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Pet Food Product Database
Agro Gums cassia gum powder
Agro Gums
48088
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
Tackling pet obesity: will calorie statements on petfood labels help?
When the full membership of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) voted in January to adopt a regulation that requires calorie-content statements on all cat food and dog food labels, it ended an eight-year-long debate that was sometimes contentious. (If you have ever doubted that rule-making bodies take a long time to reach final decisions, here's yet another piece of proof.)
Pet Food Product Database
Plastic Technologies PackLifeO2 app
48035
Pet Food Product Database
National Bulk Equipment Inc. pneumatic conveying system
National Bulk Equipment Inc
48027
Market Trends and Reports
The green effort: Petfood companies support sustainability
Staying sustainable may be a topical trend in the media or a consumer-driven marketing tool according to some, but I applaud petfood companies who go out of their way to make their production and facilities more eco-friendly. Shrinking your carbon footprint also significantly reduces costs-something even the staunchest cynic can't argue with.
Petfood manufacturers should study their processes from an environmental perspective and reduce their negative impact on the Earth.
Market Trends and Reports
Update: Pet treat market round-up
The pet treat market is often the place where bold marketing strategies, experimental blends of ingredients and clever packaging first meet the rest of the petfood and pet care sector. Petfood lines, loyal customers and overnight success stories can also sprout up from this fertile ground, so it’s important to keep abreast of the most novel, on-trend treats being introduced to the marketplace.
Overnight success stories can often sprout up from the new pet treat market, so it’s important to keep abreast of the most novel, on-trend treats being introduced to the marketplace.
Packaging
FreeHand rescues dogs with food
FreeHand launched its superpremium dog food diets in June 2012. “[We] developed what we believe to be the best, complete, balanced, natural and holistic ingredient panel in the superpremium petfood category,” Tom Bagamane, co-founder and managing director of FreeHand, declares when asked about what sets his company apart from other brands.
“Since our June launch, FreeHand—through our resellers—has supplied more than 16,000 pounds, or 46,000 meals, to homeless dogs in our US market areas,” says Tom Bagamane, FreeHand co-founder.
Pet Food News
Exopack’s Purina One cat food package awarded for Printing Achievement
Exopack received the 2013 Flexible Packaging Highest Achievement Award from the Flexible Packaging Association for the development of its Kraft YES pack. Additionally, Exopack’s Nestlé Purina One cat food packaging won a Silver Award in the Printing Achievement category.
Safety & Quality
Thermo Fisher Scientific
300 Industry Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15275
Pet Food Product Database
WeighPack Systems Inc. PrimoLinear C-series linear scale
WeighPack Systems Inc
47898
Pet Food Product Database
ITW Muller Octopus S Series automatic rotary ring stretch wrapper
47888
Pet Food Market
Petfood packaging report highlights market features, safety concerns
A new Pet Food Market Assessment 2013 from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) neatly encapsulates the opportunities and challenges for petfood manufacturers based in or selling to the US. While much of the information in the report is not new to our industry, it gives a fresh perspective on US petfood's short-term future.
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