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Pakistani cat food manufacturer faces ingredient shortages

For Nourvet and other pet food manufacturers, importing ingredients into Pakistan is difficult due to governmental restrictions, plus the rupee’s devaluation.

Nourvet Cat Food Pakistan

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

Adventures in Pet Food

What’s in a name: Can ‘upcycling’ attract pet food buyers?

Does consumer interest in upcycled foods offer an opportunity to rebrand pet food ingredients like meat by-products with more pet-owner-friendly label claims?

California Safe Soil works with supermarkets to obtain meat past its sell-by date, but still fresh and safe, preserving the cold chain to quickly convert it into pet food ingredients.

Industrial symbiosis helps pet food sustainability, profits

Beyond the sustainability benefits of the plant itself, the oil from BSFL could help preserve tropical forests where orangutans and other endangered species live.

Black soldier fly larvae growing beds in Innovafeed facility

Minimal processed plant-based protein pet food less digestible

With both plant-based diets and minimal processing growing in popularity among pet owners, the intersection of the two trends needs to be considered by pet food makers.

Biotechnology engineer examining plant of corn for disease.

Pet food labeling — Who has the ear of the consumer?

Learn about the complications in pet food labeling and how marketing and regulatory may find themselves at odds when trying to communicate with consumers.

Pet Food Ingredient Mix

Pet Food Market

The ongoing search for new pet food protein sources

As with human food, the pet food industry continues to seek alternative sources of protein to meet demand and address sustainability and other concerns.

The poultry breeding industry is highly innovative, and poultry genetics companies utilize a wealth of smart technologies. | Courtesy Aviagen

DNA analysis finds undeclared grains, animals in dog food

In most cases, the undeclared species contradicted the dog foods’ marketing and labeling, including grain-free claims.

The poultry breeding industry is highly innovative, and poultry genetics companies utilize a wealth of smart technologies. | Courtesy Aviagen

Rye, wheat and oats affect dog gut microbiome differently

Scientists examined how whole grain rye, wheat and oats influenced fecal microbiota composition, short-chain fatty acids production and diet digestibility.

(Kiril Popo l Flickr.com)

Pet Food Market

DCM-pet food research welcome, points to need for more

A new study shows no link between pulses in dog diets and cases of DCM, yet the DCM situation serves as an example of the need for more pet food research.

As trends become more complex for pet food formulators, research is keeping on top of nutritional options for meeting consumer needs. | iStockPhoto/gvictoria

Study: Pulses in dog food not linked to heart problems

Ingredients such as lentils, beans and field peas typically used in grain-free dog foods are safe for healthy dogs, according to new University of Guelph research.

Insect protein company Entobel secures funding in Vietnam

Entobel set up its first insect protein plant in 2019 in Vietnam, which is climatically suitable for raising black soldier fly larvae at lower energy costs.

Dried black soldier fly larvae (Photo courtesy of EnviroFlight)

3 tips for advancing insect-based pet food

Scientists synthesized information on insects in dog and cat food, then developed recommendations to advance insect-based ingredients.

(kozorog, BigStock.com)

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