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Pet Food Market

Are cultivated proteins the future of pet food?

Among the many alternative proteins becoming available for pet food and human food, cell-based ones are quickly gaining attention and investment.

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Brand Insights

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

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What keeps pet food professionals up at 2 AM? It’s not just Salmonella, ingredient shortages, or missed deliveries. It’s the rising pressure from a new generation of pet owners who expect perfection and demand it fast.

The 2 AM Formula Crisis: Why Pet Food Professionals Are Burning Out

Sustainability of freeze-dried, dehydrated pet food ingredients

Resource efficiency helps reduce a company’s contribution to climate change, pollution, habitat destruction and other threats to the ecosystems that human economies depend on. The twin needs of energy efficiency and resource conservation drive innovation among producers of dried pet food ingredients and equipment manufacturers.

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Market Trends and Reports

Health, trust top reasons for pet food clean label trend

Learn about the consumer driving forces behind the clean label trend, as well as where the pet food industry sees the trend going in the future.

The clean label movement is growing as pet owners continually refine what they’re looking for on pet food bags. | (VLG | iStock.com)

Pandemic slows kangaroo co-product dog treat shipping

Kangaroo may seem a novel ingredients to the global pet food industry, but dogs have dined on marsupial meat and co-products for thousands of years.

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Water buffalo by-product dog treats help sustainable farms

Water buffalo by-products, such as horns, lungs and udders, can serve as novel ingredients for dog treats and chews with social benefits and lower environmental impact than other protein sources.

Water buffalo co-product dog chews, including trachea, lung, hoof and ear, at Honey I'm Home's booth at SuperZoo 2021 | Tim Wall

Pet Food Market

8 health, premium trends in new pet foods: SuperZoo 2021

From the wildfire smoke screening the mountains near Las Vegas to the mask-clad attendees, much has changed since the last in-person SuperZoo. Yet many pet food and treat trends in 2021’s New Product Showcase continue from previous years.

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Measuring protein’s impact on pet food sustainability

Pet food’s environmental impact has come under scrutiny based on a study often disputed by industry experts, but do we know the true level of sustainability?

With byproducts from a cow being used for pet food, should it have the same carbon footprint as a steak for humans? l Andrea Gantz

EU program tests dried human food waste in pet food

Researchers with Food for Feed established a recommended inclusion level for that dried human food waste, but also identified limits.

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Krill omega-3 fatty acids boosted dogs’ levels over fish

Krill, tiny marine crustaceans, provide omega-3 fatty acids for pet foods in a different form than omega-3s in conventional fish sources. Krill are one of the most abundant species on the planet.

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New Ukraine plant creates animal by-products for pet food

Feednova’s plant, a first for Ukraine, processes livestock material considered waste in the human food chain into a protein ingredient for pet food.

Feednova plans to first target small pet food producers in Ukraine and other markets with its protein meals and other products. l Courtesy of Feednova

Pet Food Market

How can pet food brands respond to sustainability demands?

Consumers hold brands responsible for sustainability and want environmental data on labels. Can pet food meet that demand given a lack of standardization?

Sustainability has moved beyond a trend and is now a vital business practice. | (TAW4 I Shutterstock.com)

Silver carp dog foods rebrand invasive Asian carp

While the fish technically originated in Asia, there is no such species as an Asian carp. A few pet food companies have avoided confusion by focusing on silver carp in their dog food.

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