Dog and Cat Food Nutrition: Page 10

Concern trolling influences pet food trends, formulations

Concern trolls have created documentaries, books, blogs and other online media to stoke fear of fillers, toxins, by-products and low-quality ingredients in pet food.

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Brand Insights

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

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Discover how plasma protein supports pet health, boosts palatability, and improves pet food functionality and processing performance in modern formulations.

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

Pet Food Press Releases

Cat noses analyze pet food odors similarly to lab instruments

Simulation of air and odor flow through the virtual cat nose showed that it appears to function similarly to a parallel coiled gas chromatograph.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Pet food ingredients and product innovation

Learn about the current state of pet food ingredients and product innovation, particularly the challenges and pitfalls inherent in “ingredient demonization.”

The demonization of pet food ingredients from within the industry limits the potential for innovation and confuses pet food consumers.

Personalization of pet food trending in 2023

People adjust their own diets to influence their health, and pet owners want to do the same for their pets.

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Hemp seeds lack one amino acid to meet dog, cat food needs

Hemp seeds alone do not meet all the amino acid requirements for adult dogs and cats. Hemp seeds would need a complimentary protein source.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Amino acids: Building blocks or hazards?

Learn about amino acids, the "building blocks" of proteins, and when they can cross the threshold into regulatory hazard territory.

Knowing when amino acids may become hazards is an important part of understanding pet nutrition.

Pet owners rank therapeutic diets low for weight control

Therapeutic diets ranked low compared to other methods pet owners have reported as effective in helping dogs and cats lose weight.

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Cat obesity steady 2017-2022, but owners may misclassify

More than one-quarter of cat owners thought their cats’ body condition was normal, although their veterinary professional classified those same cats as overweight to obesity.

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Grupo Nupec launches premium pet food products

Grupo Nupec, a leading manufacturer of premium pet food in Mexico, launched a line of specialized dog and cat diets to address specific health conditions.

Nupec Digestive Health Cat Food

Rye, wheat and oats affect dog gut microbiome differently

Scientists examined how whole grain rye, wheat and oats influenced fecal microbiota composition, short-chain fatty acids production and diet digestibility.

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3 tips for advancing insect-based pet food

Scientists synthesized information on insects in dog and cat food, then developed recommendations to advance insect-based ingredients.

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By-product grind size didn’t affect dog food digestibility

Particle size may not affect protein or fat digestibility in poultry by-product meals used as dog food ingredients. Likewise, by-product meal particle size doesn’t seem to affect fecal quality or palatability.

(Photo by Andrea Gantz)

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