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Insect-based pet food ingredient maker among top funded

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During the past 12 months, two insect farms broke the record for largest amount of funding raised.

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Food system investment group AgFunder ranked a novel pet food ingredient producer among those insect farms that secured significant funding in the past year. Read more.

Wall, Tim, and Tim Wall. “Insect-Based Pet Food Ingredient Maker among Top Funded.” PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, 1 Apr. 2019, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/8031-insect-based-pet-food-ingredient-maker-among-top-funded.

Freeze-drying novel protein may help pet food palatability

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Certain processing factors and conditions influence the quality of the freeze-dried proteins used in pet food.

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Freeze-dried meat in pet food may offer advantages in shelf-stability, nutrition and convenience over dehydrated, frozen or otherwise preserved protein sources. Those benefits may extend to novel proteins, which pet food ingredient suppliers are now investigating. However, certain processing factors and conditions influence the quality of the freeze-dried proteins used in pet food, said Poulson Joseph, PhD, principal scientist with pet food preservative and palatant supplier Videka, in a video from Petfood Forum 2018. Read more.

Wall, Tim, and Tim Wall. “Freeze-Drying Novel Protein May Help Pet Food Palatability.” PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, 25 Mar. 2019, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/7995-freeze-drying-novel-protein-may-help-pet-food-palatability.

Diamond Pet Foods sued over alleged heavy metals, BPA

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Pet owners filed a class action lawsuit against Diamond Pet Foods over the alleged presence of heavy metals, BPA and other chemicals in Diamond’s dog foods.

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Pet owners filed a class action lawsuit against Diamond Pet Foods over the alleged presence of heavy metals, BPA and other chemicals in Diamond’s dog foods. A similar lawsuit against Champion Petfoods was dismissed in February. Read more.

Wall, Tim, and Tim Wall. “Diamond Pet Foods Sued over Alleged Heavy Metals, BPA.” PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, 19 Mar. 2019, http://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/7983-diamond-pet-foods-sued-over-alleged-heavy-metals-bpa.