Editor's Bites

Paleo pet food hints from ancient dog feces in permafrost

The dogs had eaten muscle and bone tissues as well as roe and guts from fish.

July 22, 2021

One group of archeologists looked for clues about dog’s ancestral diets by doing essentially what pet nutrition scientists do with modern dogs. They collected dogs’ feces and analyzed it.

Have some fun and get things done

Pet food, as always, is a mix of business and pleasure when it comes to staying on trend.

June 16, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

The pet food industry’s unique position of dealing with animals and their nutritional well-being makes for a constant blend of fun and function.

Top pet companies show resilience through pandemic

The pet food space succeeded and grew in complexity during a time when industries everywhere were hanging on for dear life.

June 1, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

Learn about the top companies in 2020, including M&A activity and the various trends that got us to where we are right now.

When you’re here, you’re family: pet food more than a meal

Pet food has passed the point of simply being food; it now plays a role in the bond between pets and their humans in a myriad of ways.

May 12, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

Pet food has passed the point of simply being food; it now plays a role in the bond between pets and their humans in a myriad of ways.

The (pet food) times, they are a-changin’

The industry continues to move forward on the waves of consumer trends.

March 16, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

The pet food industry continues to move forward on the waves of consumer trends.

Is ‘the new normal’ in pet food a myth?

The pet food industry should focus on evolving and innovating to achieve continued success.

February 26, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

The pet food industry should focus on evolving and innovating to achieve continued success, rather than trying to get back to a "new normal" that may never arrive.

Make it simple, make it complex: The pet food dichotomy

The balancing act between providing what your customers are asking for and doing it in a way that doesn’t overwhelm them can be tricky.

February 10, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

The balancing act between providing what your pet food customers are asking for and doing it in a way that doesn’t overwhelm them can be tricky in the current saturated pet market.

When a five-year business plan becomes a right-now plan

Surviving 2021 is going to take flexibility, adaptation and an increase in innovation, according to pet food industry experts.

January 11, 2021

Lindsay Beaton

Surviving the changes 2020 threw at us is going to take flexibility, adaptation and an increase in innovation, according to pet food industry experts.