Sustainable Dog and Cat Food

Pet Food News
Pet Sustainability Coalition names Heather Pfahl as CEO
Pfahl, who previously led sustainability teams at Mars, Starbucks and Microsoft, will start her new role Nov. 2.
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Brand Insights
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Pet Food Ingredients
Volare opens insect protein plant in Finland
The Finnish technology company has completed its first industrial-scale facility, which converts food-industry side streams into insect protein and oil for pet food, aquafeed and poultry feed.
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Product Launches
HenArt launches Levendo dog food with Enifer mycoprotein
The baked, complete food for adult and senior dogs marks the first international consumer launch for Enifer’s Pekilo fermented mycoprotein ingredient.
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Market Trends and Reports
Report: Plant-based pet food market to reach $34.1B
Growth Market Reports projects the global plant-based pet food market will grow at a 9.4% compound annual rate from 2026 to 2034.
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Production
Algiecel scales microalgae fish oil alternative for pet food
Danish ingredient supplier’s new Kalundborg facility increases its microalgae production capacity nearly fivefold as global fish oil supply tightens.
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Pet Food Packaging
Today’s pet food packaging: adaptable, sustainable, convenient
The industry and consumers are both demanding packaging meet more needs than ever before.
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Dog and Cat Food Nutrition
Faba bean protein offers blood plasma replacement options in wet pet food
Full plasma replacement maintained measured texture properties in the tested pâtés, while chunks in gravy required a more limited substitution to preserve firmness.
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Insect-based Cat and Dog Food
Innovafeed, Protix link insect protein scale to lower carbon footprint
A joint position paper from black soldier fly ingredient producers Innovafeed and Protix argued that insect protein's carbon footprint declines as production moves from pilot projects to industrial scale.
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Research Notes
Dogs, cats prefer microbial protein kibble in study
A short-term palatability trial funded by MicroHarvest found cats and dogs ate more kibble containing microbial protein than standard animal-protein kibble.
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Pet Food News
Maev dog food earns Clean Label Project award
Maev's beef, chicken and lamb recipes have earned the Purity Award.
Research Notes
Review finds vegan, vegetarian pet diets generally digestible as meat
The results of 31 studies suggest that vegan and vegetarian diets and plant-based protein sources were broadly comparable in digestibility to conventional animal-based diets.
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Sustainable Dog and Cat Food
PSC, KibbleLab partner on sustainability accreditation feature
The Pet Sustainability Coalition and pet food comparison platform KibbleLab have teamed up to display accreditation designations for verified brands.
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