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Animal food additives: Missing choices for US companion animal diets

Learn about the limitations on U.S. pet food manufacturers due to current feed additive policies, and what might be done to update them to match the rest of the world.

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DCM fear lingers as vets say grain-free pet food unhealthy

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has largely abandoned their investigation into correlations among certain dog foods and canine dilated cardiomyopathy, dog food buyers still make purchasing decisions influenced by the investigation.

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Most influential pet food marketing claim: no by-products

In the 2021 Association for Pet Obesity Prevention annual survey, pet owners shared which marketing claims most influenced their decisions to purchase specific dog, cat and other pet foods.

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Reptile food ahead on whole-prey, fresh, frozen trends

Whole prey diets are passé for reptile pets. Fresh, frozen snake food has been de rigueur for decades. Insect-based pet food is nothing new to owners of lizards.

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Skin microbiome differs after kibble or fresh dog food

Microbe diversity was higher after dogs were fed a fresh diet compared to after kibble.

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Wood-eating yeast in cat food highly palatable, digestible

Raising fungus as pet food ingredients on otherwise discarded material reduces the environmental impact of companion animal nutrition. For example, torula yeast (Cyberlindnera jadinii) feed on woody biomass left as waste or residues from making wood products.

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Fresh meat kibble higher in amino acids than meat meals

According to results of an in vitro experiment, the fresh chicken meat formulation held the highest concentration for most essential amino acids and branched-chain amino acids, the lack of which can cause health problems for pets.

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Digestive tract facts about flax in cat foods and snacks

When scientists conducted an experiment, they found evidence that cats can use the plant-based omega-3 fatty acid source.

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Switch pet food ingredients carefully, despite prices

As the saying goes, there are no free lunches. However, that doesn’t mean a pet food formulator can’t find a means to adjust a recipe according to what is available and affordable.

Rendered pet food ingredients digestibility helps environment

Increasing digestibility improves the amount of nutrition extracted in the rendering process. This makes more pet food ingredients per the quantity of energy used and pollution produced.

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BSF protein an ‘easy swap’ for other proteins in dog food

With alternative proteins increasing in popularity in human foods, they are also gaining interest from consumers of pet food, and black soldier fly (BSF)-based ingredients are among the most popular.

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Pet food producers’ costs for wet pet food rising most

The costs of many components for making pet food continue to rise, especially for canned dog and cat food, and are increasingly driving up retail prices.

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