Pet Nutrition
We believe that animal welfare starts with great quality nutrition. UK Pet Food is committed to providing pets with quality, nutritious and safe food.
Our members are responsible for feeding the 50 million+ pets in the UK and we take that responsibility very seriously. As an industry, we are committed to providing high quality, nutritious, and safe pet food, and providing clear guidelines to pet owners on how to responsibly feed pets.
We work closely with FEDIAF, the European Pet Food Association, and other leading authorities to achieve a balanced regulatory regime for the production of nutritious and safe food and are committed to continuously raising the bar across industry.
Education and Myth-busting
UK Pet Food works with pet nutrition experts to develop informative factsheets, posters and other tools for pet owners to gain knowledge and understanding on key topics of pet nutrition. We share these with stakeholders such as veterinary practices, welfare organisations and pet shops - to be shared with pet owners.
Pet Food and Nutrition Training Course
UK Pet Food launched a Pet Food and Nutrition Course, in 2019, selling out quickly, and receiving great feedback from attendees. Due to the Coronavirus global pandemic, the course was successfully transformed to a series of live online webinars since 2020.
The training is now a classroom-based (residential) course, with the aim of providing an all-round introduction to nutrition, pet food production and marketing regulations, in a styl that is ideal for busy professionals with three half day virtual sessions per week. A range of tickets and discounts are available and attendees can sign up for specific sessions or the entire two-week course.
Ingredients FAQs
A huge amount of detail on ingredients is covered in our factsheets. Here are a few answers to specific questions.
Pet Nutrition FAQs
Although most nutrition queries are answered in our factsheets, here we have answers to some specific questions.