Global pet food production rose 8.2% in 2021 impacted by increase in demand

Animal health company Alltech concluded that pet food production reached nearly 34.17 million metric tons in 2021, with Asia-Pacific showing the highest growth.  

According to the 2022 Alltech Agri-Food Outlook, the region saw an increase of 17.1% in pet food production from 3.2 million metric tons in 2020 to 3.8 last year.

As recently reported by GlobalPETS, the pet food industry in Central Asia showed optimism after forecasting that the regional market sales are expected to double in the near future.

The biggest market in the segment is Europe, which in 2021 produced 11.6 million metric tons (+2.7%). The US saw an increase in 12.7% to 10.6 million metrics.

The production in Latin American countries grew 7.7%, from 6.6 million metric tons in 2020 to 7.2 in 2021. In the African continent, the manufacture of pet food passed from 444.000 metric tons in 2020 to 454.000 last year.

The constant increase in demand for pet food products is behind the good numbers and meant a boost to the global industry. 'While some regions remained flat, there were no reported decreases in any region around the world,' concludes the study.

Source: GlobalPETS