200 cats, 200 dogs, one lab: the secrets of the pet food industry

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Pet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right? By Vivian Ho. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:57.0	200 cats 200 dogs one lab the secrets of the pet Food Industry by Vivian Ho.
1:04.0	Florence Miamleade came to me on a chilly winter's night last year.
1:12.0	A one-year-old orange tabby with a little pink nose,
1:15.6	she arrived at my door in London after traveling for three days in a van with 30 dogs across continental Europe.
1:26.7	She brought with her an EU pet passport, a soiled pink blanket, and a panchant for snuggling into any available lap. Growing up I had a dog, a husky, a goldfish that jumped out of its bowl and a clutch of gerbils that refused to stop procreating.
1:41.0	But those had all been family pets. The arrival of Florence, or Lady Mieumlaid, as she shall be addressed by her lessors,
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