Below is a list of past honorees of the American Feed Industry Association’s Pet Food Award.
| 2024 | Angele Thompson, Ph.D., founder and president of Thompson PetTech |
| 2023 | Steve Thomas, former vice president at Darling Ingredients |
| 2022 | George Fahey, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2022 | Dennis Jewell, Ph.D., formerly of Hill’s Pet Nutrition |
| 2021 | Michael Panasevich, Summit Ridge Farms |
| 2021 | Galen Rokey, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc. |
| 2020 | Kate Shoveller, University of Guelph |
| 2020 | Gail Kuhlman, Ph.D., Mars Petcare |