Petfood Innovation Workshop attendees visited seven stations featuring aspects of how pet food companies can meet dog, cat and other pet food owners’ demands for clean label pet food

Although consumers demand easy-to-understand recipes, clean label pet foods can be anything but simple for formulators. The clean label pet food trend challenges manufacturers to create shelf-stable, nutritious and safe pet foods with a limited range of ingredients, while still keeping those products highly palatable. Read more.

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Wall, Tim, and Tim Wall. “Smoke and Vinegar as Clean Label Pet Food Ingredients.” PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, 30 Apr. 2019, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/8109-smoke-and-vinegar-as-clean-label-pet-food-ingredients.

Nestle Purina PetCare plans to close the canning line of one of their facilities in the United Kingdom.

Nestle Purina PetCare plans to close the canning line of one of their facilities in the United Kingdom, reported the Wisbech Standard. The pet food manufacturing plant is in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The plant employs more than 600 people, and it’s unknown if any will lose their jobs. Purina purchased the facility in 1998. It now produces brands including Felix, Winalot, Gourmet, Bakers and Friskies. Read more.

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Wall, Tim, and Tim Wall. “UK Purina Pet Food Canning Line Closure Due to Pouches.” PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, 15 Apr. 2019, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/8062-uk-purina-pet-food-canning-line-closure-due-to-pouches.

Wixon identifies Filipino-forward flavors as developing taste trend

The Philippines, a Pacific Rim nation of more than 7,000 islands, has a diverse culinary culture influenced by local ingredients (such as, coconut and mango) and other ethnic cuisines, most notably Chinese, Malay and Spanish. Read more.

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“Wixon: Pacific Rim Flavors.” Prepared Foods RSS, Prepared Foods, 4 Apr. 2019, http://www.preparedfoods.com/articles/122224-wixon-pacific-rim-flavors.