# Rendered ingredients in pet food: is the future looking bleak or bright? - GlobalPETS

> Pet food makers face rising demand for higher-quality rendered ingredients, with global pet food output projected to grow about 5% annually through 2025. The article says severe drought in the western US has cut cattle herds to multi-decade lows, with numbers not expected to recover to pre-drought levels until 2027.

- Date: 2023-09-01 · published 2023-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34230-rendered-ingredients-in-pet-food-is-the-future-looking-bleak-or-bright
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

A shrinking cattle herd reduces the supply of rendered animal by-products such as meat and bone meal, which tightens supply for feed and pet food buyers and supports their prices.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- globalpetindustry.com: https://globalpetindustry.com/article/rendered-ingredients-pet-food-future-looking-bleak-or-bright/

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