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Pet Food Market

Crude fiber guarantees: Are they on their way out?

Crude fiber has been part of pet food labels for a long time, but whether it still has a place in today’s modern labels is a matter of perspective.

Crude fiber has a long history on the pet food label. The question today is, does it still have a place? | chengyuzheng, iStockPhoto.com

Pet Food Labeling

Primera Technology LX910 color label printer

Primera Technology LX910 color label printer

4 probiotics used in pet food may be renamed by AAFCO

These proposed changes still need to be accepted by the AAFCO membership at large before taking effect.

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Pet Food Packaging

Hispanic pet food buyers influenced by premium packaging

In a survey, Hispanic pet owners were less likely to agree with the statement that they don’t care about how pet food is packaged.

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Pet Food Packaging

Pet food packages resemble human food, not livestock feed

Historically, pet food containers tended to resemble livestock feed bags.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Small pet food follows humanization, therapeutic trends

Trends seen in the cat and dog food market also influence new products in the pet pig, bird, rabbit, hen, ferret and other small animal foods markets.

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Human vs. pet food labeling: How do they differ?

Several key differences in pet food labeling requirements may prove challenging for human food manufacturers looking to enter the pet food arena.

Pet food trends may follow human food trends, but ingredient labeling requirements can be quite different between the two markets. | Photo by Andrea Gantz

Reader’s Digest warns of ‘sneaky’ dog food label ‘lies’

Articles in Petfood Industry have also addressed the validity of some of these pet food labeling claims.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Market

Amazon follows trends in launch of private label dog food

Wag dog food is available only to Amazon Prime subscribers.

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5 ingredient trends for pet food’s next evolution

Five keys to pet food’s next evolution appeared when Nielsen market researchers looked at both pet food packaging claims and the ingredients listed on the labels.

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4 possible updates to AAFCO pet food labeling guidelines

The Pet Food Committee of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) discussed pet food labeling modernization efforts.

Aspects of pet food labeling, including the guaranteed analysis, may soon change. photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Market

Pet food transparency: buzzword, urban legend or reality?

Transparency shouldn’t be used merely as a pet food buzzword and should have some teeth behind its meaning. Pet owners want the facts as they stand today.

Transparency in pet food ingredient naming is also important to consumers. l Andrea Gantz

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