Who is the Commercial Dog Food Industry?
You may think that the commercial dog food industry is made up of companies that are dog lovers who want to provide a good product for your dog. It may surprise you to learn that most all major pet food companies in the United States are subsidiaries of major multinational food production companies. These companies have turned waste into profit by selling off what is left after the human grade ingredients have been used. The Major Players: • Nestlé Produces: Fancy Feast, Alpo, Friskies, Mighty Dog, Dog Chow, Cat Chow, Puppy Chow, Kitten Chow, Beneful, Purina One, ProPlan, DeliCat, HiPro, Kit’n’Kaboodle, Tender Vittles, and Purina Veterinary Diets. • Del Monte Produces: MeowMix, Gravy Train, Kibbles ’n Bits, Wagwells, 9Lives, Cycle, Skippy, Nature’s Recipe, and pet treats Milk Bone, Pup-Peroni, Snausages, and Pounce. • MasterFoods Produces: Pedigree, Waltham’s, Cesar, Sheba, Temptations, Goodlife Recipe, Sensible Choice, and Excel. • Procter and Gamble (P&G) Produces: Iams, Eukanuba, an
