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Pet food labels: 4 popular natural dog, cat food trends

With so many pet food labels promoting products as natural, the challenge is to differentiate those natural dog and cat foods from each other.

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Treatibles will launch new chew product at SuperZoo

Treatibles has partnered with Villalobos Rescue Center to introduce Tater’s Sweet Potato Tots, a new grain free chew that will benefit the New Orleans-based Rescue. One dollar from each bag sold will be donated to help cover veterinary expenses at Villalobos.

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Petfood R&D Showcase features ancient grains in pet food

Pet food professionals can learn about a rising dog and cat food trend, whole and ancient grains, at the inaugural Petfood R&D Showcase: Going with the Grain on October 10-12, 2017 at Kansas State University.

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Pet obesity continues to rise in US

A research report released in June 2017 by Banfield Pet Hospital found that about one-third of US dogs and cats are overweight.

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Pet food ingredients: new documentary examines GMOs

Feeding pets has many parallels to feeding humans, including consumer demands driven by negative label claims and a fear of ingredients like GMOs.

Fear of ingredients like GMOs often stem from consumer distrust of science and corporations. Organizations like Fair Oaks Farms aim to educate and foster consumer trust. l Courtesy of Fair Oaks Farms

Dutch insect farm will make sustainable pet food protein

In the Netherlands, Bühler Insect Technology will build an industrial plant to process black solider flies for animal nutrition, including pet food, together with its partner Protix.

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Lamb remains common in dry dog food

An analysis of the Dog and Cat Food Ingredient Center focused on the use of lamb and lamb meal in pet food and the labeling of those products.

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HMB may fight Salmonella on dog food kibble

Preemptive HMB spraying eventually eradicated later Salmonella contamination in an experiment.

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How to market pet food in Mexico and Brazil

The similarity between Mexican and Brazilian pet owners may indicate that comparable pet food trends run throughout the Latin American pet food market.

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Lamb and lamb's meal use in dry dog food

Lamb and lamb meal became popular in the ‘80s and ’90s with the development of elimination diets to treat food allergies. In the mid ‘90s lamb and rice diets became the fastest growing segment of the market. Today many of the novel protein diets have moved to other protein sources, but lamb and lamb meal are still widely used in dry dog food.

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