Petfood Forum News: Page 7

BSF protein an ‘easy swap’ for other proteins in dog food

With alternative proteins increasing in popularity in human foods, they are also gaining interest from consumers of pet food, and black soldier fly (BSF)-based ingredients are among the most popular.

Image by Dennis Kress, public domain, WikiMedia Commons

Brand Insights

Solving Separation and Segregation Issues in Pet Food Blends

Horizon Systems

Industry trends of using finer ingredients like starches, fillers and flow agents — also regrind and recycle materials — in greater percentages can result in ingredient separation and segregation, affecting your final product.

Solving Separation and Segregation Issues in Pet Food Blends

Petfood Forum 2023 announces call for papers

Petfood Forum, the premier, exclusive event for the global pet food industry, is seeking noncommercial abstracts for its 2023 conference program.

Petfood Forum 2022 Speaker Lyons

Pet Food Ingredients

Testing pet microbiome validates diet marketing claims

As consumer interest in pets’ gut microbiomes increases, pet food companies can gain insight into their products by monitoring the microbiome in feeding trial.

The human microbiome is an area of increasing interest and study, and that research has expanded into the companion animal sphere. (ChrisChrisW | iStockPhoto.com)

Core species of dog, cat gut microbiome identified

In dogs, 15 genera made up the core, while healthy cat guts hosted 17. Dawn Kingsbury, DVM, AnimalBiome chief veterinary officer, presented the results of a five-year research project at the ACVIM Forum 2020 in June.

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Pet Food Processing

Should you use high-pressure processing for your pet food?

Find out more about high-pressure processing, how it works and its benefits.

Hungry Welsh corgi Pembroke or cardigan dog eats special diet meat paste or raw minced meat from a ceramic bowl, top view, close up. Advertising of special veterinary food for certain breeds

Pet Food Market

Criteria for choosing extruded dog, cat food ingredients

Certain criteria influence why pet food formulators choose specific ingredients for new recipes to be processed in extruders.

Throw-away pet food bags make biogas energy in landfills

Most pet food packaging ends up in landfills, even the recyclable or return-to-store types. While recycling is familiar and popular, flexible materials used for recyclable pet food bags often are not collected by curbside pick-up.

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Pet Food Market

Cost may hinder fresh dog, cat food sales growth

Dry kibble remains the most frequently bought dog and cat food, but pet owners’ choice of that format may be driven by price and presence in stores more than preference.

Fresh pet food is becoming more popular with pet owners who seek to match their pets’ food lifestyles to their own. | (dezy | Shutterstock.com)

Pet Food Market

Global pet food growth, innovation on display at Interzoo

The pet food market has kept succeeding throughout the pandemic, spurred on by growing interests and categories like sustainability and insect protein.

Pet food and treat packages featuring fun, whimsical illustrations were plentiful at Interzoo 2022.

Top pet food trends: Pet health, sustainability, premium

Current pet food trends of focusing on pet health, demanding transparency in sustainability and merging humanization with premiumization will continue strong.

Health and wellness will be among the top concerns for pet owners going into 2021. Yuttana Jaowattana | Shutterstock.com

3 options for insect-based pet food ingredients

Among the millions of insect species on Earth, arthropod agriculture has adopted only a few types. Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), crickets and mealworms are among those few insects raised for use as pet food ingredients.

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Inspirational stories help underdog pet food start-ups

Lower-income groups, ethnic and religious minorities, immigrants and refugees could find business success in the U.S. pet food industry. Their plights are often well-known, yet many feel largely powerless to help. Buying a dog biscuit to help people escape suffering turns a banal buy into a social statement.

Coach Ken Carter Aae Speaking

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