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Dog and Cat Food Nutrition

2 opportunities for health and wellness pet food

Pet food remains central to pet owners’ health and wellness strategies, with consumers favoring functional, condition-specific and science-backed formulations.

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Trending: Pet Food Podcast

EPISODE 78: What might 2025 look like for the pet food market?

Host Lindsay Beaton talks with Nicole Hill, executive director of MarketPlace, about novel proteins, biotic benefits, pet parent shopping trends, and the top social media platform to watch next year.

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Kradle secures $4M investment to expand pet supplement offerings

Funding will help the pet wellness brand grow its product line and distribution network.

4 riders of the A-pet-calypse: threats to pet food industry in 2025

Although the dog, cat, and other pet food markets are not facing imminent collapse, four threats could pose significant challenges for businesses in 2025 and beyond. Apocalypse MEOW!

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Pet Food Safety

FDA urges pet food manufacturers to update safety plans for H5N1 risks

New guidance addresses the risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in uncooked or unpasteurized cat and dog food ingredients derived from poultry or cattle.

Manufacturers using uncooked or unpasteurized ingredients such as meat, milk or eggs derived from poultry or cattle in cat and dog food need to to reanalyze food safety plans to address H5N1, a strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza.

Something to Chew on

5 human food trends that could impact pet food in 2025

As human food and pet food continue their symbiotic relationship in the marketplace, ingredients, digestive health and other trends will play out in both.

Ingredients as a trend in human food continue to evolve; for 2025, consumers are focused on quality.

Ingredient Issues

Pet weight management: Feeding for health, longevity

Pet obesity is a significant problem, and the pet food industry could be doing more to help pet owners feed their animals properly.

Overweight pets need better feeding management in order to live their longest, healthiest lives.

Market Trends and Reports

Top 3 trends in 2025: Customization, functionality, premiumization

We take a look at the top trends to pay attention to in 2025, as predicted by the pet food industry.

The trends coming up in 2025 each touch parts of the others as pet owners grow more nuanced in their needs for pet health and nutrition solutions.

Pet Food Safety

FDA ban on Red Dye No. 3 to have minimal impact on pet food industry

Many pet food manufacturers have already transitioned to alternative ingredients as color additives.

Natural colors for pet food can come from many sources, including vegetables, like the beet powder pictured here.

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Tebrio begins construction on insect farm in Spain

A leader in Tenebrio molitor, the company has broken ground on its new 90,000-square-meter plant, which will have an annual production capacity of more than 100,000 tons of products when completed.

Slated to be completed by 2028, Tebrio's new facility will produce high-quality proteins and lipids for animal feed, organic biofertilizers and chitosan.

Dog microbiome boosted by higher dietary fiber

Dietary fiber interacts in complex ways with the dog microbiome, suggesting both new avenues of research and potential for new product development.

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Typhoid Mary dogs may spread drug-resistant Salmonella without getting sick

Scientists identified 77 suspected zoonotic cases, where bacteria likely transferred from dogs to humans, involving 164 strains across 17 U.S. states.

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