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Adventures in Pet Food

When human food and pet food trends converge (and collide)

Humanization, no longer just a trend but rather a foundation of the pet food market, has driven explosive growth but has also created some concerns.

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Inspired Pet Nutrition diverts 100% of food waste through sustainability partnership

The pet food manufacturer teamed up with Waste Mission to achieve a major milestone in eco-friendly waste management.

This milestone marks a critical step in IPN's ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility and innovation in waste management.

Petfood Forum News

Insightful educational opportunities await at Petfood Forum 2025

Petfood Forum 2025, happening April 28-30 in Kansas City, will offer five educational tracks diving into pet food market trends, technology, nutrition, ingredients and leadership development.

Petfood Forum 2025 will offer five education track covering the pet food market, technology, nutrition, ingredients, and career development and leadership.

Fresh-Lock names director of business development and sustainability

In this newly created role, Todd Meussling will help advance sustainable flexible packaging technologies.

Todd Meussling is the Fresh-Lock team's new director of business development and sustainability

Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Insect oil as a sustainable innovation in pet food formulation

Insect oil offers functional health benefits through its rich fatty acid profile; consumer awareness and acceptance will play a critical role in its adoption into pet food.

Black Soldier Fly larvae oil, derived from insect processing, is primarily used in pet food and animal feed as a sustainable alternative to traditional plant oil sources like palm or coconut but also as an alternative to animal fats.

Sonoco joins PSC, strengthens focus on sustainable pet care

Strategic alliance with Pet Sustainability Coalition underscores Sonoco's commitment to environmental stewardship and social responsibility.

As a new PSC member, Sonoco will collaborate with nearly 200 companies in the pet industry supply chain to promote sustainability initiatives.

Pet Food Packaging

Study: Sustainable packaging influences pet food purchases in Europe

A recent study by Amcor showed consumers also look to a product’s packaging to help them differentiate between more sustainable and less sustainable options.

Amcor's recent study of European pet food shoppers revealed product sustainability influences 76% of pet owners’ purchase decisions.

Mars partners to advance regenerative ag in European pet food supply chain

In Europe, Mars Petcare is working with agribusiness companies and solutions providers, including Cargill, Agreena, ADM, Biospheres, Horta and Soil Capital.

Multiple partnerships across Europe will help transition 20,900 hectares (almost twice the size of Paris) of wheat and maize crops to regenerative agriculture practices by 2028.

NUTRO awards $300,000 in Soil Growth Grants

The Greater Ground initiative has trained 108 farmers in the NUTRO supply network on healthy soil practices since its launch on World Soil Day 2022.

IFEEDER expands sustainability toolkit with LCA resources

Resources support environmental footprint assessment in pet food and animal feed industries.

This set of life cycle assessment (LCA) resources is designed to help the pet food and animal feed industries accurately assess environmental footprints.

Adventures in Pet Food

Top human food trends for 2025: Insights for pet food

Consumers are still focusing on ingredients, wellness, gut health, plant-based foods and sustainability, but for next year, AI has also made top trends lists.

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Insect-based Cat and Dog Food

Agroloop adopts FreezeM’s breeding-as-a-service for decoupled BSF protein facility

According to the company, this first-of-its-kind black soldier fly factory with fully outsourced breeding, introduces a decoupled supply chain model for BSF production.

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