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Ingredient Issues

Quality is…?

Various business strategies may give ‘quality’ different meanings, but it should be a bedrock of every company.

Quality should be part of every business strategy and is, in fact, core to a company’s success, no matter what form it takes.

Pet Food Ingredients

Sustainability, pet health and wellness key topics for novel proteins

As the options for novel proteins expand, pet owners are looking for them to do more.

Novel proteins continue to expand in availability as science-backed solutions become more prominent and pet owners become more educated on their existence and what they can provide.

Obesity continues to be a problem for pets

Global pet obesity in mature pet ownership markets continues to grow as a top challenge to overall pet health.

Dogs and cats are bearing the brunt of the pet obesity epidemic, with numbers going up in spite of significant options in the pet food space to help mitigate the issue.

Pet Food Market

Russian pet food market braces for new price hike

Russian pet food prices continue to climb in 2025, with premium and super premium products seeing the steepest increases due to import restrictions, labeling requirements and taxation.

A new excise duty on dry pet food could help fuel a price increase in the Russian pet food market.

Pet Food Insights

A greener future for pets

The popularity of plant-based pet foods continues to grow, even while customers also have questions.

Those in the plant-based pet food space must ensure that their formulations are nutritionally complete for pets and appealing to pet owners.

Petfood Forum News

Petfood Forum 2025 helps navigate trends, regulations for industry success

At this year’s Petfood Forum in Kansas City, experts will explore key trends, technological advances and regulatory updates shaping the pet food space.

Petfood Forum attendees can also obtain additional learning from the Student Program research presentations and supplier-led Tech Talks.

US pet ownership update

Overall pet ownership has dipped slightly, especially where dogs are concerned, with cats finally gaining ground.

Cats have gained ground in the pet ownership arena during the last several years — even before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape.

Trending: Pet Food Podcast

EPISODE 82: What economic factors should pet food businesses focus on?

Ernie Tedeschi with The Budget Lab at Yale Law looks for a silver lining for the pet food industry amidst the economic anxiety surrounding a possible economic downturn and the beginnings of a trade war.

Sound Cloud Cover Art 800x800 Ernie Tedeschi

Petfood Forum News

AAFCO to host labeling workshop at Petfood Forum

Designed for pet food manufacturers, the workshop will cover all aspects of labeling.

Petfood Forum News

AI in pet food marketing: Strategies, challenges and future trends

Hana Bieliauskas will examine how artificial intelligence can enhance efficiency and personalization in pet food marketing during Petfood Forum 2025.

Petfood Forum speaker Hana Bieliauskas said pet food companies need to embrace AI strategically and creatively to stay competitive.

Lessons from pet owner psychographics

Both dog and cat owners seem to agree on where pets belong in their humans’ lives.

Pets are undeniably part of peoples’ families, but what does that translate to in terms of things like identity and long-term ownership?

Pet Food Company Profiles

Montego Pet Nutrition: 25 years of being “Better Every Day”

This South African pet food company released 49 new products in 2024 and has expanded into the U.S., showing just how determined their continued growth is.

A family-owned business, South Africa-based Montego Pet Nutrition has served up excellence to the African pet markets and beyond for 25 years. Pictured: Managing Director Johan van Jaarsveld with his (now passed) Great Dane Saartjie.

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