Short supply puts pressure on gourmet chicken pet food

Fifty years ago pets were fed table scraps. Today, due to marketing and ‘feel good factors’, our dogs and cats actually receive almost the same diet, but in a more sophisticated and balanced manner. Rising competition from the aquafeed sector, together with increased demand from the pet food sector, have put pressure on the supply of poultry by-product meal as a feed ingredient. By Bill Dieterichs * Extruded pet foods have changed over the past 50 years, but not as much as the atti