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Pet Food Ingredients: Page 104
Pet Food Ingredients
Propylene glycol: When, where and how should it be used
Consumers and the media say they want petfoods that are fresh, natural, inexpensive, perfectly formed and appealing to the eye, taste great, and are constantly available to the market regardless of season or supply. The retailers and distributors want petfoods that will last on the shelf for years, appeal to consumers, are encased in beautiful packaging and don’t degrade or get buggy.
Brand Insights
Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production
Datacor (formerly Format Solutions)
Discover how pet food manufacturers are reducing emissions and driving sustainability through ingredient innovation and eco-friendly nutrition.
Pet Food News
Lawsuit against American Pet Food Manufacturing Company claims supplier money owed
Georgia-based food supply company Foodpros Marketing Inc. has filed a lawsuit against pet treat manufacturer American Pet Food Manufacturing Company (APFM) for allegedly failing to pay for US$155,000 worth of chicken breasts and other items it had ordered. Foodpros filed the complaint on May 1, 2014, in US District Court in London.
Nutrition
Petfood Forum China 2014 to focus on nutrition, ingredients, formulation
Petfood Forum China 2014 marks the third annual edition of this premier, exclusive conference for the Chinese petfood industry. This year it will focus on Nutrition, Ingredients and Formulation—the foundation for all petfood products and for new product development.
Pet Food News
Purina sues Blue Buffalo for false advertising, disparagement
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company has filed a lawsuit in federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, against The Blue Buffalo Company Ltd., for false advertising, disparagement and unjust enrichment—including violations of the Federal Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)).
Pet Food News
Petfood Forum China 2014 topics announced
Petfood Forum China 2014, scheduled for August 22 in Shanghai, will focus on pet nutrition, ingredients and formulation, the organizers have announced.
Pet Food Ingredients
Kemin to expand Missouri processing plant
Kemin Industries plans to expand its production facility in Verona, Mo. The five-year expansion plan includes a more than US$14 million capital investment and is expected to create 24 jobs, according to reports.
Pet Food Market
Ingredient company Symrise to buy Diana for US$1.8 billion
German scents and flavors group Symrise will buy France's Diana Group for an agreed EUR1.3 billion (US$1.8 billion) including debt to narrow the gap on top rival Givaudan and expand in natural ingredients and petfood, according to the company. The purchase from private equity group Ardian will make Symrise the world's third-biggest scents and flavors company, up from number four, and help it toward a goal of boosting annual sales by around EUR1 billion by 2020.
Nutrition
Venison, rabbit and buffalo: A throwback to our pets’ primitive past
For the past decade there has been an increasing number of "novel protein ingredient" foods marketed in the petfood industry. Originally these were merchandised in the veterinary trade for elimination diets intended as nutritional support for animals with recalcitrant food hypersensitivities.
Pet Food News
Register to attend webinar to learn more about AQUAMIN for pets
A happy animal requires a healthy framework. Poor bone health can have a domino effect on the overall health of the pet. AQUAMIN for pets supports that framework with a unique calcified multi-mineral matrix while also providing unique organoleptic properties which may help enhance palatability of petfood and treats.
Pet Food Ingredients
Copper sulfate: A standard of reference for copper in petfood
Copper sulfate is a very common and effective copper source used in petfoods. There have been some recurrent concerns expressed to customer service hotlines and on some enthusiast web sites that copper sulfate is "toxic" and that it "attacks the heart, liver and kidneys" and that it is "moderately poisonous."
Pet Food News
Petfood, feed industries seek extended comment period on CGMPs proposed rule
The Pet Food Institute (PFI), the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and the National Renderers Association (NRA) on March 4 submitted an official request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the comment period for its proposed rule on Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals to give petfood, animal feed and feed ingredient companies more time to review and develop comments on this major proposed regulation.
Pet Food Market
Penford Corporation to acquire Gum Technology Corp.
Penford Corporation, which deals in ingredient systems for food and industrial applications, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Gum Technology, a privately held gum and hydrocolloids distribution, blending and services company. Gum Technology, based in Tucson, Ariz., serves primarily the food and beverage industries.
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