Pet Food Ingredients: Page 40

Searches for dog probiotics up in Mexico, Columbia, Chile

More Latin American pet owners confined at home with their dogs turned to probiotics to address health or digestive issues, according to internet searches.

Prearing for a crisis may mean setting up employees to work from home. l chika_milan, Dreamstime.com

Brand Insights

Food Safety Training That Delivers Global Impact

Intralox

Master hygienic design, sanitation essentials, and environmental monitoring through CFS Institute’s expert-led, in-person and blended learning programs worldwide.

Food Safety Training That Delivers Global Impact

3 roadblocks to plant-based pet food ingredients

Three factors can stand in the way of acceptance of plant-based proteins as pet food ingredients. Dog and cat owners won't sacrifice taste and texture for their pets when converting to plant-based products.

(gogian | BigStock.com)

Pet Food Market

Plants, plant proteins: the next big thing in pet food?

More plant-based dog foods are hitting the market while consumer interest in plants for human food and pet food grows, yet the category needs more R&D.

Courtesy of Beneo

Pet Food Market

Coastal wolves, ancient clambakes and paleo dog food

For dogs, the paleo diet can mean meat and other items encountered around human camps during domestication. Although “discarded loincloth” will never become a dog food variety, other ancient flavors may remain to be revived as dog foods.

A dog eating a fish (ESOlex | BigStock.com)

5 dog, cat and other pet food ingredients from cattle

While beef is what’s for dinner in many pet’s diets, at least as a principal ingredient, various other cattle components appear in pet food.

5 ways to avoid aflatoxin in pet food ingredients

As the recall of potentially aflatoxin-contaminated dog food goes international and a lawsuit over dozens of pet deaths goes to court, dog, cat and other pet food manufacturers can learn how to avoid their own tragic and costly recalls.

(www.BillionPhotos.com | BigStock.com)

Natural antioxidant curcumin in dog food may boost health

The scientists concluded that curcumin improved animal health by stimulating the antioxidant system and having an anti-inflammatory effect.

Turmeric is commonly considered a spice and is permitted in pet food for use as a coloring additive. | (tarapong srichaiyos | shutterstock.com)

8 Petfood Industry features January 2021: sustainability, obesity

In January 2021, Petfood Industry’s contributors covered topics ranging from sustainability, the pandemic, pet owner emotional perceptions, GMO corn and other issues.

(cynoclub | BigStock.com)

Pet Food Market

Is pet food inflation on the horizon in Latin America?

Corn is a main ingredient in Latin American pet food, and its rising price could soon force pet food producers to pass along that increased cost to consumers.

quotestheraven | BigStock.com

Novel pet food ingredients 2020: whisky, wood, possum, TCM

From algae grown on pot ale, a co-product of the Scottish whisky industry, to torula yeast grown on wood product left-overs, a range of potential novel ingredients emerged in 2020, despite the pandemic. To the contrary, the pandemic increased pet owner awareness of health issues, and that focus expanded to pet foods, treats and supplements made with phytonutrient-rich plants and functional ingredients.

(courtesy ProVet)

Pet Food Market

Lawsuit over aflatoxin in recalled Sportsmix dog food

The lawsuit alleges that Midwestern Pet Food should have been aware of dangerous aflatoxin levels in Sportsmix dog food that the plaintiff fed her seven dogs, six adults and one puppy.

(edwardolive | BigStockPhoto)

Confusion over GMO corn in US pet food exports to Mexico

A decree ends genetically modified corn imports to Mexico by 2024. However, exactly what this means for the pet food industry is uncertain. Meanwhile, landraces are losing ground to varieties developed outside corn’s crib in Mexico.

A tourist's dog sits outside a church in Bernal, Queretaro, Mexico. | (Quasarphoto | BigStock.com)

Page 40 of 124