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Something To Chew On: The R word

Can we believe what we hear about the pet industry being recession resistant?

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

Petfood goes wild

An improved understanding of evolution and canine and feline ancestral diets will unlock innovations

Canidae touts its grain-free dog and cat food formulas with various 'wild' ingredientsincluding salmon.

A promise worth keeping

With a mission to support US farmers, natural petfood Pet Promise was born

To help support struggling US farmers and ranchers, the founders of Pet Promise, including Dave Carter, conceived an idea to make a natural petfood with exceptional nutrition that comes from pure protein sources.

Are your labels legal?

A look at federal and state regulations for petfoods sold in the US

AAFCO's 2009 Official Publication contains a great deal of information about US petfood labeling. It can be purchased at www.aafco.org.

Antioxidants: elixirs of health?

Yes and no—have much to learn about their pros and cons in petfoods

Common antioxidants include ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and vitamin E. Mountains of research suggest dietary antioxidants have health benefits for pets.

Pet Food Product Database

Tapco Inc. Western three-prong bolt