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Nestlé Purina PetCare (/ p j ʊ ˈ r iː n ə /), or simply Purina, an American company operating as an independent subsidiary of multinational corporation Nestlé. It is based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1893 by William H. Danforth. It produces and markets pet food, treats, and cat and dog litter.
Hill's Pet Nutrition was founded in the spring of 1907 by Burton Hill and started operation as Hill Rendering Works. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hill Rendering Works provided rendering services to Shawnee County, Kansas , and had a contract with Topeka, Kansas , to dispose of dead and lame animals.
A sample nutrition facts label, with instructions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [1] Nutrition facts placement for two Indonesian cartons of milk The nutrition facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and other slight variations [which?]) is a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients and other ingredients (to limit and get ...
Purina Mills licenses the Purina and Chow brands for the United States and its territories (including Puerto Rico) from the successor of the Ralston Purina Company and owner of the trademarks, Nestlé Purina PetCare. Outside of the U.S., the rights to the Purina and Chow brands for animal feeds are licensed to Cargill [3] [4] by Nestle Purina ...
As of 2018, there are around 470 million pet dogs and around 370 million pet cats. [8] [better source needed] Given the carnivorous diets fed to many pets (especially cats and dogs), involving the consumption of an estimated fifth of the world's meat and fish, the impact of pet-food production on climate change, land-use and other environmental impacts becomes an issue.
Ralston Purina also owned Jack in the Box fast food restaurants from 1968 to 1985, [10] along with several high-end restaurants. [11] [12] Ralston Purina owned Van Camp Sea Food Company from 1963 to 1988, a tuna cannery with Chicken of the Sea as its main product. [13] Ralston Purina owned an animal pharmaceutical company in the 1970s and 1980s.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, a food label serves three primary functions: it provides basic product information (including common name, list of ingredients, net quantity, durable life date, grade/quality, country of origin and name and address of manufacturer, dealer or importer); [2]
From the consumer's perspective, a clean label is a label that is easy to read, without difficult names and incomprehensible codes such as E-numbers. In general, they prefer natural products, free from artificial ingredients and allergens , no use of GMOs , minimally processed food, simple and short ingredient lists and transparent packaging.