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Pet Food Market

Nestle Purina responds to allegations that Beneful is harmful

Nestle Purina Petcare Co. has responded to allegations that its Beneful dog food is harmful, or even deadly, to pets.

Brand Insights

Simplify Pet Food Labeling: Strategies for Navigating Global Regulations

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Learn how regulatory complexity is impacting the pet food industry and how brands will meet the challenge using the right digital tools

Simplify Pet Food Labeling: Strategies for Navigating Global Regulations

2 new NASC websites provide information on pet supplements

The National Animal Supplement Council (NASC) has introduced two new websites focused on people making buying decisions to help ensure confidence in the products they buy and help provide credible information to animal owners.

Pet Food Market

Helping pet owners understand and fight pet obesity

Soon all cat and dog food labels in the US have to include calorie counts. Can the petfood industry do more—perhaps looking to human foods for ideas?

Pet Food Market

Is bad petfood advice partly the industry’s fault?

The petfood industry is missing an opportunity to be transparent and educate consumers and veterinarians about pet nutrition and how petfood is made.

Pet Food Ingredients

Petfood mislabeling: What you need to know

Petfood mislabeling is one of the top issues in the industry today. As consumers become more savvy about what their pets are eating, they look to—and depend on—product packaging to point them in the right direction.

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Pet Food Packaging

Petfood vignettes, graphics and pictorial representations

Petfood packaging illustrations can be especially helpful in reaching those potential customers with language or reading issues. However, improper use of graphics, not just words, also can get a company in trouble with regulators.

Freeze-dried, refrigerated/frozen petfoods continue strong growth

The natural food category, which has been driving the petfood market for over 10 years, continues to spawn trends that rise and fall on much shorter timeframes—challenging manufacturers and retailers to keep pace while making a profit, according to GfK's latest data.

Merrick releases infographic on organic petfood

Merrick Pet Care has developed an infographic for its Castor & Pollux Organix brand highlighting organic food and how much it matters to pet parents.

Pet Food Market

What petfood can take from top 10 human food trends for 2015

Several top tends in human foods are already appearing in petfood, too, driven by consumer interest and demand.

Pet Food Ingredients

DNA testing raises ingredient declaration concerns

It behooves the petfood manufacturer to practice due diligence in ensuring that what is declared on the label is in the product, and what is not declared is not in the product.

Pet Food Market

Watching GMO ballot initiatives for potential impact on petfood labeling

While the debate over GMOs and GMO labeling is fraught with emotion, petfood manufacturers can use science to communicate with pet owners.

Pet Food Market

Natural petfood products continue to offer opportunity for growth and innovation

Consumer trends show increasing interest in natural petfoods and ingredients, and new product development opportunities.

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