PETS International Magazine February 2020

In the increasingly fragmented Danish pet market, pet parents are buying their pet products from more and different sales points than ever before.

Since its launch in 1988, Musti Group has grown from a single store in Finland to a major online retailer in three Nordic countries. This is how they have grown their success. 

BENEO conducted a pet food survey among 2,500 respondents in Germany,  the UK, the US, China and Brazil to explore the increasing focus on health and wellness  and how this trend is addressed with functional pet food ingredients.

Alternative sources of protein for pet foods are growing and claims about their sustainability proliferating, especially in response to consumer interest. So, which really are sustainable and what are the issues?

The EU’s European Green Deal, which aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050, will build on a broad set of environmental legislation in place. Here are just some examples of the regulatory framework relevant to the pet food industry.

The future of the available pet food proteins depends on the usage of novel ingredients from sustainable and secured resources. Single cell proteins fit that bill, but there are challenges in scaling them up.

Mintel highlights some recent innovations in ethical and sustainable pet food and supplies.

Sustainable new product development is gaining momentum as climate change gets higher and higher on the global agenda. But there is still a long way to go.

The Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC) announces a 2020 return-to-retail packaging pilot to reduce landfill waste and deliver sustainable solutions to the pet industry.

Environmental sustainability is at a tipping point, with our ecosystems threatened. Food packaging production and waste is a growing concern, but innovative solutions to the problem are being tested all over the world.