Author: Lisa Cleaver

Lynn Dornblaser, director of Innovation & Insight at Mintel, a global market intelligence agency, says there’s more innovation in pet food than human food these days. The pet food market continues to introduce new products, with dog and cat food accounting for nearly half of new product introductions.”About a third of pet food product introductions in the last five years have been from new companies or brands, which is higher than what we see in human food,” Dornblaser said. “And the largest percentage of pet food launches appeared in Europe.”In his session, “Nutritional supplements: emerging trends in the global pet…

Global Food and Ingredients (GFI) has entered into agreements related to its recently created subsidiary Big Sky Milling Inc. GFI said the proceeds from the agreements will be used by the company’s main ingredients division to refinance existing loans and unlock liquidity to invest in further operational growth. In August 2023, GFI created a new subsidiary named Big Sky as part of a previously announced planned minority investment in its pet food ingredients division with 35 Oak Holdings. Current transactions include plans to raise $11.8 million through equity investment and debt in its pet food division, while 35 Oak will…

Excerpted from a press releaseŸnsect is authorized by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) to use defatted mealworm proteins in dog nutrition. This is the first time mealworm-based ingredients for pet foods have been approved for use in the US, the company said.The authorization follows two years of review by AAFCO, the organization responsible for animal food safety in the US. in mealworms in the food of dogs. The results demonstrated the safety of the product and its nutritional benefits, Ÿnsect said.A further study commissioned by Ÿnsect with Professor Kelly Swanson from the Animal Sciences Laboratory at Urbana-Champaign…

Excerpted from a press releaseIn a recent study published in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers identified two strains of probiotics that can be used to reduce weight in obese dogs.In the new study, the research team investigated metabolic diseases in companion animals and set out to identify probiotics designed for long-term and safe treatment.”The first challenge involved selecting specific metabolic diseases for analysis, leading us to focus on the widespread issue of ‘obesity in pets,'” said study principal investigator Younghoon Kim, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life…