Category: Market Trends
The AFB China Team was excited to attend Pet Fair Asia in August 2023. The show was held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) with 17 exhibition halls and 230,000 square meters of exhibition space. About 2,200 brands participated as exhibitors and more than 250,000 visitors attended the…
The AFB team attended the SuperZoo trade show this last week in Las Vegas, NV. The event hosted over 1,100 exhibitors showcasing their products across 292,000 square feet of booths. The New Product Showcase was the most full it has been over the last two years with bundled benefits, brand…
From May 15-17th the twentieth edition of the pet industry tradeshow Zoomark was held in Bologna, Italy. Zoomark is a rising tradeshow in Europe with 1,060 exhibitors, more than double the amount of the edition of 2021. The exhibitors originated from 57 countries across the globe. AFB International was excited…
The 11th Beijing International Pet Products Exhibition (referred to as: Eagle Beijing Pet Fair) was held from 29 March to 1 April 2023 at the China International Exhibition Centre (Shunyi New Hall). The show brings together 1,300 quality enterprises, 11,000 exhibiting brands, 120,000 square meters of display area, and the…
All Pet Food Magazine recently talked with Marcelo Beraldo da Costa, LATAM Director of AFB International, about the challenges, growth, innovations and solutions the company will be working on this year. Tell us a little about your professional career. Before joining AFB, my most outstanding experience, I worked as a…
Pet treats are big business. Sales growth in this category regularly outpaces the pet food market, and is expected to continue increasing year-over-year. However, treats are held to a higher standard of palatability than other pet food, since pet parents expect their cat or dog to readily accept a treat. …
In the pet food industry the word palatability is used frequently. Jennifer Barnette Fox with Petfood Processing Magazine wanted to find out how palatability is measured and interviewed several industry professionals to “understand palatability” in her latest article in the March 2020 issue. We were excited to have 3 of…
Erik Dahl, Global Product Manager for AFB, attended Pet Fair Asia and reports on the trends. If you have any interest in palatants in China, please contact Erik at edahl@afbinternational.com.