Pet Ingredients: Page 2

Unusual pet adoption patterns surface, driven by affordability

Gen Z adults and lower-income households show disproportionately high intent to adopt pets in the next six months.

Pet adoption rates are becoming more nuanced among various demographics, including generation and income levels.

Lead fragments in raw game pet food examined in two studies

Processing controls alone may not be sufficient to ensure compliance with regulatory limits or to minimize dogs’ exposure to lead.

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Market Trends and Reports

The 2026 pet economic conundrum: Balancing premiumization, value

Pet owners want it all, but not at the expense of their wallets. The industry must adapt.

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Market Trends and Reports

Top 3 trends in 2026: Pet owners continue to drive focus

From science-backed ingredients to personalization, the pet food industry fully expects pet owners to continue to demand more in the coming year.

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Therapeutic gut health dog food improved digestibility and gastrointestinal signs

Although the study was conducted in healthy dogs, the authors concluded that a highly digestible, palatable diet containing functional fibers, oils and microbial ingredients can beneficially modulate fecal metabolites and microbiota.

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Pet Food Company Profiles

Hill’s Pet Nutrition: Transforming pets’ lives through science

With its long and well-known history of science-led, veterinarian-backed nutrition, Hill’s continues to move into the future with the latest research and a love for pets and their people.

Hill’s offers both dog and cat foods in dry and wet formulas, as well as treats. More importantly, the company focuses on breed size, lifestage and health category to ensure pets eating Hill’s food get the precise nutrition they need to be healthy.

Upcycling, functional, breeds: Petfood Industry Quiz Jan. 30-Feb. 5

Test your knowledge of the latest developments shaping pet food operations, formulation and brand strategy.

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Pet Food Ingredients

Oil war: fish vs. algae as fatty acid functional ingredient in pet food

As demand for functional ingredients grows, both fish oil and algae oil will continue to play important roles in pet nutrition.

There’s oil in them thar fish…and algae!

Dog and Cat Food Nutrition

4 functional pet food ingredients: fish oil, probiotics, glucosamine and beet pulp

Functional ingredients such as fish oil, probiotics, glucosamine and beet pulp play a role in modern pet food formulations and may appeal to pet owners looking for health and wellness benefits for their companion animals.

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Pet Food Additives/Supplements

The case for casein in pet food remains the same after a decade

Considering its popularity in human dietary supplements there may be room for casein to appear in more pet products, it just hasn’t happened yet.

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Halal, international trade, insects: Petfood Industry Quiz Jan. 23-29

This week’s Petfood Industry News Quiz highlights regulatory, ingredient and market forces shaping global pet food development.

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Global Commerce

How the EU-Mercosur agreement could affect pet food trade

While the agreement may not create pet-food-specific provisions, its structure illustrates how trade policy can affect the sector indirectly through classification systems and broader agricultural trade rules.

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