Pet Services and Testing

Freshpet net sales up 12.5% to US$264.7 million in Q2 2025

Net sales increased 15.0% to $527.9 million for the first six months of 2025 compared to $459.1 million in the prior year period.

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Kormotech partners with Bulgaria's largest online pet retailer

Also: Belgian pet food maker Versele-Laga opens new Hungarian production facility while European industry body calls for harmonized EU waste sorting labels.

Kormotech's pet food brands will now be available across Petmall's 17 brick-and-mortar stores and online platform as the Ukrainian producer expands its eight-year presence in Bulgaria's growing pet food market.

Top Pet Food Companies

Chart: Top 20 pet food companies 2024; Purina, Mars still dominate

Nestle Purina PetCare and Mars Petcare continue to have the largest annual revenues, as do U.S.-based companies overall.

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Global Commerce

Stability, uncertainty co-exist in current pet markets

With 2025 shaping up to be a significantly economically difficult year, it’s hard to figure out exactly where pet food will fall for consumers.

We’re halfway through perhaps the most economically uncertain year we’ve had since the pandemic, and the only constant seems to be change.

The veterinary profession and pet food

Traditionally, veterinarians have not been provided with nutritional education that matches pet owner expectations.

Veterinarians must be provided with nutritional education that matches pet owners’ unique needs with regards to their animals’ health and wellness.

Pet Food Processing

Time is money: Efficiency challenges in pet food manufacturing

From equipment to labor and on-the-floor needs, efficiency issues continue to need solutions.

Efficiency in pet food manufacturing involves an ever-evolving landscape of needs and priorities, encompassing everyone from suppliers to end consumers.

Global Commerce

Purina PetCare sales down in H1 2025, but still growing

Purina PetCare remained a top contributor to Nestlé's profitability, with steady margins and positive volume growth despite a slowing pet food category.

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Ingredient Issues

Let’s take stock (or broth)

Standards between the human and pet food spaces, as well as consumer perception, all play a role in trying to define these ingredients.

Broths and stocks in the pet food space have counterparts in the human space, with similarly vague differences as far as consumers are concerned.

Pet Food Insights

It’s complicated: Untangling the future of U.S. pet food regulations

Pet food’s regulatory space is getting increasingly complex as changes continue to affect both the present and the future.

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Global Commerce

Pet food stocks recovered in 2024 from post-pandemic dip

While growth has moderated from pandemic-era highs, profitability and operational improvements have helped many companies outperform broader consumer staples and discretionary sectors.

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Market Trends and Reports

4 CPG giants dominate pet food market share across price points

Four massive companies outperform across all price points in the pet food market. Mars PetCare and Nestle Purina stand furthest above the competition in market share.

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Insect-based pet foods may be nutrient deficient, contain other animals

Researchers analyzed insect-based pet food products available in European pet food retail outlets.

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