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Pet food industry timeline: 15,800 BC to the present

People and pets didn’t start eating separate foods until after the Industrial Revolution.

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10 takeaways: Smarter batching to reduce pet food waste, improve efficiency

During a recent Ask the Petfood Pro, Horizon Systems experts shared practical ways to cut ingredient loss, streamline changeovers and improve throughput without major capital investment.

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Pet Food Recalls

Go Raw expands recall to Steve's Real Food

The pet food maker added a lot of Steve's Real Food Freeze-Dried Chicken Recipe to a recall begun in February over potentially low thiamine, or vitamin B1, levels.

Thiamine is an essential water-soluble vitamin required for normal carbohydrate metabolism and neurologic function in cats and dogs.

Open Farm launches in nearly 1,700 PetSmart stores

The rollout brings Open Farm's full product line to nearly 1,700 PetSmart stores in the United States and Canada, plus online.

Pet Food Marketing and Branding

Natoo Pet Foods sponsors Jaguar Parade Miami exhibition

Natoo Pet Foods will sponsor all 11 jaguar sculptures in the Jaguar Parade Miami exhibition, which opens June 10 to raise awareness of wildlife conservation.

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Business Strategy

AI analytics sharpen pet food pricing and forecasting

Speaking at Petfood Forum 2026, Triplethree International founder Iván Franco showed how price elasticity, demand forecasting and segmentation models helped Latin American pet food companies raise margins and cut promotional waste.

Companies have more data than ever, but lack the systems to turn it into decisions, Iván Franco told Petfood Forum 2026 attendees.

Wheat beat oats and rye in dog food, contrary to human results

Although oats and rye are often associated with health benefits in people, those advantages were not evident in a study of healthy adult dogs.

'Grains are bad, m'kay.'

Safety & Quality

House passes BARK Act protecting pet food donors

The legislation, passed as part of the fiscal 2027 Agriculture Appropriations Act, would provide liability protections to businesses that donate pet food and supplies to animal shelters.

The BARK Act would protect businesses that donate food and supplies to animal shelters, aiming to ease shelter shortages and cut pet food waste.

Pet Supplements & Treats Digest

Cat supplement market poised for growth as ownership trends shift

Shannon Landry of Packaged Facts Pet presented consumer insights at the NASC Annual Conference outlining why the cat market deserves more attention from supplement makers.

Packaged Facts projects cat product sales will grow faster than dog product sales across most categories over the next five years.

Pet Supplements & Treats Digest

4 pet supplement consumer segments to watch

A new analysis from Nextin Research maps the pet supplement market into four behaviorally defined segments, offering brands a roadmap for targeting prospects and retaining current buyers.

The four consumer segments — Wellness Disengaged, Interested Inactives, Adjacent Wellness Shoppers and Pet Supplement Adopters — each carry distinct implications for how brands should allocate marketing and product development resources.

Lord Jameson enters South Korea with Aromnaom partnership

The organic dog treat manufacturer will distribute its products to pet retailers across South Korea through Seoul-based Aromnaom.

Latin America/Carribean

Why retailers are becoming pet food companies in Mexico

A new Triplethree International report finds that retailers in Mexico are reshaping the pet food value chain through private-label development, category management and direct access to shopper data.

Through private-label development, category management and direct access to shopper data, retailers are becoming increasingly influential participants in the pet food value chain.

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