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Sustainability articles in Petfood Industry 2020: top 11

In 2020, pet food suppliers, producers, packagers and others continued to explore ways to alter production processes and use resources in ways that will allow future generations to enjoy a lifestyle at least as comfortable as our own.

Confusion over GMO corn in US pet food exports to Mexico

A decree ends genetically modified corn imports to Mexico by 2024. However, exactly what this means for the pet food industry is uncertain. Meanwhile, landraces are losing ground to varieties developed outside corn’s crib in Mexico.

A tourist's dog sits outside a church in Bernal, Queretaro, Mexico. | (Quasarphoto | BigStock.com)

Pet Food Market

Furry's Kitchen feeds dog food to ‘food influencers’

A Furry's Kitchen tasting event fed unsuspecting "food influencers" in Singapore the company’s human-grade recipes.

Furry's Kitchen lamb & pumpkin formula, one of several human-grade dog food formulas offered by the Singapore-based pet food company. | Furry's Kitchen

Pet food exec sustainability idea differs from consumers

The multiplicity of sustainability problems makes containing them in single term difficult. For many pet owners the concept of sustainability may remain hazy, or they may think of the word in different terms pet food executives and marketers.

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Traditional Chinese medicine pet brand thrives in pandemic

In Hong Kong, one traditional Chinese medicine supplement producer adapted a century-old business to include pet health products.

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.

Dried black soldier fly larvae (Photo courtesy of EnviroFlight)

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.

Turmeric is commonly considered a spice and is permitted in pet food for use as a coloring additive. | (tarapong srichaiyos | shutterstock.com)

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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