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5 free-from claims top sales in US pet food market

Market analysts at Nielsen quantified sales of pet foods by the products’ free-from marketing claims.

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Top 5 fruits and vegetables in U.S. pet food 2018

Market analysts at Nielsen tabulated that pet owners in the United States spent approximately US$33 million on pet foods with human-grade products, such as fruits and vegetables, in 2018.

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Pentobarbital pet food ingredients sold after FDA warning

JBS Souderton continued to sell pentobarbital-contaminated tallow to pet food companies after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had alerted the pet food ingredient supplier.

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Dogs and cats readily accept insect-based protein and oil

In feeding trials with both dogs and cats, pet foods made with insect-based ingredients had similar palatability and digestibility to kibble containing conventional pet food protein and oil sources.

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4 clean label pet food production and marketing lessons

Pet food industry professionals learned how to meet consumer demands for clean label pet foods at Petfood Innovation Workshop.

Smoke and vinegar as clean label pet food ingredients

Although consumers demand easy-to-understand recipes, clean label pet foods can be anything but simple for formulators.

The complexity of defining “clean label” from both an industry perspective and a consumer perspective touches on a lot of different pet food issues. (vlbv | shutterstock.com)

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Can pet tech help tackle pet obesity and owner education?

New pet apps and other technology devices promise to help pet owners find the right food for their pets, understand ingredients and prevent pet obesity.

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Top 5 pet food industry concerns: ingredient quality #1

Although pet food ingredient quality ranked as the top concern, no single dominant threat emerged when 1,300 pet food industry professionals answered the question “What is the most pressing issue facing your organization?”

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Market Trends and Reports

Industry pro beliefs differ from pet food buyer demands

A survey quizzed Petfood Forum 2019 registrants on consumer trends among dog and cat owners. Their responses didn’t always match pet owners’ answers.

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Update: Can Petco be ‘PetCoached’ to be ‘PetSmarter’?

Petco has been receptive to feedback but is still light years away from their “turning our backs on artificial ingredients in pet foods” promise.

Courtesy of Jim Galovski, co-founder of Guardian Pet Food Co.

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Probiotics in pet food conference held in Italy

The event focused on microbial nutritional solutions for pet well-being.

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Human food clues to combine consumer perceptions, science

Consumers often perceive certain pet food and human food ingredients to be healthy and functional, but sometimes perceptions get ahead of the science.

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