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China aims to further lower soybean meal use, reduce hog capacity

Officials say the level of protein in China’s animal feed is ‘more than sufficient.’

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Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Cat owners more accepting of unseen insect-based ingredients

In a survey, the majority of survey respondents were willing to feed cat foods and treats containing insects to their pets, but the form of the insect-based ingredients mattered.

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6 raw materials of interest for 2024

In raw materials, we can find attributes that we either ignored or were unable to detect in the past.

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Italian feed producers challenged by high costs, ingredient availability

A lack of raw materials and high energy costs continue to put a serious pressure on the industry, forcing producers to switch from the most affordable alternatives.

Italian dairy farm

Alternative Ingredients

7 essential feed additives in modern broiler production

Additives play a pivotal role in enhancing broiler performance, health and overall productivity.

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Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Education affects acceptance of insects in pet food

The growing interest in both insect-based pet food and human entomophagy stems from the environmental and nutritional benefits that insects offer, but effective consumer education may be necessary to expand the market.

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Microbial protein provides all amino acids for pet food

Scientists compared fermented microbial protein with chicken meal, corn gluten meal, pea protein and black soldier fly larvae.

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Adventures in Pet Food

What’s in a name: Can ‘upcycling’ attract pet food buyers?

Does consumer interest in upcycled foods offer an opportunity to rebrand pet food ingredients like meat by-products with more pet-owner-friendly label claims?

California Safe Soil works with supermarkets to obtain meat past its sell-by date, but still fresh and safe, preserving the cold chain to quickly convert it into pet food ingredients.

Pet Food Market

13 most purchased cat, dog food attributes in 2022

Some of the most purchased pet food attributes related to environmental concerns and ingredient quality.

Webinar: Sustainable and nutritious: U.S. sorghum in pet food

In this exclusive webinar, Dr. Julia Pezzali, a companion animal nutritionist at Iowa State University, and Guy Allen, an ag economist with Kansas State University, will discuss the functionality and attributes that make sorghum a sought-after ingredient for today's pet foods, as well as the pricing and movement of the commodity grain in the United States.

Sponsored By: United Sorghum Checkoff

Pet Food Market

Cell-based meat’s sustainability complex for pet food

While future developments in cellular agriculture may be able to beat conventional livestock at resource conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, current technologies have limited environmental sustainability credibility.

Meat cultured in laboratory conditions from stem cells.

Wood-eating yeast in cat food highly palatable, digestible

Raising fungus as pet food ingredients on otherwise discarded material reduces the environmental impact of companion animal nutrition. For example, torula yeast (Cyberlindnera jadinii) feed on woody biomass left as waste or residues from making wood products.

Photo by Andrea Gantz

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