Salon overview
On 3 July 2026, the 2026 Ocean Pet Food Industry Exchange Salon took place at Activity Area T1C02, Hall 1, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, under the theme "Going deeper into ocean pet food, unlocking the premium growth market" — one of the key supporting events of the 2026 Shenzhen International Fishery Expo. Academicians, industry leaders, research teams and investment representatives were invited to discuss innovative ocean ingredient applications, product R&D upgrades and market commercialization.
Industry background: why ocean ingredients matter
The pet food industry is at a critical stage of transformation. As consumption rises and the pet-owning population grows, market demand for natural, healthy and functional pet food keeps increasing. Ocean ingredients naturally offer high-quality protein, a reasonable fatty-acid profile and rich trace elements, giving them broad application prospects in pet food:
- An important direction for higher value-added utilisation of fishery resources
- A practical path to meet the upgraded consumption demand of pet food
- A driver of deeper integration between ocean ingredients and the pet food industry
Key technical directions
The salon emphasized technology-driven innovation and accelerating the build-out of the ocean pet food industry, with breakthroughs focused on:
- Palatability improvement of ocean ingredients in pet food
- Nutrition-retention processing
- Key technical bottlenecks such as ambient-temperature storage
- Moving toward full-category, functional and more refined products
Mixiaoqi: R&D and production practice for fish-based natural wet food
At the salon, Zhang Dongyun, GM of Mixiaoqi (Guangzhou) Pet Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a special report titled "Application and adaptation of fish products in natural (wet) pet food", systematically reviewing the definition standards and industry development of natural food, analysing why natural wet food is becoming a new growth driver of the pet food industry, and presenting application paths, process routes and industrialization experience for fish products in natural wet food.
Mixiaoqi's natural (wet) food factory focuses on R&D and production of natural wet pet food:
- Built on premium ocean fish such as salmon and tuna
- Steam-cooking process that preserves the natural nutrition of ingredients
- Strict adherence to no-artificial-additive formula standards
- A full-category natural (wet) food matrix covering palatability, functionality and other dimensions
- A full-chain quality-control system that continuously delivers natural, easily digestible and refined pet nutrition solutions
Quality practice: Zijin Mengya
The report also introduced the practice of "Zijin Mengya", a brand of Guangdong Mengya Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Holding the core belief of "protecting pet health", the brand maintains high standards in formula R&D, ingredient selection, nutrition-balance testing and multiple rounds of palatability verification, successfully launching a natural (wet) food series that is additive-free, complete and balanced for all life stages, and storable at ambient temperature.
Significance of the event
This salon built a high-level exchange and cooperation platform for the cross-industry integration of ocean ingredients and pet food, and is significant for promoting diversified use of fishery resources, improving the quality and efficiency of the pet food industry, and cultivating new growth in the ocean economy. Participants agreed to strengthen industry-academia collaboration and jointly drive the continued improvement of the ocean pet food industry.
Project cooperation
Ocean-ingredient fresh pet food project enquiry
For formula applications and OEM cooperation for ocean ingredients in fresh pet food, feel free to contact the Mixiaoqi team.
Frequently asked questions
What are the advantages of ocean ingredients in pet food?
Ocean ingredients are high in quality protein, have a reasonable fatty-acid profile and are rich in trace elements, with broad application prospects in pet food — an important direction for higher value-added use of fishery resources.
What features does Mixiaoqi's natural (wet) food factory have?
Using premium ocean fish such as salmon and tuna, a steam-cooking process that preserves natural nutrition, and strict no-artificial-additive formula standards, it has built a full-category product matrix covering palatability and functionality.
Can natural (wet) food be stored at ambient temperature?
Yes. Natural wet food from Mixiaoqi and partner brands uses an ambient-temperature storage process, meeting the quality requirements of additive-free, complete-for-all-life-stages food.
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