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Pet Food Product Database

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Charles Ross & Son Company

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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

Pet Food Product Database

Dinnissen BV Magi-N.ext extruder line

Leaders of the organic pack

In 1985, Shelley Gunton and her husband Brian Connolly moved to Hong Kong . Due to fear of rabies, Hong Kong authorities required that Joey, the couple's much-loved Labrador mix, be held in quarantine for six months. In quarantine, Joey did not do well on the standard Hong Kong pet diet ...

In June 2003, Castor & Pollux introduced the first-ever 70% organic petfood, Organix, which quickly accounted for 50% of the company's sales.

Good growth

Stimuli and deterrents to global petfood sales

What is petfood's connection to energy?

We are hearing advice that proteins will remain abundant, but energy-rich sources could slip into short supply

Soon after Glee/Petindex 2006 ended, organizers announced a new, more visitor-friendly location for this year.

The art of processing

Bil-Jac starts with fresh, chilled chicken and uses a unique low-temperature vacuum processing system

Bill-Jac products are slender pellets that are much easier to dry than typical extruded petfoods.

Something To Chew On: The Internet abhors a vacuum

Anyone who has an opinion or story to share can do so for all the world to see on a blog or another form of Internet communication

Something To Chew On: Spare the corn

US producers try to control commodity costs that are rising from the escalating use of starch crops like corn to produce ethanol

Something To Chew On: 71 million strong and growing

In case you needed confirmation that the petfood industry is a good one to be part of, new research provides just that

Raw: The next big thing?

Australian Ian Billinghurst believes grain-based diets are unsuitable for dogs and cats

Dr. Ian Billinghurst is a veterinary surgeon in general practice in Australia.

Raw petfood: risky or right?

Is feeding pets raw foods too risky?

Organic & natural predictions

The hottest trends in petfood these days are "natural" and "organic." As pet owners are trying to eat healthier, their interest in these types of products for their pets continues to grow. In fact, sales of natural and organic petfoods are expected to outpace those in the overall petfood market soon.

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