Trending in 2021: Health and wellness in the pet space
In the January 2021 issue of Petfood Industry magazine, the top two trends as dictated by pet food industry professionals — sustainability and e-commerce — dominated the conversation. But a third trend came in close to the top, and we’re going to take a look at it now. Health and...
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Video: how COVID-19 affects pet food research, hiring
While the COVID-19 pandemic is having immediate effects on the pet food market – such as dramatic sales surges, resulting production demands and ingredient supply uncertainties – future issues may arise, too. These include a slowdown or temporary stop of pet food research activities, plus possible barriers to job searches...
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8 dog obesity factors: kibble vs. fresh, probiotics, more
Among other correlations between eight factors and canine obesity rates, researchers identified lower dog obesity prevalence among dogs whose owners’ reported feeding of probiotics or fresh dog food. Dogs eating dry food or kibble tended to have higher obesity rates than those eating fresh dog foods, in the pre-peer-reviewed… Source...
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Reaching Consumers with the Pet Food Sustainability Message
Sponsored content by Emmert Over the years, the pet food industry has seen a growing demand from consumers for sustainability. That should be great news—sustainability is inherent to the way the pet food industry operates. We work hand-in-hand with the human food industry, preserving the energy that goes into...
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Petco’s ‘better nutrition’ claim needs a bigger asterisk
In November 2018, Petco made the announcement that they would be “the first and only major retailer of pet food to not sell pet food and treats with artificial ingredients.” For many of us who have been formulating and working in the pet food industry, we knew this was a...
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Pet food maker nutrition, quality by ingredient studied
However, pet owners may have trepidations about novel pet food ingredients or varieties, including raw, plant protein, cell-cultured, insect, fungal or algal-based pet foods. Source link …
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5 strategies for improving safety, nutrition of pet food
8 Advantages of Capacitive Digital Load Cells Sponsored content In our previous post, we discussed problems engineers and scale dealers often face when working with traditional strain gauge scales and load cells, and solutions that can improve accuracy and durability. In many cases, utilizing capacitive digital load cells can help...
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DCM connection to grain-free dog food not found in review
More than 150 published studies didn’t reveal to researchers any firm connection among cases of canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and grain-free dog food. Veterinarians and others with BSM Partners, a pet industry consulting agency, published their review of existing scientific research on dog nutrition and its relationship to… To view...
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