On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2018, Nanhe County of Hebei Province was awarded the title of “Hometown of Pet Food in China” by the Pet Industry Committee of the China Agriculture International Cooperation Promotion Association. At present, the county has more than 220 pet-related enterprises and 33,000 people directly. Or indirectly engaged in the pet industry.
The pet industry has become rich, 'new favorite' feed processing machinery cast high quality
Pet Industry Becomes Rich
In some parts of China, the annual per capita GDP has reached a certain standard, and pet food has begun to enter middle- and high-income families. With the rapid development of China's economy and the renewal of modern consumer attitudes, pet food is entering families with pets at the fastest speed.
According to reports, China has a huge pet market, and the growth in domestic demand is not only good news for global pet food giants, but also for a series of shop entrepreneurs such as the rapidly growing Chinese pet food and pet products companies. good news.
The author was informed that the pet industry in Nanhe County, Hebei Province now has 38 pet food companies with more than 300 registered brands, an annual output of more than 500,000 tons, an output value of 5 billion yuan, and production and sales accounting for more than 58% of the national market share. Has become the country's largest pet food production base.
High-quality pet food into the industry development
In recent years, the number of people raising pets in China has continued to expand. The 'treatment' for pets has continued to increase, and it no longer meets the needs of basic foods, but has advanced to higher consumption levels. Pet foods have grown fastest in the pet industry chain In the future, the overall proportion of pet staples will gradually decline, and the proportion of snacks, health products and functional foods will continue to rise.
For cost-conscious consumers, they especially regard medium-priced products as high-quality products that ensure their pets have sufficient nutrition. Naturally healthy, high nutritional value innovative products are favored by a consumer group. This also opens up a broader market space for the development of the industry.
Hongzi Guan, the investment director of Hong Kong Castrol International Asset Management, said that the Chinese pet market will be his personal choice in 2018 because consumers want to turn to better products. In addition, New Hopes to acquire Australian Pet Food Company, which is currently a domestic company In recent years, the largest merger and acquisition in the pet industry. Through the acquisition, it can help them to enter the production of dry food, wet food and other high-quality pet food into the market to meet the high-quality pet food market demand.
Feed Machinery Application Guarantee Quality
In order to help enterprises transform and upgrade and eliminate outdated production capacity, Songjiang Inspection and Quarantine Bureau guarantees that the products are homogenous with the same standards from the raw material acceptance, production and processing, packaging, storage and transportation, etc., and push the company to the high end of the pet food industry chain.
We know that if we want to ensure the quality of pet food processing and the standards are uniform, we need the support of craftsmanship and technology. If we are factory-oriented, large-scale production will be inseparable from food processing machinery and equipment. The author was informed that Tongwei Group has a good owner of pet food. The company abandons the domestic roller coating process and gathers advanced pet food production equipment and technology from multiple countries around the world. The Dutch Green Dryer introduced has extremely high drying precision. Through the application of advanced high-tech equipment, it can completely infiltrate nutrients. The inside of the granule not only effectively preserves the nutrient content of the product, but also improves the palatability of the pet.
In addition to drying, the puffing step is indispensable in the processing of pet foods. The use of twin-screw extruders not only through the extrusion of moulds of different shapes and sizes, makes the products more diversified, even under high temperature and high pressure, especially stickiness. Large materials will not be excessively sticky, and they will also ensure puffed quality and meet the consumer market's demand for pet food quality.