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Petfood Forum 2016 announces call for papers

Exclusive conference for the global pet food manufacturing industry seeks noncommercial abstracts on pet nutrition, pet food marketing, safety and more

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Quick hits: The latest news at a glance!

View the latest, up-to-the-minute news from important industry players.

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Online pet food reviews: where’s the science?

The real issue is that reviewers and consumers don’t truly understand pets’ nutrient needs and focus too much on ingredients and misperceptions about them.

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Survey: 37% interested in raw pet food diets

Allprovide, the all-natural raw pet food company, conducted a survey of 1,826 cat and dog owners across the United States on their pet food preferences, knowledge and interests. The results show that more than 37% of pet owners are interested in a fresh, healthy raw food diet for their pets.

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Pet food innovation: look to perform a job for consumers

New research says true breakthrough innovation means resolving a poorly performed job for consumers. One example is Tidy Cats LightWeight cat litter.

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Humanization driving trends in pet food

American pet owners want the best for their pets, so much so that the pet food category is experiencing a trend in humanization evolving beyond flavors to ensuring nutritional benefits, ingredient quality and manufacturing standards are as high as human food.

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Drugstores hold progress and potential for pet nutrition

From the potential-based perspective of access to mass-market pet product shoppers, drugstores account for two out of the top three retail chains.

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Nutrition trends: Freeze-dried pet food

As consumers become even more determined to feed their pets the very best, and to cater to their pets’ individual dietary needs, other subsets of natural pet food are becoming more prominent. One of those subsets is freeze-dried pet food.

Courtesy Fresh is Best | Freeze-dried pet food, while a relatively small piece of the overall natural pet food trend, has been outpacing grain-free, refrigerated and frozen pet foods in terms of growth.

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Trends in pet treats

Regardless of current challenges, treats continue to provide a growth opportunity for the pet food market.

Pet treats continue to be a diversified, growing segment of the pet food market. | gvictoria.Image | BigStockPhoto.com

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Plato Pet Treats focuses on top-quality treats

Plato Pet Treats was founded in 2006 with the desire to create a product that its co-founders and co-owners, Aaron Merrell, Robert Montgomery, Dana Montgomery and Kent Watts, would want to feed their own pets.

Courtesy Plato Pet Treats | Co-founder and co-owner Aaron Merrell stands in Plato's in-house production facility.

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Petfood Forum Europe showcases globalization, innovation

The conference reflected the increasing globalization of pet food and highlighted Europe’s position as the epicenter for innovation in pet food.

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Growing pet ownership seeks excitement in pets’ diets

Pet ownership in the US has hit an all-time high, with 78 million dogs and 86 million cats in 65% of households, according to the American Pet Products Association (APPA).

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