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Raw/fresh/freeze-dried dog food

Stella & Chewy’s Simply Venison

Brand Insights

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.

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

Pet Food Product Database

Nature's Variety Instinct Pork Formula diet

Market Trends and Reports

Sheba launches wet cat food brand Facebook campaign

Petfood company Sheba has launched a new online campaign to encourage pet owners in Singapore to purchase its premium wet cat food brand. The petfood company appointed BBDO Proximity Singapore to create a social media campaign that focused on developing an online community of cat owners who can endorse and raise awareness about Sheba's products.

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New research could lead industry to resolve to help pets lose weight

Popular New Year's resolutions for people include losing weight, getting in better shape or similarly improving their health. Considering that so many pets are, like their owners, also fighting overweight or obesity, it would not be surprising if some pet owners put everyone in their families -- including the furry members -- on weight loss plans.

Market Trends and Reports

Influence of dietary histidine in cats

Dietary histidine has been shown to elevate circulating free histidine and plasma histamine concentration in murine models as much as six-fold. Bladder mastocytosis is a hallmark of feline interstitial cystitis, and histidine is stored in mast cells and converted to histamine for signaling and inflammation by the enzyme histidine decarboxylase.

Market Trends and Reports

Cats select consistent nutrient intake in foods offered

We investigated the ability of domestic cats to regulate the macronutrient composition of their diet when provided with foods that differed not only in macronutrient content but also in texture and moisture content, as typically found in the main forms of commercially manufactured cat foods.

Wet, dry cat food study links diet preference to nutrient intake

New research from an experiment with wet and dry cat foods may explain the reason some cats are so picky about their petfood. The study, published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B, offered different petfood options to cats.

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Purrs and growls for petfood in 2012, opportunities for 2013

I know, at this time of year, everyone does one of these blog posts or columns trying to sum up the year for an industry or assign accolades and criticisms to entities within the industry. But as cliché as they may be, people tend to read such posts or columns, so I'll jump on the bandwagon and issue my "purrs and growls" for the petfood industry for 2012 and look ahead to opportunities for the coming year.

Friskies cat food brand launches 'Catify Yourself' app

Friskies has launched a new "Catify Yourself" application that allows users to create, post and share photos of their friends and family as cats. The free "Catify Yourself" iPhone app lets users send photo messages to friends from their cat-like self.

Market Trends and Reports

Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co. Inc. Nothing But Natural Treats

Evanger's Dog & Cat Food Co

Pet Food Market

China, Brazil and other emerging markets lead petfood growth

Though China's torrid economic growth has cooled down somewhat, specific industries still show huge potential for continued increases in the country. Those industries include pet care and petfood.

Pet Food Market

Engage petfood brand advocates online

There are few industries that need brand advocates more than the petfood industry. With so many poison pens waiting to pounce on brands for mistakes and shortcomings (real or perceived), companies need as much positive representation as they can get.

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