Pets

Dragons' Den sensation Omni has launched three plant-based dog food products delivering functional health benefits for skin, joints and emotional wellbeing, and has also secured a listing with pet food distributor Pedigree Wholesale. …
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German specialty chemicals company Wacker has secured EU approval for its fermentation-derived amino acids, which can be used as plant-based additives to boost the palatability of pet food. Chemicals giant Wacker is taking its vegan…
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US startup Friends & Family Pet Food has added four broth toppers to its cultivated quail lineup for cats and dogs in Singapore, as it works to update the packaging to plug the consumer awareness gap. Three months after entering the…
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Austrian-American food tech startup BioCraft Pet Nutrition has published a publicly available regulatory dossier for cultivated meat ingredients in pet food, proposing a minimum safety disclosure standard for the industry. To advance…
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British vegan pet food maker Omni has raised £11M ($14.5M) in Series A funding to expand its footprint, enter the US market and launch an Ozempic-style product for dogs. A year after finding success on Dragons' Den, London-based startup…
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A feeding trial shows that BeneMeat's cultivated hamster meat is well-accepted and digested by cats, who leave significantly fewer scraps than when they eat conventional chicken. While cats may be viewed as obligate carnivores,…
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Italian food company Forza10 has debuted the Coolty Meat brand of cultivated dog food, made with cell-cultured protein from the Czech startup BeneMeat. Cultivated meat is rapidly entering the pet food market. After launches in the UK…
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US company Bond Pet Foods has obtained a 'no questions' letter from the FDA, enabling it to sell the precision-fermented lamb protein it developed with Hill's Pet Nutrition for use in dog food. Five years after they first joined forces,…
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Mars Petcare has launched another edition of its global pet food innovation programme for sustainable proteins and fats, with an amplified focus on Asia-Pacific. The market for sustainable pet food solutions has never been hotter. …
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Finnish startups Enifer and Rovio Pet Foods have teamed up to launch a semi-moist dog treat made with Enifer's Pekilo mycoprotein ingredient. Enifer, a food tech startup producing proteins from mycelium, has entered the canine nutrition…
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UK startup Meatly has raised £10M ($14.1M) to establish Europe's largest cultivated meat facility in London, with pet food product launches slated for 2027. British food tech firm Meatly has secured £10M ($14.1M) in Series A funding to…
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German food tech startup MicroHarvest will roll out 15 new products with partners across Europe by the end of June, all fuelled by its waste-upcycled microbial protein. Climate-friendly pet food has been on the ascendance over the last…
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US startup Friends & Family Pet Food is rolling out 12 cultivated meat products for cats and dogs in Singapore retail, ahead of a fresh $1.1M funding drive. Singaporeans can now buy cultivated meat for their furry friends. …
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US startup Bond Pet Foods has welcomed German flavour and chemicals giant Symrise as an investor, with the firms partnering to create new precision-fermented products for pet nutrition. Symrise, a global leader in flavours and…
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Australian startup Magic Valley has launched Rogue Pet, a brand of cultivated meat treats for dogs, to generate early revenue. The first drop of products has sold out within a week. As it advances its cultivated pork platform for…
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Dogs that eat premium, meat-rich diets can have a larger climate impact than their owners, with the ingredients in British dog food making up 1% of the country's total emissions. Your dog's diet could harm the planet more than your own,…
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Two new surveys highlight the growing consumer acceptance of alternative pet food, with cultivated meat particularly piquing their interest. It has been a year when sustainable pet food truly found its footing. People in the UK were…
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Scottish biotech player MiAlgae has begun construction of a commercial-scale facility to recycle whisky waste into algal omega-3, with a £3M investment from the UK government. Plunging deep into the fish-free omega-3 space, Scotland's…
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German food tech firm Vegdog has expanded beyond dog food with the launch of microbial-fermented vegan treats for cats. Vegdog is going from canines to cats. The Munich-based startup has diversified its low-carbon pet food portfolio…
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Pet owners are increasingly on the hunt for gut-boosting, clean-label food options. For California's PawCo, salad is the solution. Is your furry little friend a Caesar gal? If you'd never really thought of salad as the all-conquering…
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UK startup The Pack and Germany's MicroHarvest have teamed up to roll out vegan dog treats featuring the latter's microbial protein ingredient. British dog owners can now buy microbial protein treats that are good for the planet and…
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