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Something to Chew on

Joining pet owners on the path to pet food sustainability

Consumers embrace sustainability at varying levels, so you have to understand where your target consumer is, then navigate the complex sustainability journey.

Pet food and treat companies can help pet owners seek and embrace sustainability, but producing “green” products can be quite complex.

Brand Insights

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

APC Inc

Discover how plasma protein supports pet health, boosts palatability, and improves pet food functionality and processing performance in modern formulations.

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

Hard times prompt sale of game meat as pet food

The result is gibier, a trendy addition to Japan's pet food scene.

Kibble Meat Side By Side

Pet Food Insights

How can AAFCO help address emerging pet food health issues surrounding copper?

Copper-associated hepatopathy used to be associated with rare breeds, but has recently been rising among all dogs.

The discussion over dietary copper in dogs’ diets continues to increase in complexity as concerns over CAH grow.

Czech company earns EU registration for cultivated pet food

Plus, a Croatian pet food maker rebrands, while Germany’s WPF Production plans a new Polish pet food plant.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Cassava by-product may serve as dog, cat food fiber

Cassava co-product could potentially be used as a fiber source in dog food and cat food.

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7 Petfood Industry blogs, columns in November 2023

In November 2023, Petfood Industry’s staff and contributors wrote 7 blogs and columns. These articles covered the relation between human and pet food ingredient trends, prescription pet foods, inflation and more.

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Drivers for sustainability in pet food ingredients

Four drivers for pet food companies to consider in the “why” of sustainable ingredients.

Sustainability Checkmark

Adventures in Pet Food

What top human food trends for 2024 mean for pet food

In the human food world, as in pet food, trends are keying on ingredients such as protein, sustainability, messaging to consumers and proactive health.

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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.

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.

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