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Cheese: A fun food ingredient for pets and their owners
An overview of the origin and potential benefit for adding cheese to pet foods and treats.
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Chicken meal: Is there anything new with this ingredient’s use in pet food?
A staple in pet food chicken meal has undergone modest changes to its definition and composition in the past 15 years, but challenges remain.
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Soybean meal: A quality ingredient with a lot of critics
Despite claims to the contrary, soybean meal remains a consistent, quality, sustainable and nutritious part of value-minded pet foods.
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Fish meal: Supply, preservation biggest challenges for dog and cat diets
Fish meal remains a high-quality source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids, but supply and preservation challenges may force pet food to be more pragmatic in their choices.
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Duck in dog, cat food: The other red meat?
Duck appears to be here to stay as an alternative meat/protein source in pet foods.
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Meat and novel proteins in pet food
Meat in pet food is here to stay. Here’s what needs to be addressed to meet growing demand.
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Casein: Does it have a use in pet food?
This novel ingredient may have a place in specialty formulas
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Poultry by-product meal and poultry meal: Is there a difference?
From a nutrient standpoint they can be nearly identical, and quality may have more to do with process and raw materials.
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Organ meats: quality source of protein for pets
Opening our minds to using organ meats expands our base of raw ingredients and supports nutritional quality of a complete pet diet
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Read the October issue of Petfood Industry!
October 2020
In the October 2020 issue of Petfood Industry, read about reptile, bird and small animal food trends, along with functional ingredients and sustainability.