Natural/Organic Pet Food: Page 12

4 sustainable pet food ingredient and packaging tips

Using sustainable sources for pet food ingredients and packaging may drive sales.

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Brand Insights

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Discover how new tools and strategies streamline operations, improve safety, and transform marketing for pet food manufacturers.

Learn how AI and tech advances are powering the future of pet food

5 plant-based antimicrobials fight Salmonella on dog food

Five antimicrobial chemicals extracted from plants reduced the survival of Salmonella Schwarzengrund on dry dog food in an experiment.

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Pet Food Market

Lucky & Prince: Human-grade pet food at affordable prices

The premium European pet food company Lucky & Prince focuses on providing an affordable, ethical option for pet owners looking to feed high-quality and human-grade dog food.

Lucky & Prince Founder and Owner Philipp Staudacher, here with one half of the company’s namesake duo, Lucky, the British Bulldog, wanted to create dog food that was nutrient-dense as well as convenient. | Photo courtesy Lucky & Prince

Purina reports sustainability in Europe, Middle East, North Africa

Nestle Purina PetCare released information on how the company is meeting sustainability goals in its Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) division, in Purina in Society Report 2018.

Market Trends and Reports

8 trends shape demand for pet food worldwide

Pet owners worldwide, especially younger ones, increasingly demand that their dogs, cats and other pets’ diets follow these trends.

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Lab-grown meat may provide taurine for vegan dog, cat food

Taurine from lab-grown meat may allow pet food formulators to make vegan and vegetarian dog and cat foods, while avoiding dilated cardiomyopathy and adhering to the clean label trend.

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Dogs and cats readily accept insect-based protein and oil

In feeding trials with both dogs and cats, pet foods made with insect-based ingredients had similar palatability and digestibility to kibble containing conventional pet food protein and oil sources.

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How to build a better relationship with your color supplier

Pet food manufacturers can do several things to improve their working relationships with their color supplier, according to Katie Rountree of DDW - The Colour House, who spoke Tuesday at Petfood Forum’s Tech Talks in Kansas City, Missouri.

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How premiumization is driving pet food evolution

Pets are being thought of more than ever as part of the family and demanding the same premium nutrition for their pets as for themselves, leaving much potential for innovation in pet food.

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4 clean label pet food production and marketing lessons

Pet food industry professionals learned how to meet consumer demands for clean label pet foods at Petfood Innovation Workshop.

Smoke and vinegar as clean label pet food ingredients

Although consumers demand easy-to-understand recipes, clean label pet foods can be anything but simple for formulators.

The complexity of defining “clean label” from both an industry perspective and a consumer perspective touches on a lot of different pet food issues. (vlbv | shutterstock.com)

Pet owners trust mass market and natural diets equally

People employed in the dog, cat and other pet food industry believed that a strong majority of pet owners considered natural and organic pet food to be more trustworthy.

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