As a trend, the search for new protein sources has gained a constant following in recent years. This has compelled manufacturers to go to the ends of the Earth to find the next frontier for raw ingredients to satisfy the market’s insatiable quest for new protein...
Clean label is a consumer-driven initiative that anchors itself on transparency and accuracy of ingredients and processes in the pet food industry. Likely brought about by trends in humanization and the search for premium products for pet food, it isn’t surprising...
By Andrew Prest, PhD MIcrobiology Dogs and cats are living longer and are better fed than ever before. Indeed, nowadays, pet are kept very much as part of the family and thus it is the responsibility of the owners to ensure their pets’ longevity and quality of...
The variety of regulations and policies governing pet food manufacturing is as diverse as the markets themselves. Each market has its own set of guidelines, suited to the perceived needs and concerns of its stakeholders. As manufacturers, it is imperative to...
This post presents key organizations who set prevailing standards in three key pet food markets and how these standards affect your own pursuit of private labels directed towards these markets. All markets are governed by their own set of policies and standards,...