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High-pressure thermal processing creates safe, minimally cooked pet food

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High-pressure thermal processing (HPTP), an emerging technology derived from high-pressure processing (HPP), is an effective way to ensure product safety while maintaining nutritional integrity and clean labels. HPTP aims to create microbially safe products that can be shelf stable, fresh or minimally cooked. HPTP involves preheating packaged products and then applying high pressure to effectively … Read more

Argentine ag co-op launches Lokal pet food brand with $6M production facility

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The Guillermo Lehmann Cooperative has entered the pet food market with the launch of Lokal, a new production facility for dog and cat food located in San Jerónimo Norte, Santa Fe, a central-northeastern province that plays a key role in Argentina’s agricultural sector. Lokal marks a strategic diversification for the cooperative into a high-growth category … Read more

Pet adoptions drive growth in Mexico’s pet food market

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Petco México recently announced a major milestone: 100,000 successful pet adoptions since launching its “Primero Adopta” campaign in 2013. While this achievement is clearly a win for animal welfare, it also highlights a strategically significant trend — how pet adoption fuels growth in the pet food market. Mexico is home to more than 20 million … Read more

AI aids new pet food plant workers, preserves institutional knowledge

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First, training and retaining skilled workers can challenge pet food producers. Then, after those laborers have worked for decades and gained extensive experience, they retire and take all that knowledge with them. Artificial intelligence tools can address this issue. Matt Lueger, executive vice president of sales at NorthWind, and Bill Ward, founder and CEO of … Read more

Age-specific cat food accounts for changing tastes across life stages

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As cat ownership rises globally, cat owners are becoming more interested in understanding how flavor preferences change throughout a cat’s life, making this an important factor in developing successful pet food products. Research presented by Ana Rita Monforte, Ph.D., flavor and data manager at AFB International, at Petfood Forum 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, … Read more

U.S. pet owners open to insect protein, but knowledge lags

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As the pet food industry seeks sustainable alternatives to traditional animal-based proteins, insect protein is gaining ground — but consumer education will be critical for widespread adoption. That’s the message from Dr. Lonnie Hobbs, assistant professor at Kansas State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics, who recently presented new research on U.S. dog owners’ perceptions and … Read more