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Fats and additives are the fastest growing food category, majorly, driven by
birds and fish food.
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Dry Foods are popular among dogs. In 2017, dry foods held the largest share
in global pet food market.
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Players such as Mars Petcare, Nestlé Purina PetCare, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition
are the leading pet food market players, they collectively captured around
70.00% share in global pet food market in 2017.
Some of the key players operating in global pet food market, include Mars
Petcare Inc., Nestlé Purina PetCare, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, J.M. Smucker, Diamond
Pet Foods, Blue Buffalo, Deuerer, Omega Protein Corporation, and Nutriara
Alimentos Ltd.
The global pet food market has been segmented based on pet type, point of sale,
food type, food category, and key geographies. Based on pet type, the market
has been segmented into dogs, cats, fish, and birds. Based on point of sale, the
market has been segmented into online, hypermarkets and specialized retail
stores.
Based on food category, the market has been segmented into meat, cereals,
vegetables and fruits, and fats and additives. The meat food category includes
fresh meat and frozen meat. The cereals food category includes corn and
cornmeal, wheat and wheat meal, barely and rice, and others. The vegetables
and fruits food category include potatoes, carrots, soybean and soybean meals,
fruits and others. The fats and additives food category include fish oil, poultry
fat, vitamins and minerals, and others.
The research report “global pet food market” provides in-depth analysis of pet
food market across the globe, based on pet type, the point of sale, food type,
food category and key geographies for the forecast period from 2018 to 2025.
The report highlights the major market drivers propelling the growth as well as
challenges faced by the market participants. The research report also provides