David Primrose

Is a new era beckoning for meat analogs?

Interest in creating meat-like textures with plant proteins is on the rise again. Is there a place for next-generation meat analogs?

Should alternative proteins be part of wet pet food formulations?

The interest in developing alternative and more sustainable protein sources is soaring, also for pet food.

How to beat food fraud

To satisfy 21st-century pet owners’ needs, the pet food market operates globally with international trade in raw materials and pet food. Sadly, the resulting supply network complexity can facilitate opportunities for economic crime like food fraud.

Alternative proteins: A bowlful of opportunities and challenges

Alternative proteins are a solution to the ‘protein gap’ but implementing them in pet foods is not without its challenges. Food neophobia is one of them.

Alternative proteins – does the pet food industry really need them?

With a growing world population will there be enough proteins to continue providing for pets?

Sustainability through design – the big picture

Squaring the circle of pets in society will require widespread cooperation to ensure a sustainable future. Is the industry up to the challenge?

It´s all about texture

What signals super-premium quality to demanding pet owners choosing pet food for their pets? Texture is key. 

Growing your business through niche nutrition

Niche pet foods are hot, but not without risk. Are you agile and fit enough to thrive in this rapidly evolving market place?

Where is the venison?

Boutique pet food is the latest marketing buzzword but, with novel ingredients like deer meat, is it a healthier option or an increased risk?

How does your data flow?

Data is flowing everywhere all around us. But is it supporting quality of life for us and our pets, or a threat?

Back to the future with botanicals

Ancient ingredients with ancient challenges, botanicals require a modern approach to ensuring consumer trust.

Ensuring quality as well as quantity of protein raw materials

In the rush to bring to market more sustainable protein sources, attention to specifications for purchasing and quality assurance is key. 

Pushing the boundaries of pet nutrition to improve our pets health

Combining nutritional sciences and genomics, nutrigenomics helps us better understand the impact of the food we and our pets eat on our health.

Balancing innovation, sustainability and food fraud

The global pet food industry operates in a world of change, where nothing is constant. Change brings both beneficial and negative outcomes.

Supplier management and sustainability

The evolved supplier-buyer relationship, based on partnership, offers greater scope for sustainability. Mutual benefit is the keystone.

Raw materials testing

Which lens do you view raw material testing through? Is it an avoidable expense or a strategic management tool for developing a sustainable business?

Sustainable and responsible pet ownership

Balancing the benefits of pets in society with sustainable, responsible pet ownership and care is a responsibility, not only of pet owners, but of a variety of stakeholders such as veterinarians, pet food producers, governments and educators.

Food fraud and vulnerability

Pet food is vulnerable to fraud. But standards of both food safety control and food fraud prevention are being raised.

Quality food

What is physical testing of dry pet food and why bother?

Exploring the boundaries: Pet food, it is only animal feed. Or is it?

David Primrose, founder of Synergy Food Ingredients, will present his paper on the difference between animal feed and pet food at PETSConnect Asia this year.

 

17 Oct 2016