HOW FOOD TRANSFORMED THE HUMAN-ANIMAL RELATIONSHIP AND SHAPED THE PET FOOD INDUSTRY
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https://doi.org/10.35172/rvz.2024.v31.1541Keywords:
Food, industry, insect, dogs, cats, pet, safetyAbstract
This article discusses the origin of dogs and cats and the processes involved in their domestication, showing how food played a crucial role throughout the history of these species. Allied to this, the evolution of the relationship between humanity and dogs and cats is discussed, analyzing the factors that contributed to their transition from utilitarian animals to emotional support for humans. The emergence of the pet food industry was driven by the need to provide stable and higher quality products, adapting and growing along with the inclusion of these species as family members. Currently, the pet food sector represents approximately 80% of the pet industry's revenue in Brazil, which totaled approximately 41.96 billion reais in 2022 alone. This expressive growth goes hand in hand with the progressive interest of pet owners in offering healthier and alternative food for their animals. As a result, new trends have emerged, such as the use of some insect species, which have been proposed as a high-quality, efficient and sustainable food protein source, presenting itself as one of the solutions to this problem. Even so, it is important to carry out a careful analysis of this new trend, seeking to establish its advantages and disadvantages from the point of view of nutrition and food safety.
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