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Pet Food Ingredients: Page 2
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EPISODE 97: What are the unique considerations for working dog nutrition?
Dr. Erin Perry discusses how working dogs' specialized roles require carefully tailored nutrition that balances energy demands, GI health and environmental challenges, with research benefits extending to companion dogs.
Insect-based Cat and Dog Food
Protix insect ingredients show reduced environmental impact in peer review
Peer-reviewed study confirms black soldier fly products lower emissions, land and water use compared to conventional protein sources.
Pet Food News
Mars Petcare, Big Idea Ventures select next generation pet food startups
Mars Petcare
The 2025 Next Generation Pet Food Program will support companies developing biotech-based ingredients, essential nutrients and circular feed innovations.
Pet Food Additives/Supplements
Gut microbiome impacts pet skin, joint and oral health
A recent Ask the Pet Food Pro session explored systemic connections between gut bacteria and inflammation, offering new directions for functional pet nutrition.
Pet Food News
Leaft Foods launches alfalfa protein concentrate for pet food
Leaft Foods
The ingredient maker partners with Meateor Pet Food Ingredients New Zealand for U.S. distribution of the leaf-based protein.
Pet Food Ingredients
10 takeaways: Spinach as superfood in dog and cat food formulations
Many pet food brands now highlight spinach in their formulations, and it may offer health benefits to dogs and cats.
Pet Food News
IFEEDER reports advances in pet food, feed sustainability research
The Institute for Feed Education and Research detailed progress on ingredient quantification studies, life cycle assessments and methane mitigation projects.
Pet Food Ingredients
AAFCO, K-State Olathe open ingredient review program
New scientific pathway evaluates animal food ingredient safety and definitions in 60 to 90 days.
Raw Cat and Dog Food
HPAI risks in raw pet foods reviewed, threat greatest to cats
Scientists suggested that companies producing raw pet food may need to implement enhanced controls, including testing, improved sanitation and pathogen-reduction technologies, to mitigate risk and avoid liability.
Research Notes
Synthesis of the lambs: yeast grow lamb protein for dog food
For pet food formulators, brewed lamb could become another protein in the palette, if formulation, cost, scale and regulatory hurdles can be addressed.
Pet Food Ingredients
Hydrolyzed chicken liver boosted palatability, digestibility of cat foods
Researchers assessed the effect of hydrolyzed proteins on nutrient utilization and gut health.
Avian Influenza
Raw cat food HPAI infections may return as birds migrate
Beyond the danger to pets, HPAI infections in companion animals increase the potential for the virus to jump species and become a human health risk.
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