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ElleVet Sciences Calm & Comfort CBD + CBDA chews for dogs

ElleVet Sciences

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Safe history helps novel protein from wood-eating yeast

For pet food, Torula yeast may have an advantage over other novel proteins. Torula yeast is already an approved ingredient, with a history of safe use.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Strategies for improving pet food quality, nutrition

Effective techniques for enhancing pet food quality and improving nutrition. Sponsored by Kemin.

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Pet food energy estimates exclude dog, cat body heat

Feeding trials provide the “gold standard” for determining the energy content of pet food, but trials using live animals may be too expensive or otherwise unavailable when pet food formulators test products.

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3 aroma compounds ‘vital’ to dog food palatability

Scientists identified nine chemical compounds found in palatability enhancers that contributed positively to dogs’ partiality for particular food aromas.

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Trace minerals in pet food may help bone health

An animal nutritionist suggested in a video from Petfood Forum that pet food companies learn from livestock feed formulators.

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Pet Food Ingredients

4 novel functional pet food ingredients, like turmeric

Plants, such as hemp, turmeric and ashwagandha, along with other light-eaters, algae, serve as functional ingredients in both human and pet foods by aiding animals’ bodies in ways beyond calories counts and protein levels.

Turmeric is commonly considered a spice and is permitted in pet food for use as a coloring additive. | (tarapong srichaiyos | shutterstock.com)

New functional ingredients in Latin American dog foods

As Latin American pet food markets develop, more producers are launching dog foods with new functional ingredients like chia seeds, linseed and others.

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Farm Hounds Organs dog treats

Farm Hounds Organs dog treats

Sovereign Laboratories Super Pet Nutrition Colostrum-LD Powder

Sovereign Laboratories

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7 months of grain-free dog food didn’t cause DCM signs

Scientists continue searching for the ultimate cause of the DCM cases that the FDA is investigating.

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