Natural/Organic Pet Food: Page 29

Production
Natural petfood pioneers
"We started this business before it was fashionable," declares Susan Weiss, founder of Ark Naturals, Natural Products for Pets. "We believed and still believe we can make a difference." Founded in 1995 - a time, according to Weiss, when the petfood industry was not interested in natural - the company has continued to steadily grow while sticking to their initial goals.
Founded in 1995—a time, according to Weiss, when the petfood industry was not interested in natural—Ark Naturals has continued to steadily grow while sticking to its initial goals.
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Nutrition
Should domestic dogs really eat like wolves?
Despite their long and close association with humans, dogs remain closest genetically to the gray wolf, with whom they share over 99% of their mitochondrial DNA, according to the whitepaper, The Biologically Appropriate Food Concept and the Dietary Needs of Dogs and Cats, from Champion Pet Foods. Just like wolves, all dogs have evolved as carnivores, with anatomical features that clearly adapt them for meat-based diets.
Biologically appropriate petfood companies are formulating diets that represent a new niche meant to mirror the types of foods cats and dogs would encounter in their natural, ancestral environments.
Pet Food Market
Kriser’s petfood store opens first Texas location
Kriser’s, an all-natural petfood store, has opened its first Texas, USA, location in Houston, according to a report. Kriser’s, which offers petfood, supplies and grooming services, opened its first store in 2006 in Chicago.
Nutrition
Grain-free petfood: A top trend in the US pet market
Among the trends currently driving the US petfood industry, grain-free petfood is one of the most significant. Sales of grain-free petfood at US pet stores increased 28% in 2013, according to data from GfK, a company that tracks sales in more than 11,000 pet outlets (including national and regional chains, as well as neighborhood pet shops) via its retail and technology division.
Share Of Total Petfood 1403 Pe Tgrainfree
Pet Food News
The Honest Kitchen unveils new packaging for human-grade petfood line
The Honest Kitchen, a producer of natural, human-grade petfood products, has redesigned its packaging. The new boxes will debut at the Global Pet Expo in Florida, March 12-14, 2014, and will hit store store shelves at the end of March.
Nutrition
Raw petfood makes the news
The feeding of raw petfood has been a controversy for decades. Both sides of the discussion have their extremist factions, with some believing it is the ultimately healthful means of feeding dogs and cats and others convinced it constitutes a wholly unwarranted risk to the health of both pets and the people feeding them.
Pet Food News
Southern Tier Pet Nutrition announces new capital partner
Siena Lending Group LLC announced the completion of a three-year US$2.45 million senior secured credit facility for Southern Tier Pet Nutrition LLC on October 17. The facility will be used to support the company’s working capital and capital expenditure needs.
Pet Food Market
Latest human food trends parallel petfood trends (or vice versa)
Petfood product development follows human food trends by only "half a step," said David Sprinkle, research director and publisher with Packaged Facts, during a Petfood Forum 2013 presentation. That was just three months ago; judging by information presented at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo this week, I am beginning to think that perhaps petfood has already caught up and is marching in lock step with human food in many areas.
Pet Food Market
What does latest big petfood company merger mean for the industry?
It's become almost a cliche to characterize the petfood and pet care markets as "recession resilient," but the fact is, these industries have weathered the strong economic headwinds of the past five years better than most consumer goods industries, with continued global annual growth of about 4%. That fact has not gone unnoticed by investment funds and the overall private equity community, as noted by Pets International magazine and Cascadia Capital, an independent investment bank that includes petfood and other pet product companies among its investments and transactions.
Natural/Organic Pet Food
Market update: The premium petfood shopper survives
According to Packaged Facts’ US Pet Market Outlook, 2012–2013, despite any money-saving tradeoffs pet owners may be making, premium products remain a fact of life in the US pet market, as do premium product shoppers. As of 2010, US households earning US$70,000 or more account for 51% of the aggregate pet market expenditure and Packaged Facts believes these consumers are footing the lion’s share of the bill for premium pet products.
Because there’s no set definition for “premium,” it’s difficult to say just how much of the market is premium, but Packaged Facts estimates that premium products account for approximately two-fifths of US pet product sales.
Pet Food News
Hill’s launches new Ideal Balance natural petfood brand
Hill’s Pet Nutrition unveiled its new Hill’s Ideal Balance line of dog and cat food. The new petfood brand, which features natural ingredients, is the first new petfood brand from Hill’s since the launch of Science Diet in 1968.
Pet Food Market
Petfood companies must adapt to changing pet market and consumers
When Colgate-Palmolive, parent company of Hill's Pet Nutrition, reported its fourth-quarter 2012 results last week, they included a worrisome sign for Hill's: While sales and profit had both increased for the parent company, Hill's sales declined 1% while operating profit decreased 2%, according to theWall Street Journal.
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