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Freeze dried pet foods amino acids digestibility tested

Researchers tested three formats of freeze-dried dog foods: traditional freeze-dried nuggets, low-temperature freeze-dried nuggets and a hybrid freeze-dried nugget.

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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

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New pet food ingredient challenges if US expands biofuels

The pet food ingredient supply, already disrupted by the pandemic, is under further challenge by the U.S. government’s biofuel mandates and incentives.

Products from commodity crops like soybeans that are used in pet food and human food may be diverted into increased biofuel production in the U.S.

Interest in alternative proteins grows in pet food

Learn about the current top alternative protein sources in pet food formulations, including yeast, insect protein, eggs and cell-based meat options.

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Protein quality: A quantitative approach

Learn about the challenges in determining quality protein from a veterinarian’s perspective, as well as what better education could do for pet owners and their animals.

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Sustainability for pet food poses benefits and challenges

From educating pet owners to making a business case to re-aligning labor and supply chains, achieving sustainability in pet food has its challenges.

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Pet food extrusion focuses on precision

As the core processing step for pet food production, extrusion plays an important role, however it doesn’t make sense to focus exclusively on extrusion if precision material handling is not achieved in each step along the way from grinding to packaging.

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Mussels in pet food help climate, wildlife and communities

In addition to the social and environmental sustainability aspects, mussels provide the important omega-3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA, which support dog and cat brains, hearts and other aspects of health.

Research aims at pet treats with upcycled meat ingredients

Participants in a pet food seminar, Petsure Imaginarium, learned about research using meat co-products in pet treats, conducted by Auburn University students.

During the Petsure Imaginarium seminar at Auburn University, participants made pet treats with meat co-products, guided by students researching the concept.

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Top 2023 human food trends: Value is key for pet food, too

An annual top 10 list of human food trends addresses areas also affecting pet food, including consumers seeking value and affordable nutrition and health.

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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.

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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