Open Farm, a privately held company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and focused on ethically and sustainably sourced pet food with a mission to “Do Some Good for Animals and the Planet”, has announced that it has been officially certified as a B Corporation. The company offers a range of premium pet food products, including dry and wet foods, bone broths, treats, freeze-dried raw, gently cooked meals, and nutritional supplements, all formulated with a focus...
Royal Canin, a billion-dollar brand of pet care and human snacks conglomerate Mars, Inc, has named Heather Pasquale general manager of the U.S. veterinary business unit for Royal Canin North America, effective July 1. Pasquale succeeds Jean-Lin Pelatan, who was named general manager, global business-to-business platform, at the Royal Canin global headquarters in Aimargues, France. Pasquale, who will also serve as a member of the Royal Canin North America leadership team, will be responsible for...
France-based pet food manufacturer and supplier Royal Canin, which opened a high-end packaging plant at a cost of about Rs100 crore in Bhiwandi near Bombay in April, aims to deliver smaller packages targeted at Indian consumers, a report in The Hindu Businessline newspaper said. Satinder Singh, managing director of Royal Canin (India), told the paper that Indian consumers prefer to buy pet food in smaller packs. “About 85% of packs (sold here) are less than...
There is no surprise when one meets a veterinarian who says he, or increasingly she, loves animals. Indeed, most people tend to think a veterinarian must necessarily love animals. But Hitesh Swali, well-known practitioner in Bombay’s western suburbs, is not that veterinarian. Dr Swali is a fan of Dr Asthana aka Maamu, the immensely popular character from Rajkumar Hirani’s superhit directorial debut film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003). Like Dr Asthana, he believes doctors must be...
Shannon Landry, pet brand manager at Packaged Facts, an agency that provides consumer marketing research on food and beverages, pet products and services, demographics, and financial services, recently participated in a panel discussion on pet food sustainability at the Petfood Forum, a premier conference for professionals in the pet food and treat industry. Packaged Facts, based in Rockville, Maryland, is a brand of The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, a premier international business research...
Pet food manufacturer Royal Canin opened Asia’s second largest fully operational packaging plant at Bhiwandi, about 50 km from Bombay, at an investment of ₹100 crore last week, the French company said in a press release. The state-of-the-art packaging centre, marking Royal Canin’s maiden venture in India, is equipped with automatic packing machines and essential utilities to convert bulk products into retail packs tailored to meet the requirements of Indian pet owners, the company said....
The European Commission has allowed the use of liquid rosemary extract as an antioxidant feed additive for cats and dogs through Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1068. The submission leading to the authorization was initiated by Kemin Nutrisurance, pet food and rendering technologies business unit of Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that supplies over 500 speciality ingredients for human and animal health and nutrition, pet food, aquaculture, nutraceuticals, food technologies, crop technologies, and textile, biofuel...
If you thought only pet owners in India were struggling to cope with constantly rising costs of pet food, care products, and services, think again. A survey report in the USA suggests the pet industry in the USA, currently the world’s largest, is at an inflection point due to macroeconomic and industry-specific factors, and providing value to pet owners has come to the fore as a competitive strategy. Packaged Facts, based in Rockville, Maryland, provides...
The 20th Global Pet Expo, held in Orlando, Florida, on March 20-22, was the biggest edition yet of the pet industry’s premier event, with nearly 20,000 attendees from over 85 countries and over 1,100 companies booking 343,500 net sq ft of exhibition space, the organizers said in a press release. The event is hosted annually by the American Pet Products Association and the Pet Industry Distributors Association at the Orange County Convention Center. Global Pet...
The global pet care market is expected to cross U.S. $400 billion in value by 2028 from U.S. $295 billion in 2022, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 5.22%, according to an outlook and forecast report for 2023-28 released on ResearchAndMarkets.com. A press release from Research And Markets said that while the global pet care market is highly fragmented with multiple players across various segments, it continues to be dominated by international players...
