Dog Food Shortage 2024 India. Costs for pet food ingredients have climbed 8% to 20% since the pandemic began, according to u.s. There is about 35 % to 40% shortage of animal food in the country.
The largest category of pet food in india, in terms of retail value sales in 2023, was dog food with values of us$539.0 million (85.6% market share) increasing in growth by 19.6% from us$220.3 million in. Fresh dog food sales have risen 86.5% since 2021.