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Nutrition

Filling empty petfood bowls with relief

When disaster strikes, our family and friends are often what help us make it through the tough times. Most pet owners include their beloved dogs and cats in this important network of support, but what happens when they need help feeding, sheltering or simply keeping their pets when a catastrophe has left them without a roof over their head? Recently, some petfood companies have been teaming up with charitable organizations or starting networks of their own to lend a helping paw to pet parents who find themselves in need.

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Pet Food Manufacturer Thinks Outside the Box with EDL’s Double Tight Wrap Machine

EDL, as Massman Company

EDL Double Tight Wrap shrink wrapping machines use two perpendicular bands of LDPE film to tightly unitize and totally enclose a product or collation. 

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Mars Petcare focuses on pet health, nutrition in new marketing campaign

Mars Petcare is making health and nutrition a priority for its Pedigree, Whiskas, Cesar and Sheba petfood brands to  focus more on the emotional connection people feel with their pets. The petfood maker is hoping the plan will lead to advertising that sets the brands apart from traditional petfood marketing campaigns and compete more directly with P&G's Iams brand.

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Catswell Nutrisca dry food for cats

Dogswell LLC

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Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. Crunchy Creations cat treats

Hill's Pet Nutrition

Pet Food News

Call for papers opens for Petfood Forum Asia 2014

The Petfood Forum Asia 2014 content advisory board is seeking abstracts for noncommercial presentations due by October 1, 2013. Potential speakers are invited to submit abstracts on petfood/pet treat topics.

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Human food trends offer insights for petfood

These days, petfood product development follows human food trends by only “half a step,” according to David Sprinkle, publisher and research director for Packaged Facts, who spoke at Petfood Forum 2013. He referred to a regular report from his company, Culinary Trends Mapping, that covers restaurant trends in addition to product ones and said large petfood manufacturers often buy it.

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UK retailer Sainsbury's launches new dog, cat food range

UK retailer Sainsbury’s launched The Delicious Collection, its own range of petfood for dogs and cats. The new premium range includes 18 formulas made with real meat.

Nutrition

Guide to Petfood Forum China 2013

Pets are big business in China and getting bigger every year. Case in point: The 15th annual Pet Fair Asia, held October 2012 in Shangahi, broke all show records with almost 50,000 visitors over four days, plus more than 500 exhibitors from 25 countries.

Pet Food News

Petfood Forum 2014 call for papers announced

The Petfood Forum 2014 content advisory board is seeking abstracts for noncommercial oral and poster presentations, due by September 16, 2013. Potential speakers are invited to submit abstracts on petfood/pet treat topics.

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Washington, USA, church breaks world record for petfood collected in seven days

Living Hope Church in Vancouver, Washington, USA, recently collected 19,600 pounds of petfood in seven days to break a Guinness world record held for seven years by a South African supermarket. The collection of petfood by the church sets a new world record for "Largest donation of pet food in seven days," according to the World Record Academy.

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Evanger’s to open new petfood facility near Chicago, Illinois, USA

Evanger’s Dog and Cat Food Company is planning to open a new facility in the Chicago suburb of Markham, Illinois, USA. With the goal of achieving LEED certification, the petfood facility incorporates a number of sustainable practices.

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SavvyBeast Treats LLC Dogstars organic dog treats

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