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Natural/Organic Pet Food
Petfood product development: good and bad for consumers
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” At the heart of that tried and true saying is the philosophy that nearly every problem can become an opportunity—a concept that businesspeople, including those in our industry, know well.
Pet Food Market
Petfood experts target key opportunities and challenges
It’s probably no surprise that when Petfood Industry asked experts from throughout the world for their insights on the industry’s key opportunities and challenges, they identified many more challenges. After all, our industry is facing a number of difficult issues now, with more on the horizon. But these experts also listed plenty of opportunities to continue to grow and innovate.
Petfood experts from throughout the world targeted difficult issues our industry is facing, along with opportunities to continue to grow and innovate.
Market Trends and Reports
Panelis offers cat food palatability testing in North America
Panelis, part of the Diana Pet Food division, is an independent team of trained animal technicians, behaviorists and statisticians that observe and measure the consumption and enjoyment of petfood by canine and feline expert panels. Its cat food palatability testing services are now available for customers in the US and Canada through the establishment of Panelis North America and its recently opened cattery in Hodges, South Carolina, USA.
Panelis North America's cattery is located in Hodges, South Carolina, USA.
Pet Food Market
Corn crop increases, along with wheat prices
The global corn harvest may set another record this year, with a 9% increase in yield over the 2011 crop, itself a record, according to Dr. Joseph Glauber, chief economist at the US Department of Agriculture. The rise in the global crop is being driven by an almost 20% increase in the US harvest, he said.
Pet Food News
Natural petfood company offers grants to enhance local dog parks
The Nutro Company, a manufacturer of natural petfood products, is teaming up with country singer Sara Evans to encourage dog owners nationwide to apply for grant support to help enhance their local dog parks during the third annual ROOM TO RUN dog park appreciation project. ROOM TO RUN, now in its third year, is a community program designed to support public, nonprofit dog parks and off-leash areas and encourage greater community engagement.
Dog and Cat Food Nutrition
Functional antioxidant stats and facts
Continuously improved nutrition in pet diets and fine-tuned veterinary medicine are raising the life expectancy of companion animals. An emphasis on the impact of nutrition on cell ageing is increasing due to this growing life expectancy for pets.
Pet Food Ingredients
Give peas a chance
Dr. Gary Lynch, PhD, senior project coordinator of technical sales for Roquetter America Inc. explains the benefits—including the crop's sustainability—of the yellow pea in his Petfood Forum presentation, Ingredients From the Yellow Pea: Pet Food Applications.
Pet Food News
New Zealand eel exported to US for novel petfood protein
Researchers in New Zealand are calling for petfood companies to stop exporting eel to the United States to be used as a novel protein source in petfoods. One local petfood company, Addiction Foods, exports a range of gourmet petfoods to the US and other markets, marketing them as hypoallergenic or "earth-friendly."
Pet Food Ingredients
Get 'green' with the ingredients in the petfood bag
As petfood manufacturers and marketers, our industry is constantly asking the question, "What are consumers looking for in the bag?" And the answer to that question is relatively simple: pet parents want to be able to scrutinize your product's ingredients and they want to know several key things about them.
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Pet Food News
Petfood Forum China 2012 online registration now open
Online registration is now open for China's first petfood conference, Petfood Forum China 2012, which will be held October 12 in Shanghai, co-located with Pet Fair Asia. Taking place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, Petfood Forum China offers pet industry professionals with the latest on pet nutrition, petfood ingredients, processing and packaging technologies, and new product development processes from leading petfood consultants, manufacturers, suppliers and academicians.
Natural/Organic Pet Food
Nature's remedies from Healthy Dogma
The dictionary defines "dogma" as an authoritative creed within a group or organization. For Healthy Dogma, a family-owned petfood brand newly introduced this year and based in Michigan, the dogma is all-natural, unique ingredients such as kelp, medicinal mushrooms, colostrum, flax seed, tart cherry extract and probiotics in petfood premixes, treats and supplements for dogs. "Both our treats and kelp supplements are in reusable plastic cups and are top shelf safe for the dishwasher," says Darby Peters, vice president of marketing for Healthy Dogma.
'We don’t have much to complain about and we have a lot to be thankful for. We see a larger market with healthy dogs and plan to expand our Healthy Dogma line to be available in more independent stores around the country,' says Darby Peters of Healthy Dogma.
Dog and Cat Food Nutrition
Antioxidant Update: Adding more than shelf life to petfood
Antioxidants can be categorized as technological or physiological. Technological antioxidants are crucial in petfood preservation and product shelf life.
Continuously improved nutrition in pet diets and fine-tuned veterinary medicine are raising the life expectancy of companion animals. The supplementation of petfood with natural antioxidants is a rising trend.
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