The Alt Protein & Pet Foods – Who will be first to register their brand?
Shannon Falconer, CEO of cultured meat company, BioCraft Pet Nutrition, says, “The supply chain for meat is increasingly precarious, both in terms of price volatility and stock outs. Pet food manufacturers are desperate for a more stable alternative.”
There seems to be a race to market to be the first company to register their brand as shown in this article – https://vegconomist.com/food-and-beverage/pet-food/approval-cultivated-meat-for-pet-food-story-continues/
Bond Pet Foods and Hill’s Pet Nutrition Mark Milestone in Fermented Meat Proteins for Pet Food
Colorado-based fermented protein producer Bond Pet Foods has reached a significant milestone in its partnership with global pet food manufacturer Hill’s Pet Nutrition. The company has officially shipped its first two metric tons of animal protein produced via fermentation, enabling Hill’s to begin formulating prototypes for regulatory review and market assessment. (February 2024) Read more here
The first two metric tons of an animal protein created through fermentation is a step toward commercialising this technology for pet food applications.
Meatly to sell ‘first-ever’ cultivated pet food at Pets At Home
British dogs to be fed the first 100% lab-grown meat produced by Meatly that underwent a rebrand in October 2023. The first ‘cultivated meat’ food for pets will hit shelves in 2024 as the market has seen a rise in owners choosing more sustainable ingredients to feed their pets.
See the article here that highlights the need to cope with increased consumer demands for sustainable ingredients, and the use of Faba bean protein as a high quality protein source that is used in Give A Dog A Bean plant-based complete tinned food, and now the development of cultivated meat that will be sold through Pets At Home as part of their sustainable initiative as shown here.
What is the attitude of owners to feeding cultivated meat to their pets?
UK based Alice Oven published the results of her dissertation for the Winchester MSc in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law in PLOS ONE journal. The paper explores pet owner attitudes to feeding cultivated meat to cats and dogs, and how this compares to willingness to eat cultivated meat themselves.
For cats, this does seem to be the future – Biocraft Pet Nutrition in the US have been awarded prizes in 2024 for the development of mouse and chicken cultured food for our pets – a sustainable way to feed our cats in the future at last!
BVA says it is possible to feed dogs plant-based
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has ended its opposition to (nutritionally-sound) vegan diets for dogs
Successful takeover of vegan dog food brand HOWND
Pets Choice has acquired ethical dog food company Hownd – a very “positive” deal for the future of vegan dog food
Cultivated Chicken Dog Food in Pets At Home!
Meatly to begin with cultivated dog food instead of cultivated cat food
Who is MARS Petcare?
How did they go from producing Snickers, Mars, Bounty bars, Pedigree, Royal Canin and Whiskas to be the fourth largest privately held company in the US?
Plant-based vs Insect-based dog food
Insect Protein-Based Diets as Potential Risk of Allergy in Dogs, and Much Higher Cost
The Great Protein Debate – Beef or Beans?
Dr Sue Paterson, RCVS President and Senior Vice President of the European Society of Veterinary Dermatologists interviews Dr Arielle Griffiths about Sustainable Pet Foods
University of Liverpool Vegan Dog Food Study
Prof Alex German holds the position of Royal Canin Professor of Small Animal Medicine at the University of Liverpool
Using microbial protein for the very first time in dog treats!
This first-of-its-kind protein is derived from bacteria that have been consumed by humans for centuries in foods such as kimchi, kefir, and sauerkraut
The longest, most comprehensive peer-reviewed study so far!
Domestic dogs maintain positive clinical, nutritional, and haematological health outcomes when fed a commercial plant-based diet for a year. Peer reviewed and published in PLOS ONE
Reasons Why Dog Owners Stop Feeding Raw Meat-Based Diets
The latest paper from April 2024 makes an astounding 85 papers against the use of raw feeding in our dogs
UK’s first meat cultivated cat food to launch!
The world’s first cans of cat food made with cultivated chicken to be sold in 2024 at Pets At Home!
Plant Ingredients in Dog Food
An enormously positive article about the use of plant-based proteins in pet food written by PhD Veterinary Scientist Jelena Suran in February 2024
