Pet Food Processing

Pet Food Processing offers comprehensive insights into food safety, processing techniques, ingredient innovations, and consumer preferences related to pet food manufacturing. This independent magazine is published quarterly and is available at no cost to professionals in the pet food sector and related fields across the United States and Canada.

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EATS announces pet food production line roster

1 week ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Kimberlie Clyma

CHICAGO — Live production lines will return to this year’s Equipment, Automation and Technology Show for Food and Beverage (EATS), formerly Process Expo. The biennial show, scheduled for Oct. 28 to 30 at McCormick Place in Chicago, is co-hosted by the Food Production Solutions Association (FPSA) and Messe Frankfurt Inc. The on-site production lines, which have been a feature at the show since 2017, will feature three live production lines — pet food, meat and bakery.
Bunge-Viterra merger approved in China

1 week ago | petfoodprocessing.net | John Reidy

ST. LOUIS — The proposed merger between Bunge Global SA and Viterra Ltd. has received regulatory approval from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation, Bunge confirmed, setting the stage for completion of the deal first announced in 2023.
Bühler offers innovation platform with new Puffing Application Center

1 week ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Susan Reidy

UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — Bühler has opened its new Puffing Application Center in Uzwil, providing food and feed producers industrial-scale capabilities to develop innovative, plant-based and affordable products, including pet food. Puffing is a hydrothermal process that uses heat and pressure to significantly expand the volume of raw materials.
Funding challenges rise for alternative proteins

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Cathy Siegner

ARLINGTON, VA. — Interest is growing in the global development and production of alternative proteins, but it’s going to take more capital investment to fulfill their promise. So concludes a new series of state-of-the-industry reports from the Good Food Institute (GFI). The think tank examined three areas within the alternative protein sector — plant-based alternatives, cultivated meat and precision fermentation — and found a mixed scenario.
Cathy Siegner

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Cathy Siegner |Sofia Muller

It’s going to take more capital investment to fulfill growing interest in alternative proteins, according to the Good Food Institute.
AFIA to ramp up market expansion in Vietnam

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | John Reidy

ARLINGTON, VA. — The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) received a boost for its ongoing animal food market expansion efforts in Vietnam with a $242,600 award from the US Department of Agriculture’s Emerging Markets Program (EMP). The EMP award, announced June 5, will promote exports by continuing to grow the business-to-business relationships that are vital to the success and progression of the US animal food industry, the AFIA said.
Q&A: How alternative proteins are the future of pet food

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Kimberlie Clyma

KANSAS CITY, MO. — With increasing concerns about the long-term availability and sustainability of animal-based proteins for use in pet nutrition, more pet food companies are seeking alternatives to traditional protein ingredients.
Rayne Nutrition, Savage Cat Food partner with pet tech startup

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Sofia Muller

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Sphinx, a pet tech startup behind the “world’s first” wet cat food dispenser powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), surpassed fundraising platform Kickstarter’s expectations since launching last week, raising more than $400,000 from more than 880 backers. The company achieved its funding goal in just 13 seconds and reached 6000% of its initial goal within just 24 hours, ranking in the top 0.1% of all campaigns on the platform, according to the startup.
Associations, nonprofits express support of BARK Act

2 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Sofia Muller

WASHINGTON — Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), co-chair of the Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, and Young Kim (R-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation to incentivize pet retailers to donate leftover and useable food and supplies to animal shelters. Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) are introducing companion legislation in the Senate.
Ten Lives: Precision fermented proteins powered by AI

3 weeks ago | petfoodprocessing.net | Nicole Kerwin

SAN FRANCISCO — Animal-based protein is a major component of complete-and-balanced pet food, providing cats and dogs with the essential nutrients they ensure health and overall wellbeing. However, the supply chain of these proteins continues to dwindle as the pet food industry battles demand from the human food industry, in addition to animal diseases, shifting geopolitical relations, environmental disasters and food safety concerns.