From educating pet owners to making a business case to re-aligning labor and supply chains, achieving sustainability in pet food has its challenges.

As the core processing step for pet food production, extrusion plays an important role, however it doesn’t make sense to focus exclusively on extrusion if precision material handling is not achieved in each step along the way from grinding to packaging.

Learn about all things insect protein in the pet food industry with Prombyx’s Fabiola Neitzel on this 22^nd episode of the Trending: Pet Food podcast.

In addition to the social and environmental sustainability aspects, mussels provide the important omega-3 fatty acids, DHA and EPA, which support dog and cat brains, hearts and other aspects of health. 

Participants in a pet food seminar, Petsure Imaginarium, learned about research using meat co-products in pet treats, conducted by Auburn University students.

An annual top 10 list of human food trends addresses areas also affecting pet food, including consumers seeking value and affordable nutrition and health.

Learn about the limitations on U.S. pet food manufacturers due to current feed additive policies, and what might be done to update them to match the rest of the world.