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Pet food premiumization and consumer priorities

Consumers are still willing to spend more on pet food and other premium products, but it may now be a matter of prioritizing their spending choices.

While Freshpet launched its refrigerated premium pet foods in pet stores, they have expanded to grocery stores, too. l Courtesy of Freshpet

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Canidae aims to grow all their own pet food ingredients

Canidae may be the first pet food company to own a farm specifically to grow some of their ingredients.

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Portland Pet Food: human-grade, homestyle cooking for dogs

This young start-up company focuses on high quality and sustainability to best serve dogs.

Portland Pet Food Founder and president Kate McCarron, here with her Standard Poodle Winnie and her Lasapoo Tuxedo, founded the company after another of her Standard Poodles, Rosie, had trouble eating traditional pet food due to health issues in her old age (14 years). A new company was born and Rosie lived to be 16.5 years old. | Photo by Henry Cromett

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2018 IPPE registration and housing now open

Attendee and exhibitor registration and housing for the 2018 International Production & Processing Expo are now open.

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Round-up: latest pet food and human food trends

More companies are entering the dynamic pet food space, while human food trends to watch include robot deliveries and indulgent names for healthy products.

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Why grain-free pet food isn’t better and carbs are good

Scientific data doesn’t support that grain-free pet food is better than that with grains, and dogs and cats need glucose, a key component of carbohydrates.

Numerous studies have published similar, high digestibilities for pet food made with grains, like corn, and grain-free pet food. l Andrea Gantz

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Cricket-based dog treats tackling pet owners’ ick factor

Two dog treats introduced at SuperZoo used crickets as a novel pet food ingredient.

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University program aims to fight pet food fraud

Michigan State University’s Food Fraud Initiative focuses on ‘intentional deception using food for economic gain’.

Online pet food shopping options are becoming more complex than ever, with customers taking advantage of all the online/offline combinations now available to them. |© Pongmoji, Dreamstime

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Animal welfare meat: an up and coming pet food trend?

Pet owners seem willing to pay more for meat from animals raised to higher welfare standards, but what if that meat used in pet food were by-products?

Pet owners may be more willing to pay a premium price for products using meat from animals raised to supposedly higher welfare standards. l Andrea Gantz

What are the major enzymes used in poultry feeds?

There are three major classes of enzymes, each aiming to improve digestibility of one of the three most expensive nutrients in animal feed.

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Pet food ingredients: companies betting big on bugs

Learn why pet food industry suppliers in Europe are investing in research and technology for using insects as a novel protein ingredient in pet food.

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Trends affecting US foodservice retail, chicken markets

To comprehend where the U.S. currently is economically within the food industry, we must first understand where we are and where we have been.

David Williams, senior vice president of Informa Economics, shared current trends affecting U.S. foodservice retail and chicken markets with the audience at the 2017 Chicken Marketing Summit. | Photo by Deven King

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