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The day everything changed: How pet food, owners reacted

The pandemic swiftly and significantly affected every aspect of the pet food supply chain, all the way to consumers buying food for their pets.

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Pet food ingredient insights for new product development

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Rye grain digestible, palatable in sustainable dog food

As grains grow in pet food popularity in the wake of DCM and sustainability concerns, rye could find wider use in dog food.

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Regulating CBD: The pet food industry or the Wild West?

Walk into any pet store and you’ll see a plethora of dog and cat products with CBD, but they are not approved or legal for sale in pet food or treats.

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Hair of the dog food: ingredients from booze byproducts

By-product from the brewing industry, such as yeast, have served as pet food ingredients since before the coining of the portmanteau “upcycling” in the 1990s.

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Ancient dog diet Ω fatty acids: the eyes have it, guts too

Eating what unfussy hunters and gathers eschewed, such as rodent eyes, may have provided sources of vital nutrients to dogs during domestication, including omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), along with omega-6 fatty acid alpha linolenic acid (ALA).

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Dog and cat diet omega-3 or -6 fatty acids recommendations

Companion animal nutrition researchers consider both types of fatty acid as conditionally required, meaning they are most needed at certain life stages.

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High-protein cat food may reduce bird, wildlife predation

For those cat owners who let their felines roam the neighborhood, high-protein cat food may be one means to reduce predatory pressure on birds and other small wildlife.

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Thai Union fish bone product can be used in pet food

A new product from Thai Union made from tuna bones can provide additive support for bone health in both the human and pet spaces.

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Searches for dog probiotics up in Mexico, Columbia, Chile

More Latin American pet owners confined at home with their dogs turned to probiotics to address health or digestive issues, according to internet searches.

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3 roadblocks to plant-based pet food ingredients

Three factors can stand in the way of acceptance of plant-based proteins as pet food ingredients. Dog and cat owners won't sacrifice taste and texture for their pets when converting to plant-based products.

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Plants, plant proteins: the next big thing in pet food?

More plant-based dog foods are hitting the market while consumer interest in plants for human food and pet food grows, yet the category needs more R&D.

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Coastal wolves, ancient clambakes and paleo dog food

For dogs, the paleo diet can mean meat and other items encountered around human camps during domestication. Although “discarded loincloth” will never become a dog food variety, other ancient flavors may remain to be revived as dog foods.

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