Who Makes Hill’s? Hill’s Pet Nutrition has been owned by Colgate-Palmolive since 1976. Hill’s was started in 1939 by a veterinarian, Dr. Mark Morris. He was asked to develop a food for a seeing eye dog with kidney disease, and from this request, a company was born. The company now makes both Hill’s Prescription Diets, … Read more
Who Makes Fromm? This company has actually been around since 1904 and remains in the Fromm/Nieman family to this day. They began making dog food in 1949, but it was not their primary business. The current owner, Tom Nieman, shifted the focus of the feed plant to dog and cat food in 1984. Fromm’s lines … Read more
About Soulistic/Weruva For information on how we determined these scores, please see our Weruva Review. Soulistic and Weruva Recalls Soulistic as a brand has never been recalled. In-fact no Weruva food has ever been recalled in the United States. There has been a single Weruva recall in 2017 for an Australian-only line of BFF cat … Read more
Who Makes Freshpet? Freshpet was cofounded in 2006 by Scott Morris with a mission to make a new kind of pet food. The refrigerated pet food has been a huge hit and the company grew rapidly. Freshpet is based in New Jersey and has been publicly traded since 2014. As of 2020 Scott Morris is … Read more
Who Makes Nature’s Logic? Nature’s Logic was started in 2006 by Scott Freeman, who is still closely involved in the company. The company was bought by VisioCap LLC in 2017, which provided significant monetary investment to help the brand grow. About Nature’s Logic Company Know How Nature’s Logic is a small company and therefore must … Read more
Who Makes Instinct Pet Foods? Instinct is a brand of the company Nature’s Variety. Nature’s Variety was founded in 2002. By 2008, L Catterton (a food industry investment group) became a significant shareholder in the company and allowed it to grow rapidly. In 2014, Agrolimen (a food and pet food industry investment group based in … Read more
Who Makes Chicken Soup for the Soul? Chicken Soup for the Soul started as a book publishing brand in 1993. Around 2004 they began to diversify into pet food. When Bill Rouhana, Amy Newmark and Bob Jacobs bought the brand in 2008, they greatly grew the pet food side of Chicken Soup for the Soul. … Read more
Who Makes Weruva? Weruva was founded by a couple in 2006 who named the brand after their cats. The company continues to be family owned to this day. They are headquartered in Natick, MA. Best Weruva Cat Food Best for Adult Cats – Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Chicken Frick ‘A Zee Given that Weruva … Read more
Who Makes Blue Buffalo? Blue Buffalo was founded in 2002 and named after the founder’s Airedale Terrier Blue. After quickly building a large company and becoming publicly traded in 2015, General Mills purchased Blue Buffalo in April 2018. The founder Billy Bishop is still closely involved in the company. Blue Buffalo is the only pet … Read more
Who Makes Natural Balance? Natural Balance was a boutique brand started by the actor Dick Van Patten in 1989. In 2013, the company was sold to Del Monte (maker of foods such as Meow Mix). In 2015, the JM Smucker Company purchased Natural Balance (along with other Big Heart pet food brands) from Del Monte. … Read more