Petfood Forum News

Pet owners explain why they buy organic dog and cat food

Pet food customers who choose organic dog and cat food have specific reasons for their purchasing decisions.

August 2, 2018

Tim Wall

Buyers of organic pet food shared the reasons behind their choices with Packaged Facts.

5 natural, 7 scientific traits that pet food buyers want

When consumer’s interest in a particular trend reaches 10 percent, that’s when it becomes relevant to the whole pet food market.

August 2, 2018

Tim Wall

The list of characteristics that pet food shoppers want in products is long, contradictory and seemingly incoherent, but certain consistent trends can be parsed out.

Petfood Forum 2019 announces call for papers

Pet food experts invited to submit noncommercial abstracts for oral presentations and posters by October 15

August 1, 2018

Exclusive global pet food conference invites pet food experts to submit new noncommercial abstracts for oral presentations and posters by October 15.

Preserved raw meat pet foods may be more convenient, safe

Preserved raw meat pet foods may be both easier to store and safer than fully raw meat dog and cat foods.

June 27, 2018

Tim Wall

Preserved raw meat dog and cat foods may provide the perceived health benefits of raw pet foods, yet are easier to handle for pet owners and retailers.

Brown rice considered worse than corn by pet owners

Seventeen percent of survey respondents strongly disagreed with the statement that “for the pet foods I buy brown rice is a good ingredient.”

June 22, 2018

Tim Wall

Pet owners may accept heirloom varieties of corn as novel pet food functional ingredients.

Sorghum germ provides protein and fat in pet food

Dog and cat food recipes may benefit from using selected portions of the sorghum grain, called fractions.

June 21, 2018

Tim Wall

Scientists found that sorghum germ in particular had higher quantities of fat and protein than other fractions of sorghum or whole grains.

Infographic: 6 pet food ingredients consumers don’t want

In Nielsen’s 2017 Category Shoppers Fundamentals Survey, 29 percent of participants stated that pet treats being free from artificial ingredients was important to them.

June 21, 2018

Tim Wall

Pet food buyers look for “free-from” claims on the products they buy and there are specific classes of ingredients that people increasingly don’t want in their pets’ meals.