Sustainable Dog and Cat Food: Page 18

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.

Industrial symbiosis helps pet food sustainability, profits

Beyond the sustainability benefits of the plant itself, the oil from BSFL could help preserve tropical forests where orangutans and other endangered species live.

Black soldier fly larvae growing beds in Innovafeed facility

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Alternate pet food formats grow with new processing methods

Learn about the growth of alternative pet food trends in the pet space, as well as the sub-trends within the larger scope of pet.

red cat eat wet food from a bright bowl

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The ongoing search for new pet food protein sources

As with human food, the pet food industry continues to seek alternative sources of protein to meet demand and address sustainability and other concerns.

The poultry breeding industry is highly innovative, and poultry genetics companies utilize a wealth of smart technologies. | Courtesy Aviagen

By-product grind size didn’t affect dog food digestibility

Particle size may not affect protein or fat digestibility in poultry by-product meals used as dog food ingredients. Likewise, by-product meal particle size doesn’t seem to affect fecal quality or palatability.

(Photo by Andrea Gantz)

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13 most purchased cat, dog food attributes in 2022

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

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Cat treat to include cell-cultured meat of vulnerable fish

When cell-cultured meat replaces wild-caught fish from vulnerable species, the technology gains a conservation edge.

Red snapper fish

Vegan, human-grade dog foods meet amino acid requirements

Vegan dog food seems to have amino acid digestibility and energy content on par with animal-based diets.

Cruciferous vegetables do find their way into pet foods, but their health claims are based largely on human food research rather than the little-available pet research. | (Kira_Yan I Shutterstock.com)

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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.

Dogs healthy after one year of plant-based diets

The researchers noted that plant-based diets also reduce the danger of disease transmission from animals to people.

Dog with bunch of carrots in mouth. Cute black and white border collie with vegetable.

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Natural cat food opportunity seen by Blue Buffalo

While natural marketing claims have risen to become a dominant trend in dog food, natural cat food may have room to grow. General Mill’s Blue Buffalo brand aims to fill that niche.

Decarbonization, cell culture at pet food equipment maker’s event

The event brought together start-ups from the areas of decarbonization, precision fermentation, cell culture, and side stream valorization and alternate sustainable resources with food corporations to accelerate the transition of sustainable food systems.

AAFCO’s Mid-Year Meeting had a full docket of topics to cover in various committees. | (monkeybusinessimages | iStock.com)

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