Drivers for sustainability in pet food ingredients
Sustainability, a trend continuing well into 2024, continues to be a focus to consumers, employees and businesses in the pet food industry. Consumers especially are becoming more consciously aware of the environment and not only prioritizing it within their lives, …
7 Petfood Industry blogs, columns in November 2023
Human food, pet food ingredients coming full circle? November 3, 2023 — Debbie Phillips-Donaldson While it may seem that functional foods, and the ingredients comprising them, have been a trend in human food and pet food for only about a decade or …
Cassava by-product may serve as dog, cat food fiber
The tropical tuber Manihot esculenta goes by many names, including cassava and manioc. I first made the crop’s acquaintance as yuca in rural Honduras, where farmers often planted it on marginal land where other crops wouldn’t grow well. Yuca resisted …
Czech company earns EU registration for cultivated pet food
Czech startup Bene Meat Technologies has obtained a registration certificate from the European Union’s (EU) European Feed Materials Register, enabling the company to produce and sell cultured meat for pet food. The business is now planning to open a new …
Singapore company to help produce cell-cultivated treats
Umami Bioworks (formerly Umami Meats), the cultivated seafood producer headquartered in Singapore, has partnered with Cult Food Science Corp. from Toronto, Canada to develop cat treats made from cell-cultured fish meats. To be called Marina Cat, it represents a new …
Entobel opens largest insect protein production plant in Asia
Entobel, a producer of functional insect protein for animal and plant nutrition, has opened a new black soldier fly (BSF) production plant, the largest of its kind in Asia. “Today marks a major milestone in our journey to transform the …
Salmonella risk depends on variety contaminating pet food
As two recent recalls involving dozens of brands of dog and cat food along with human infections prove, the presence of Salmonella in pet food remains a critical concern for both manufacturers and consumers alike. This bacterium, known for its …
Commodity, organic prices drop on ample US supplies
After several years of turbulence, prices for grains, oilseeds and even organic commodities all show signs of decline amid growing U.S. supplies. Organic prices have seen the steepest declines — mostly because they had the most room to fall, according …
Cranswick reports 25% rise in half-year profits | Feed Strategy
Based in the United Kingdom (U.K.), food company Cranswick PLC is reporting a 25% year-on-year increase in profit for the first six months of this financial year. At more than GBP1.25 billion (US$1.57 billion), sales revenue by Cranswick for the half-year to September 23, …
Leftovers, raw tissues, berries for puppies reduced later illness
A cross-sectional, epidemiological study conducted in Finland examined the connections among pet dogs’ early life diet styles and the incidence of chronic enteropathy during later stages of their lives. In the study, University of Helsinki researchers observed that when puppies …