Pet Food Labeling: Page 7

5 ingredient trends for pet food’s next evolution

Five keys to pet food’s next evolution appeared when Nielsen market researchers looked at both pet food packaging claims and the ingredients listed on the labels.

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Brand Insights

Solving Separation and Segregation Issues in Pet Food Blends

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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

4 possible updates to AAFCO pet food labeling guidelines

The Pet Food Committee of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) discussed pet food labeling modernization efforts.

Aspects of pet food labeling, including the guaranteed analysis, may soon change. photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Market

Pet food transparency: buzzword, urban legend or reality?

Transparency shouldn’t be used merely as a pet food buzzword and should have some teeth behind its meaning. Pet owners want the facts as they stand today.

Transparency in pet food ingredient naming is also important to consumers. l Andrea Gantz

Clean label pet foods need identifiable ingredients

The exact definition of a clean label remains amorphous.

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‘No ingredients from China’ pet food offensive to some

Not all consumers or pet specialty store clerks may be aware of the decade-old reasoning behind “no ingredients from China” labeling.

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Low-glycemic dog food labels may mislead consumers

Unlike cats and humans who develop Type 2 diabetes as a result of insulin resistance and hyperglycemia, there is no published evidence of this in dogs.

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Pet Food Market

AAFCO makes progress on pet food labeling modernization

From nutrition facts to handling instructions, the Pet Food Committee has been making progress on several pet food labeling fronts.

Pet food calorie counts compared to weight-control claims

An analysis of Petfood Industry’s Dog and Cat Food Ingredient Center database explored how calories related to weight-control labeling on pet foods.

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Pet Food Market

Do AAFCO feeding trials matter for pet food nutrition?

Do AAFCO feeding trials matter for pet food nutrition? Before we answer that question, let’s dive into some packaging claims.

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Pet Food Market

Are human grade pet foods really human grade?

Depending on which US state you manufacture your pet food in, it may be difficult or impossible to meet guidelines for human grade pet food claims.

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Pet Food Market

Pet food nutrition research addresses pet obesity

A popular human dieting method shows up in a pet food, plus nutrigenomics and research into feeding amounts and pet food labels may help treat pet obesity.

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Fresh meat pet food consumer demands differ in US and EU

European and US dog and cat food companies may have different notions of what high meat inclusion means.

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