Nutrition

Spirited Paw pet supplements launch on Chewy

Standard Process’ companion animal supplement brand is now sold nationwide through the online pet retailer.

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Ingredient Issues

Stop demonizing the process: What really makes pet food nutritious

Marketing may pit raw against cooked and frozen against freeze-dried, but true nutritional quality comes down to safety, digestibility and nutrient delivery in the finished product, not the processing method used to get there.

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Adventures in Pet Food

Novel proteins and technologies: The consumer trust factor

With both pet food and human food, acceptance of novel proteins like insects or cultivated meat depends significantly on consumer trust, particularly during these anxious times.

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Pet Food Insights

Changes are coming: FDA's GRAS proposal impacts animal food

The FDA's proposed overhaul of the GRAS notification process would reshape how pet food ingredients reach the market, and AFIA is weighing in.

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Global Commerce

Morocco approves US rendered proteins for pet food

Morocco’s food safety agency has published a sanitary certificate allowing U.S. rendered animal protein meals to be exported for use in dog and cat food.

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Sustainable Dog and Cat Food

Bison co-products in pet food support regenerative ranching

At West Bijou Ranch, bison ranchers explained how pet food ingredients, whole-animal utilization and grazing management contribute to the economics and ecology of regenerative agriculture.

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Dog & Whistle wins award for soy-based dog chew

Dog & Whistle and Northern Illinois University’s Bioplastics Lab will use $40,000 in Illinois Soybean Association research support to develop an edible dog chew made from soy-based materials.

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Hill’s report details small dogs’ distinct nutritional needs

Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s “World of the Small Dog Report 2026” finds dogs under 25 pounds have metabolic, anatomical and clinical needs that differ from those of larger breeds.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Cultivated wagyu beef gains UK pet food approval

Ivy Farm Technologies can now supply its cultivated wagyu beef to U.K. pet food brands, with its first commercial-scale production run expected to be completed in early 2027.

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Pet Food Ingredients

GAPFA updates fact sheet on carbohydrates in pet food

The Global Alliance of Pet Food Associations revised its carbohydrate fact sheet to reflect current science and changing global labeling requirements.

ADM to showcase pet postbiotics at Fi Europe

The company will present postbiotic supplement formulations, soy protein ingredients and flavors for pet food at the Frankfurt, Germany, trade show.

TOOL: Pet food protein-blend calculator explores ingredient cost tradeoffs

This interactive calculator identifies blends of three ingredients that meet a specified minimum protein level.

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