TPCI Sets Up National Committee to Boost India’s Pet Food Industry

Pet food refers to prepared food, treats and nutrition products intended for companion animals and generally meant for dogs or cats, put up for retail sale. The Indian pet food market is expanding rapidly as urban consumers shift from home-cooked feeding to packaged nutrition.

It added that India remains a net importer of pet food, which indicates dependence on premium, therapeutic, wet, specialised and imported-brand products. India’s trade challenge is to convert domestic processing capacity and ingredient availability into export-grade, certified, consistent and brandable products.

What Happened

The launch of the National Pet Industry Committee of India marks a step in uniting key ecosystem leaders under a single collaborative platform. The committee includes Nitin Jain, Chief Operating Officer, Godrej Pet Care; Abhishek Agarwal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Innomalous.

• As per market estimates, the global pet food market size is $226.31 billion in 2026 and is expected to reach $324.17 billion by 2031.

• India’s market is estimated at $0.98 billion in 2026 and $1.68 billion by 2031, it added.

• North America is the largest region with a 44.1 per cent share in 2025 and Africa is the fastest-growing region for 2026-2031.

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