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Market Trends and Reports

Palatability: The latest research, products and updates in the petfood industry

Palatability is a major player in the petfood industry-if the product you're selling isn't appealing to pets, your customers will soon go elsewhere. Staying on top of the latest research and products, as well as expanding to fit the needs of the industry, are key to ensuring that pets, and their pet parents, are satisfied.

Opertech Bio's microtiter operant gustometer, or MOG, for use by cats (based on the company's existing MOG for rats currently in use) is currently in the prototype stage. A cat would choose taste samples out of individual wells in the floor of the apparatus. A system of two levers and a laser would allow the cat to indicate both what the sample tastes like and a taste preference.

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.

Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production

Pet Food Ingredients

Exhibitor registration opens for Petfood Forum 2014

Exhibitor registration for Petfood Forum 2014 is now open. The premier, exclusive conference for the global petfood industry, Petfood Forum gives supplier companies the opportunity to see and be seen by industry buyers and influencers.

Petfood Forum is the show that puts industry suppliers in front of petfood manufacturing business leaders without interruption.

New natural petfood line infused with extra virgin olive oil

Pyramid Pet Products has a new line of petfood that not only includes natural protein sources with added super foods, such as blueberries, kelp, sweet potatoes and probiotics, but is also infused with extra virgin olive oil. The new brand, Tuscan Natural Pet Food Products, includes nearly a standard, full-size bottle of olive oil in a 30-pound bag, or the equivalent of a tablespoon per serving.

Kemin to host petfood quality, technology symposium on September 10-11

Kemin will host a symposium for the petfood industry on September 10-11 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, focusing on approaches that can be taken utilizing new technologies to improve petfood quality. The Petfood Insights: New Approaches to Quality & Technology symposium will address challenges the industry has faced, such as in raw material sourcing and the Food Safety Modernization Act, and discuss what impact these have on manufacturers of petfood ingredients and petfood.

Pet Food Safety

Aker BioMarine earns Marine Stewardship Council certification for krill fishery

Aker BioMarine Antarctic Australasia Pty has achieved Marine Stewardship Council certification for its sustainable practices and krill fishery infrastructure. Aker BioMarine's krill-derived products sold in Australia are now eligible to bear the MSC eco-label, providing consumers with a guarantee of sustainability, effective fisheries management and traceability from sea to shelf.

Premier Pet Nutrition opens enhanced-safety premix facility

Premier Pet Nutrition has opened its new premix facility designed to provide absolute safety and assurance for all premixes manufactured by the company. Enhanced pharmaceutical features expand on its tumble mix system.

A video of Premier Pet Nutrition's new facility can be viewed by scanning the QR code with your smartphone.

Victam, FIAAP 2014 tradeshows focus on animal feed, petfood ingredients

Victam International general manager and former feed mill owner, Henk van de Bunt, said that sales for the FIAAP, Victam and Grapas Asia 2014 trade shows continue to increase thanks to the shows' focus on ingredients used in animal feed and petfood. The shows will be held April 8-10, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sensient Colors focuses on sustainability

Sensient Colors LLC, a business unit of Sensient Technologies Corporation, is focusing on its commitment to applying sustainable practices to secure quality raw material and create sustainable color solutions. The company says its global supply chain is managed regionally for optimal monitoring and to ensure a collaborative relationship with the grower of raw ingredients to improve growing standards, produce stable botanical sources and optimize food quality.

Alltech names petfood company as first Chinese partner of World Equestrian Games

Alltech has announced Jinkangbao as the first Chinese company to become an Alltech Official Partner of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy. The Alltech Official Partner Program is a strategic partnership with horse feed and animal health and nutrition companies around the world.

Biorigin to expand Brazil feed ingredients plant

Biorigin, Brazilian producer of natural ingredients for foods and animal feeds, began expansion of its unit located in Quatá, Brazil, aiming at doubling its production capacity in 2014. The US$120 million investment to expand the plant includes plans for the Fermentation, Pure Culture, Autolysis and Drying sectors.

Nutrition trends: Allergen-free petfoods and alternative ingredients

Surprisingly, dogs and cats aren’t naturally allergic to most of the ingredients usually listed on labels with a ‘Free’ right behind them or a bold, red ‘No’ in front. Beef, dairy, chicken, corn, wheat, soy and yeast are simply the ingredients most commonly used in petfood recipes and, therefore, the most likely to be fingered first since they are the foods companion animals are most frequently exposed to at the bottom of their bowl.

Whether a pet has ingredient intolerance, allergic reaction or just a finicky stomach, plenty of petfood and treat manufacturers offer products made to get animals feeling better.

Pet Food Product Database

Malt Products Corporation malt and molasses petfood ingredients

Malt Products Corp

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