Pet Food Wet and Dry Processing Articles: PetfoodIndustry

Have your say: What are your top pet food research needs?

September 10, 2021

A new survey seeks to determine the pet food industry’s most pressing research needs in the areas of raw materials, production, marketing and distribution.

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.

September 8, 2021

Tim Wall

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.

2 freeze-dried pet food ingredient trends: raw, upcycled

As pet owners continue to focus on health and nutrition aspects of their animals’ foods, freeze-dried ingredients may help pet food companies provide shelf-stable, minimally processed options.

September 7, 2021

Tim Wall

Demand for freeze-dried meats, fruits and vegetables continues to grow, as pet food makers look for ways to differentiate their products while preserving ingredients’ nutrients.

Turkish pet food producer expands amid rising exports

Hermos Pet Food plans to open a new production facility in 2022 and double its output capacity.

August 27, 2021

Jaroslaw Adamowski

With rising demand for its pet food products in export markets, Hermos Pet Food plans to open a new production facility in 2022 and double its capacity.

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New Royal Canin, EUKANUBA plant will conserve water, energy

Architects designed the pet food manufacturing plant to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, a certification program for ecologically conscious building design.

April 1, 2021

Tim Wall

Architects designed the pet food manufacturing plant to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, a certification program for ecologically conscious building design.

Pet food, product supply disruptions persist as sales grow

Increased and shifting consumer demand during COVID-19 has led to ongoing higher costs and shortages, APPA says.

March 25, 2021

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Increased and shifting consumer demand has led to healthy pet market growth but also ongoing higher costs and shortages, says Steve King of APPA.

How wet pet food is riding growth and COVID-19 wave

March 17, 2021

Debbie Phillips-Donaldson

Increased owner-pet interaction during the pandemic, plus ongoing product development and more convenience, is helping wet pet food sales continue to grow.

Simmons Pet Foods continues expansion, plans 3 lines in AR

Simmons Pet Foods plans to expand its Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA production facility, reported local Fox affiliate KNWA.

March 9, 2021

Tim Wall

The expansion will add 90,000 square feet with three production lines. The pet food facility will add 150 jobs, and completion is planned for fall of this year.

Croatian company opens country’s first dry pet food plant

Tvornica Dobre Hrane aims to capture a major share of the Croatian pet food market, which to date has relied on imports.

January 18, 2021

Jaroslaw Adamowski

Tvornica Dobre Hrane aims to capture a major share of the Croatian pet food market, which to date has relied on imports, then expand to other EU markets.

Map of 31 US dog, cat, other pet food production plants

From American Nutrition’s plant in Woodland, Washington to Sunshine Mills in Dublin, Georgia, those pet food producers appear in the map embedded below.

January 4, 2021

Tim Wall

Petfood Industry’s Top Companies Current Data includes 31 pet food and treat production facilities with addresses listed in the United States.