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Global growth continues

Worldwide retail sales of dog and cat food topped US$45 billion in 2007, according to Euromonitor International. That figure represents a total growth of nearly 43% from the 2002 amount of US$31.57 billion.

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Brand Insights

Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production

Datacor (formerly Format Solutions)

Discover how pet food manufacturers are reducing emissions and driving sustainability through ingredient innovation and eco-friendly nutrition.

Sustainability Starts with the Formula: How Smarter Formulation Is Shaping the Future of Pet Food Production

Getting your share of the bounty

Petfood manufacturers worldwide have been dealing with soaring prices for ingredients - especially grain-based ones - for a couple of years. Is the situation likely to improve at all this year?

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Embrace sustainable packaging

I know you've heard it all before - and it's not sexy or exciting. I also know the idea of package sustainability (recycling) has come and gone before. But, thanks to the efforts of companies like Wal-Mart, this time it's an idea that's here to stay. It's an idea that can save you money, help your image - and help reduce government intervention.

Editorial Notes: Big money in play

This headline is an easy way to get the attention of most business people. But it's also relevant because it relates to a paradigm shift that will change what and how much petfood you sell. This shift is called predictive medicine.

The German Shepherd breed is one that could definitely benefit from the predictive medicine approach.

Big bet on wet

Business has come full circle in one way for David Davies, the managing director of Cambrian Pet Foods. It's been more than 25 years since he shut the doors of his butcher shop in a Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom, village and started to mix by hand his own brand of dried petfood within a small rented factory building.

The 17-acre site of Cambrian's new wet petfood facility is set in the historic and beautiful Towi Valley in the United Kingdom.

Pet Food Product Database

Complete Inspection Systems Inc. Multicheck

Pet Food Product Database

Dinnissen Process Technology Pandora End of Line Mixing

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Whole new way to feed

Innovation and product development have fueled industry growth for several years now, to the point that you might think we've seen it all in terms of truly new petfood products. Conventional wisdom also says that much of this innovation happens in smaller companies.

Dental studies conducted by Mars show a 17% reduction in gingivitis among dogs eating WholeMeals vs. those eating a premium dry diet.

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Munson Machinery Co. Inc. Rotary Batch dryer-dehumidifier-cooler

Munson Machinery

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Global trends to 2012

Market researcher David Lummis of Packaged Facts asserts that there are three primary trends driving growth in the global petfood market: humanization, convenience and health. A report from Euromonitor predicts petfood's future, based on the top global trends from the present to 2012.

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Defining innovation

The ability to innovate is a necessity today, but just what is innovation? How do you measure it? In my mind this is all fairly subjective. But I think most people in our industry would agree that innovation - at least in the form of new product development - has been a primary force behind the strong growth we've seen in petfood for several years and that is projected for more years to come.

A fresh idea

The initial scheme for Freshpet came about when Cathal Walsh, COO and co-founder, and John Phelps, VP of R&D and co-founder, both worked for a major petfood manufacturer in Australia. "In Australia the fresh market is 22% of the petfood market," according to Walsh, "so it's large, successful and growing. The US market is one of the most advanced markets in the world and consumers were absolutely primed for it. All the trends pointed toward fresh food."

Freshpet trendsetters - Cathal Walsh, John Phelps (with B.E.) and Scott Morris - are radically changing the way we think about petfood.

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