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Pet Food Additives/Supplements

Collagen and its potential in pet food

Increasingly touted as a functional ingredient in the pet space, this complex protein is gaining steam in supplements and treats.

Collagen is often mentioned in both the human and pet space as a functional ingredient supporting joint health.

Brand Insights

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

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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

Hydrolyzed chicken liver more digestible than poultry meal in dog food

Dogs fed hydrolyzed chicken liver powder diets exhibited a greater apparent total tract digestibility of crude protein. However, this came with trade-offs as dogs eating hydrolyzed chicken liver powder diets had lower apparent total tract digestibility of

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Pet Food Ingredients

Raw, fresh dog foods outperformed extruded diet digestibility

Freeze-dried raw, hybrid freeze-dried raw, frozen raw and fresh diets outperformed the extruded diet in terms of higher amino acid digestibility coefficients and greater true metabolizable energy values.

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Pet Food Insights

What is the role of regulators in pet food marketing claims?

AAFCO’s potential ‘controlled copper’ label claim should be carefully considered.

AAFCO should carefully consider its possible reach into pet food marketing claims, particularly as relates to the current copper situation.

Cricket, silkworm in food altered dogs’ gut microbiome

Researchers investigated the substitution of poultry meal with house cricket (Acheta domesticus) or mulberry silkworm pupae (Bombyx mori pupae).

Adventures in Pet Food

Human food, pet food ingredients coming full circle?

Human food and pet food have gone through cycles emphasizing avoidance of certain ingredients, yet the focus now seems more on functional ingredients.

Soybeans and meals are among the pet food ingredients that have been demonized over time.

Ingredient Issues

Supportive or softness — Collagen versus gelatin

Collagen should be just as commonly accepted as gelatin in the pet food ingredient approval arena.

While collagen and gelatin have their differences, they are both commonly used as ingredients and should be treated equally when it comes to approval.

Breed, diet, time influence dog heart health; No DCM

There were no significant differences between breeds, diets, and various time points in terms of cardiac-specific biomarkers and endomyocardial biopsies.

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Pet Food Lawsuits, Litigation

Hill’s prescription pet food faces class action lawsuit

The plaintiffs asserted that Hill’s prescription diet was not legally obligated to be sold with a prescription, which allegedly rendered the representations made by Hill’s as false.

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Pet Food Marketing and Branding

5 pet food attributes trending in Internet searches

Many of these pet food marketing claims had to do with pet health and sustainability.

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Pet Food Ingredients

The quantitative use of dehydrated garlic powder in dog treats

Learn about the research that exists for garlic as an ingredient in pet food and treats.

Garlic is a widely used human food ingredient, but its use in pet food and treats is more complicated.

Ingredient Issues

Pet food science — Leading the way to healthier pets

Dr. George Collings discusses the very real pitfalls of putting scientific research and reactive opinions on the same level of validity in pet food.

Loss of confidence in the scientific process can be damaging to brands and to the pet food industry as a whole.

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