBiome chief veterinary officer, presented the results of a five-year research project at the ACVIM Forum 2020 in June.

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Pet Food Processing

Should you use high-pressure processing for your pet food?

Find out more about high-pressure processing, how it works and its benefits.

Hungry Welsh corgi Pembroke or cardigan dog eats special diet meat paste or raw minced meat from a ceramic bowl, top view, close up. Advertising of special veterinary food for certain breeds

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Criteria for choosing extruded dog, cat food ingredients

Certain criteria influence why pet food formulators choose specific ingredients for new recipes to be processed in extruders.

Throw-away pet food bags make biogas energy in landfills

Most pet food packaging ends up in landfills, even the recyclable or return-to-store types. While recycling is familiar and popular, flexible materials used for recyclable pet food bags often are not collected by curbside pick-up.

(Willee Cole | BigStock.com)

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Cost may hinder fresh dog, cat food sales growth

Dry kibble remains the most frequently bought dog and cat food, but pet owners’ choice of that format may be driven by price and presence in stores more than preference.

Fresh pet food is becoming more popular with pet owners who seek to match their pets’ food lifestyles to their own. | (dezy | Shutterstock.com)

Pet Food Market

Global pet food growth, innovation on display at Interzoo

The pet food market has kept succeeding throughout the pandemic, spurred on by growing interests and categories like sustainability and insect protein.

Pet food and treat packages featuring fun, whimsical illustrations were plentiful at Interzoo 2022.

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