Cat and dog food infographics

Map of European pet food production facilities in 2020

Pet food production facilities operate across Europe, from Vafo Group in Estonia to C&D Foods in Spain.

December 29, 2020

Petfood Industry’s Top Companies Current Data includes 42 pet food and treat production facilities with addresses listed in Europe.

Infographic: Chewy e-commerce pet food sales 2011-2018

In 2018, 91% of net sales on the e-commerce pet food retail site were from repeat customers.

June 18, 2019

Tim Wall

From 2011 to 2018, online pet food retailer Chewy has increased sales of dog, cat and other pet food and treats by 68% year over year.

Infographic: Official data on grain-free dog food and DCM

Diets in cases reported to the FDA frequently listed potatoes or multiple legumes such as peas, lentils, other pulses.

March 20, 2019

Tim Wall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has compiled statistics about cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy correlated to certain grain-free dog diets.

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Infographic: Blue Buffalo mass market share growth FY19

During the past five quarters, Blue Buffalo’s dollar share percentage has grown in the food, drug and mass market (FDM) retail channel.

January 17, 2019

Tim Wall and Jennifer Keller

In the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, Blue Buffalo held a 2.8 percent share, which has since risen to 8.5 percent in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019.

Infographic: Top 10 per capita dog ownership in Europe

In their latest report, the European Pet Food Federation (FEDIAF) estimated the number of dogs in Europe in 2017.

July 27, 2018

Tim Wall

The ranking of nations by per capita dog population differs from the gross numbers of dogs in the country.

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.

Infographic: 2 proven, 5 growing dog food trends in 2018

The sales growth rate of new trends compared to their percentage of total US dog food sales was nearly the inverse of established trends.

June 7, 2018

Tim Wall

Established dog food trends showed different rates of growth from upcoming trends.

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Infographic: 4 rising, 3 declining novel pet food proteins

Novel proteins must meet other criteria besides being uncommon.

May 9, 2018

Tim Wall

Discover why pet food industry analysts believe certain novel proteins grow in pet food popularity, while others decline.

Infographic: Pet owners, vets opinions on dog, cat foods

APOP’s survey identified areas of confusion such as pet dental health effects of wet and dry foods.

May 8, 2018

Tim Wall

The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP)’s survey revealed that pet owners and veterinarians hold different opinions grain-free, organic and raw pet foods.

Infographic: What do pet parents want from their pet food?

Research finds quality and finding food that pets like are very important to consumers

April 30, 2018

Ann Reus

What do pet parents want from their pet food? Research looking to answer that question found that quality and finding a food that pets like are important to pet parents.