Jennifer Semple

Jennifer Semple is editor of Pet Food Processing. She joined Sosland Publishing Company in 2017 and helped launch the publication in March 2018. Semple covers in-depth topics important to pet food and treat processing as well as plant profiles of leading manufacturers. Semple has worked for several industrial food equipment manufacturers. She holds a bachelor's degree from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas.

New inclusions line for pet treats, biscuits features 7 options

05.17.2019

By Jennifer Semple

PetShure® from BalchemTM now offers a full line of lipid-based inclusions for baked pet treats.

Petco welcomes in-store pet food kitchen to flagship New York store

05.10.2019

By Jennifer Semple

JustFoodForDogs brings freshly prepared, human-grade pet food to Petco’s Union Square location with store-in-store format.

Chicken hand-packed into cans at Evanger's Markham, Illinois pet food canning facility

Family-owned pet food cannery looks local to keep formulas fresh

05.09.2019

By Jennifer Semple

Evanger’s products, including its hand-packed and single-ingredient varieties, redefine minimally processed canned pet food.

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Collaborative effort between industries gaining traction

04.17.2019

By Jennifer Semple

During Pet Food Alliance’s 2019 Winter Meeting, an expanding network of renderers, pet food processors, suppliers and academia joined forces to identify impactful solutions to industry challenges.

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Processors zero in on achieving zero waste

04.02.2019

By Jennifer Semple

Reducing waste is a journey that many leading processors have embraced to help close that circle of sustainability.

Top food and treat trends at Global Pet Expo 2019

03.26.2019

By Jordan Tyler and Jennifer Semple

Regional ingredients, enhanced meal experiences, high-protein and limited-ingredient diets steal the show at Global Pet Expo.

Dog and cat licking lips in front of bowl of pet food

Clean-label: what it means and how pet food processors can achieve it

03.26.2019

By Jennifer Semple

No formal definition exists for clean label pet food, but consumers still demand it.

Pet Food Processing goes 'Behind the Bowl' at Purina production plant

03.06.2019

By Jennifer Semple

For the first time ever, Purina opened its Clinton, Iowa manufacturing plant to media and revealed its production processes.

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Update on canine dilated cardiomyopathy and implications on ingredient categories

02.26.2019

By Jennifer Semple

As the FDA continues to investigate cases of DCM, pet food formulators try to determine what, if any, implications the investigation has on ingredient categories.