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Pet Food Safety

Producing top quality, safe pet food requires attention to detail

Achieving consistent top quality in pet food formulations requires constant attention to both the ingredients and formulations. Sponsored by Adifo

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

Pet Food Market

Mexican pet food industry served by upcoming workshop

Pet food sales in Mexico increased 13.7 percent in 2015 to MXN42.6 billion (US$2.28 billion), making Mexico among the top 10 pet care markets globally. To meet the needs of that booming market, representatives from Petfood Industry magazine have announced a new addition to the Petfood Forum portfolio of events.

Within the past decade, dogs and cats increasingly have come to be thought of as members of the family in many Latin American households. | Tim Wall

Perdue licensed pet food and treat dehydration tech

The license grants Perdue the exclusive right to use the EnWave Corporation's radiant energy vacuum (REV) dehydration technology

Pet food powdered ingredient facility opened in France

The EPT unit produces porous powders with enhanced properties, such as rehydration, flowability and preservation of assets.

Royal Canin breaks ground on South Dakota facility

Royal Canin USA, a subsidiary of Mars Petcare Inc., held a groundbreaking event at the site of the new plant, which includes an investment expected to exceed $100 million.

courtesy of South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development

Larson Electronics LLC 7-watt magnetic LED beacon

Larson Electronics/Magnalight

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Blue Buffalo building Indiana plant and R&D facility

Blue Buffalo announced the acquisition of land for its new Heartland Pet Food Manufacturing complex on 89 acres in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. Blue Buffalo joins three other pet food companies with facilities in Wayne County.

photo by Andrea Gantz

Pet Food Processing

The challenges of extruding high-meat pet food

Industry experts tackle the processing challenges of a growing pet food trend, from wet and dry pet food extruding to food safety.

Consumer desire for high-quality pet food products has led to yet another growing segment of the specialty market: high-meat pet foods. | Courtesy Extru-Tech Inc.

Pet Food Processing

Extrusion: Helping pet food manufacturers meet today’s trends

Pet food manufacturers are trying to stay on top of more industry changes than ever—high-meat and alternative ingredient formulas, and meeting and exceeding increasingly detailed food safety regulations are just two of the challenges they’re facing. Fortunately, pet food extrusion specialists are stepping up to help manufacturers ensure their goals are met.

Pet food extrusion specialists are stepping up to help pet food manufacturers stay on top of challenges such as high-meat and alternative ingredient formulas, and meeting and exceeding increasingly detailed food safety regulations. | Courtesy Buhler Aeroglide

Polish pet food producer ZM Lukow to open new wet plant

ZM Lukow’s prime pet food brand, Dolina Noteci, has been on the Polish pet food market since 2009, with much of the production exported to other markets.

Pet Food Market

Rações Zêzere opens factory for petfood subsidiary

Portugal’s Rações Zêzere has launched a new factory for its petfood subsidiary, Maxipet.

Market Trends and Reports

Petfood Forum and Petfood Innovation Workshop offer latest research, interactive learning

Get the latest research and data on pet nutrition, petfood safety, processing, marketing and more—and gain hands-on pet treat development experience.

John Grossman | Images Photographics

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