Pet Food Ingredients: Page 38

Plant oils in pet food: olive, soy, coconut and sunflower

Several types of plant oil have been covered in Ingredients Issues and evaluated for their use in dog, cat and other pet food formulations

More knowledge is required, but coconut meal could prove to be a starter for a new product category in pet food. (Prostock-studio | AdobePhoto.com)

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

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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

No confirmed human disease from raw pet food worldwide

Scientists classified eleven households as having experienced “probable” transmission, and 20 households experienced “possible” transmission.

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Coconut, spinach, 3 more plant superfoods in pet recipes

The rising popularity of plant superfoods in pet food corresponds to people’s demands for farm produce that produces health results in their own diets.

Blueberries are known as a superfood in the human food space, but does that use translate to the pet food arena? | (Brian A Jackson | Shutterstock.com)

Insect pet food kept growing in 2021, despite logistics

Growth had already been strong, but the pandemic shifted sales growth to online. Growth in e-commerce was only one consumer trend working for insect-based pet foods.

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Pet Food Market

New pet food product trends winter 2021: insects, health

Several new dog treats and toppers used insect-based ingredients. More refrigerated or frozen fresh pet foods entered the market, including one from the world’s largest pet food company.

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2022 pet food nutrition trends: Innovation, functionality

Learn about the top pet food trends for 2022, including health and wellness, alternative proteins, and functional ingredients.

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European pet food news 2021: ethics, insects, growth

European pet owners preferred that their animals’ foods included assurances that the products had been produced in ways that minimized ecological and social problems. Pet food and treats making these claims led some of the growth in the European market in 2021.

Stray cats sunbathing on top of the ruins of Roman columns at the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome

Asian pet food news 2021: insects, politics, expansion

In 2021, pet-related businesses seemed less rattled by lockdowns and other movement restrictions. Online sales of pet food continued increasing in many Asian nations, a trend seen worldwide.

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Ethical claim focus of European, North American pet owners

Pet owners in Europe and North America seem to focus on the ethical claims made by pet food brands more than other regions.

The multiple perceptions surrounding the idea of “clean label” in pet food makes this current trend a hot topic in the pet food industry. (VadosLoginov | shutterstock.com)

Pet Food Market

Why pet food mycotoxin testing is so important

Pet food experts say there is no such thing as mitigating mycotoxins once they are present in ingredients or pet foods, so testing is the only defense.

Though corn is prone to mycotoxin contamination, other pet food ingredients can be susceptible, too. l (Andrea Gantz | WATT Global Media)

One Food: Animal welfare aspects of One Health and pets

Find out if pet owners are primed to be animal lovers, and if that could make animal welfare claims particularly effective marketing tools.

With byproducts from a cow being used for pet food, should it have the same carbon footprint as a steak for humans? l Andrea Gantz

Coconut, lamb, fish, chicken, soybean meals in pet foods

Various types of plant and animal meals appear in the ingredient decks of dog, cat and other pet foods.

Agronutris says its flagship Ultra’in insect meal is a protein-rich solution for pet food nutrition.

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