Pet Food Ingredients Market

The study involved four major activities in estimating the current size of the pet food ingredients market. Exhaustive secondary research was done to collect information on the market, peer market, and parent market. The next step was to validate these findings, assumptions, and sizing with industry experts across the value chain through primary research. Both top-down and bottom-up approaches were employed to estimate the complete market size. After that, market breakdown and data triangulation were used to estimate the market size of segments and subsegments.

Secondary Research

This research study involved the extensive use of secondary sources—directories and databases such as Bloomberg Businessweek and Factiva—to identify and collect information useful for a technical, market-oriented, and commercial study of the pet food ingredients market.

In the secondary research process, various sources such as annual reports, press releases & investor presentations of companies, white papers, certified publications, articles from recognized authors, gold & silver standard websites, directories, and databases, were referred to identify and collect information. This research study involved the extensive use of secondary sources—directories and databases such as Bloomberg Businessweek and Factiva—to identify and collect information useful for a technical, market-oriented, and commercial study of the pet food ingredients market.

Secondary research was mainly used to obtain key information about the industry’s supply chain, the total pool of key players, and market classification and segmentation as per the industry trends to the bottom-most level, regional markets, and key developments from both market- and technology-oriented perspectives.

Primary Research

Extensive primary research was conducted after obtaining information regarding the pet food ingredients market scenario through secondary research. Several primary interviews were conducted with market experts from both the demand and supply sides across major countries of North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and South America. Primary data was collected through questionnaires, emails, and telephonic interviews. The primary sources from the supply side included various industry experts, such as Chief X Officers (CXOs), Vice Presidents (VPs), Directors, from business development, marketing, research, and development teams, and related key executives from distributors, and key opinion leaders. Primary interviews were conducted to gather insights such as market statistics, data on revenue collected from the products and services, market breakdowns, market size estimations, market forecasting, and data triangulation. Primary research also helped in understanding the various trends related to ingredients, pet, source, form, and region.

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Market Size Estimation

Both the top-down and bottom-up approaches were used to estimate and validate the total size of the Pet Food Ingredients Market. These approaches were also used extensively to estimate the size of various dependent submarkets. The research methodology used to estimate the market size includes the following:

• Key players were identified through extensive secondary research.
• The industry’s value chain and market size were determined through primary and secondary research.
• All percentage share splits and breakdowns were determined using secondary sources and verified through primary sources.
• All the possible parameters that affect the markets covered in this research study were accounted for, viewed in extensive detail, verified through primary research, and analyzed to obtain the final quantitative and qualitative data.
• The following figure provides an illustrative representation of the complete market size estimation process implemented in this research study for an overall estimation of the pet food ingredients market in a consolidated format.

The following sections (bottom-up & top-down) depict the overall market size estimation process employed for the purpose of this study.

Global Pet Food Ingredients Market: Bottom-Up Approach

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Global Pet Food Ingredients Market: Top-Down Approach

With the data triangulation procedure done both through the bottom-up approach (demand side, by ingredient segment) and top-down approach (supply side, by competitor sales revenues) and validation of data through primaries, the overall size of the parent market size and size of each market were determined.

Data Triangulation

After arriving at the overall market size from the estimation process explained above, the total market was split into several segments and subsegments. The data triangulation and market breakdown procedures were employed, wherever applicable, to estimate the overall pet food ingredients market and arrive at the exact statistics for all segments and subsegments. The data was triangulated by studying various factors and trends from the demand and supply sides. Along with this, the market size was validated using both the top-down and bottom-up approaches.

Market Definition

According to the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO), a pet food manufacturer is allowed to claim its food as “complete and balanced” by meeting an AAFCO nutrient profile (dog or cat) or by passing a feeding trial. All ingredients used in pet food must be appropriate for the pet, and all pet food must be acceptable either by the AAFCO ingredients definition process or by the FDA-CVM or be self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe).

Key Stakeholders

• Key manufacturers of animal nutrition products
• Key companies engaged in pet food processing
• Key manufacturers of pet food ingredients
• Traders, distributors, and suppliers in the pet food ingredients market
• Traders and suppliers of raw materials to the pet food ingredient industry
• Related government authorities, commercial R&D institutions, and other regulatory bodies
• The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)
• Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA)
• The Pet Food Industry Association of Australia
• American Pet Products Association, Inc. (APPA)
• Canadian Association of Raw Pet Food Manufacturers

Report Objectives

Market Intelligence

• Determining and projecting the size of the pet food ingredients market with respect to form, source, ingredient, pet, and region.
• Identifying the attractive opportunities in the market by determining the largest and fastest-growing segments
• Providing detailed information about the key factors influencing the market growth (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and industry-specific challenges)
• Providing the regulatory framework and market entry process related to the pet food ingredients market
• Analyzing the micro markets with respect to individual growth trends, prospects, and their contribution to the total market

Competitive Intelligence

• Identifying and profiling the key players in the pet food ingredients market
• Providing a comparative analysis of market leaders based on the following:
  • Product offerings
  • Business strategies
  • Strengths and weaknesses
  • Key financials
• Understanding the competitive landscape and identifying the major growth strategies adopted by players across the country
• Providing insights on key product innovations and investments in the pet food ingredients market

Available Customizations:

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The following customization options are available for the report:

Product Analysis

• Product Matrix, which gives a detailed comparison of the product portfolio of each company.

Geographic Analysis

With the given market data, MarketsandMarkets offers customizations according to company-specific scientific needs.

• Further breakdown of the Rest of Europe into Netherlands, Poland, and other EU & non-EU countries
• Further breakdown of the Rest of Asia Pacific into New Zealand, Thailand, and Vietnam.
• Further breakdown of the Rest of South America into Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and other South American countries

Company Information

• Detailed analyses and profiling of additional market players (up to five)