Exciting News: Big Idea Ventures, in partnership with Mars Petcare and Bühler Group, is launching the Next Generation Pet Food Program

This initiative aims to support innovative businesses and actively foster opportunities in pet food innovation - addressing the evolving needs of pets and their owners and encouraging human food start-ups to apply their groundbreaking innovations to advance sustainability and cutting-edge solutions in the industry.

The program is open to any food start-ups developing sustainable proteins and fats, novel ingredients with top-notch nutritional profiles, or pioneering processing technologies like upcycling food waste. It will run online in October and November, with participants joining us in Singapore during the International AgriFood Week on November 18, 2024.

A message from Mars Petcare

For our 100,000 Petcare Associates, Our Purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS also means a more sustainable world for pets, people and for the planet.

We are constantly focusing on finding new ways to help pets and their owners live happy, healthy lives together. We are committed to investing in innovation to help us source the best ingredients to support healthy pets while reducing our environmental footprint.

We are working on a number of research and development projects to identify new and innovative ingredients that reduce our environmental footprint and are nutritious for pets, focused on innovations in:

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Wet Animal Protein Solutions: Seeking innovative, sustainable sources of wet animal protein.
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Why It Matters

We believe that our Purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS, also means a more sustainable world for pets, people and for the planet. We seek to support innovative businesses and actively foster collaboration opportunities in the pet care space, with the aim of contributing to a more dynamic and progressive industry that addresses the evolving needs of pets and their owners. To help us source the best ingredients to support healthy pets while reducing our environmental footprint, we are partnering with companies that focus on developing new and novel ingredients which are safe, lower carbon, available, nutrient dense, and delicious – while ensuring animal welfare, safety and quality are at the forefront.

How you can join them?

In collaboration with Mars Petcare, and with the support of AAK and Bühler, we have crafted a unique program tailored for human food startups eager to innovate in the sustainable pet food space. This program offers the chance to gain direct insights and support from pet food experts as you develop your initial pet food concept. Once your concept and pitch are polished with the BIV team, you'll have the exciting opportunity to travel to Singapore and present your innovation to a prestigious audience!

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Source: Big Idea Ventures

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Who are we?

We are a Swiss family company with more than 150 years in the market, present in more than 140 countries, 30 manufacturing sites, and 100 service stations. Allowing us to be a leader in the supply of technologies and solutions for the transformation of grain into flour and food, as well as in the production of pasta and chocolate. We also provide the solution to produce feed, petfood and aquafeed. Our portfolio also includes die-casting, wet milling, and surface coating processes.

Bühler began operations in Mexico in 1959, and currently has headquarters and a service station in the city of Toluca, from which it serves the region of Mexico, Central America, and Cuba, with the sale of equipment and spare parts, engineering, automation, technological consulting, roll reconditioning among others.

How can we support the pet food, fish, and shrimp food industry?

Bühler is capable of supplying the complete solution for feed, petfood and aquafeed, based on the following pillars: food safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Therefore, we can provide from plant design, pre-engineering, installation, to automation services, plant assessments and training, all based on personalized attention from sales, technology, and customer service, seeking to develop our customer´s success with long-term relationships.

Our process solutions range from the grain receiving, cleaning and handling systems, storage, ingredient dosing, mixing, fine and wide grinding, extrusion (single or double shaft extruders), pelleting, drying, coating, and cooling. Enabling the production of wide range of products: sizes, colors, textures, and ingredients.

We invite you to learn about the success stories of our customers around the world, our solutions and, above all, to schedule an appointment with our industry specialists, who look forward to serving you.

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