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Protein quality: Real nutrition versus public perception

Many petfoods today are promoted for the ingredients they do or do not contain rather than their nutritional performance, disingenuously playing off of the consumers’ perception about the ingredients rather than their real nutritional value.

Brand Insights

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

APC Inc

Discover how plasma protein supports pet health, boosts palatability, and improves pet food functionality and processing performance in modern formulations.

Plasma: A Multi-Faceted Ingredient Supporting Health, Formula Functionality, and Nutrition in Pet Food

Registration open for AFIA Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference

Registration has opened for the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)'s annual Purchasing & Ingredient Suppliers Conference (PISC), to be held March 11–13, 2015, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida.

Pet obesity on rise for fourth straight year

New data released by Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI), a US provider of pet health insurance, shows that pet obesity is on the rise for the fourth straight year.

Pet Food Market

Pet Delícia sets sights on Brazil market expansion

Brazilian natural petfood company Pet Delícia focuses on human-grade quality to shine on the South American market.

Pet DelÃcia was founded in December 2010, and initially offered a line of frozen dog foods. Eventually the company expanded, and now offers a canned line of dog and cat foods in addition to frozen dog and cat foods.

Early modulation of cecal microbial activity in rabbits with rapidly fermentable fiber

Early intake of RFF in young rabbits stimulated the cecal microbial activity and reduced the voluntary feed intake.

Associations between meal size and gastric emptying in cats

Prolonged gastric emptying contributes to prolonged post-prandial hyperglycemia in cats meal fed a high-carbohydrate, low-protein, dry diet.