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Pet Food Ingredients

Insects accepted, but best unseen in U.S. pet food

Pet owners in the U.S. may be ready to accept those insect-based pet foods and treats. Presentation may be crucial, unsurprisingly.

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Premium, dog food related to more greenhouse gas than cat

A research team in Scotland calculated that dog food may be associated with higher greenhouse gas emissions and land use than cat food.

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4 aspects of dog, cat food protein sustainability

Dog, cat and other pet food formulators can evaluate any protein source using a four-part framework.

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Pet owners rank ‘animal welfare’ near ‘no artificial’

Even during the pandemic, pet owners look for the same qualities in pet food as in their own.

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Safe history helps novel protein from wood-eating yeast

For pet food, Torula yeast may have an advantage over other novel proteins. Torula yeast is already an approved ingredient, with a history of safe use.

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Pet Food Ingredients

4 novel functional pet food ingredients, like turmeric

Plants, such as hemp, turmeric and ashwagandha, along with other light-eaters, algae, serve as functional ingredients in both human and pet foods by aiding animals’ bodies in ways beyond calories counts and protein levels.

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Area, age, income differ in sustainable pet food market

Sustainable pet food had the fourth lowest percentage change in volume due to a 1% change in price.

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Sustainable products maintained sales during pandemic

Growing numbers of pet owners consider the effects of pet food production and distribution on marginalized human communities and the Earth’s ecosystems.

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‘Beautiful system’ supplies by-products to make pet food

Before recycling even entered the English language, some pet food and animal feed ingredient companies reduced the amount of waste produced by reusing byproducts of the human food system.

Pet food industry disconnected from public on byproducts

Byproduct usage serves as a huge sustainability story for the pet food industry, one executive said. People in the industry take for granted that others know the same.

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Pet Food Market

Do pet food consumers still care about sustainability?

The COVID-19 pandemic seems to be making some pet food shoppers and other consumers focus more on sustainability, food waste and natural/organic products.

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Pet food maker nutrition, quality by ingredient studied

However, pet owners may have trepidations about novel pet food ingredients or varieties, including raw, plant protein, cell-cultured, insect, fungal or algal-based pet foods.

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