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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.

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

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.

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.

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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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 donâ€™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.

AFIA to host Liquid Feed Symposium in September

The American Feed Industry Association’s Liquid Feed Committee will host the 42nd annual Liquid Feed Symposium, September 12-14, at the Grand Hyatt Denver in Colorado, USA. The program educates and promotes the agricultural liquid supplement industry, with speaker presentations, research funding, achievement recognition and the Liquid Feed Symposium Trade Show.

Pet Food Product Database

Van Drunen Farms drum-dried butternut squash

Van Drunen Farms

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