PMI Nutrition: owned by Mars or Purina?

[LadyJemima]

I can't seem to figure this one out.  The common consensus seems to be that Purina is the owner of PMI Nutrition (including the results of Find Owner Search). However, I read somewhere that it has more recently been sold to MARS, and The Pet Food List notes PMI under the Mars manufacturer.  Is it possible that it is owned by Purina and manufactured by Mars?

[Bonkers]

  Since you have been "researching" about numerous foods and companies, I would be interested in knowing why you are looking for all this info. Inquiring minds want to know......

[GreyGhost]

I asked this same question on another post and still haven't gotten an answer.

Lady Jemima,

Is there a reason you don't want to post why you are researching?

[LadyJemima]

GreyGhost, I'm sorry, I didn't see your question!  Don't be suspicious--I'm just a concerned consumer and not affiliated with any pet food company.  Here's what I posted at Itchmo:

I've been working for about a year and a half on pet food research.  It started out just for myself, and then my breeder wanted to share the information with her customers.  The webpage I made up for her was really messy so it sort of blossomed into a full-fledged project.  It's about half done right now and I anticipate probably another year before it's fully complete.  I have a site up now but it is not open to the general public, only those whom I feel have an immediate need and to those who are helping me to edit and refine.  Very shortly I will be asking for some help here in "overviewing" my compilation of manufactures/companies, if members would be willing to oblige.  However, I expect it will take me a good week to double-check my information--as I said earlier, I do not ask for help unless I cannot find something myself.

I have one cat, a Ragdoll, who is the love of my life!  I currently feed her EVO dry and Wellness wet, but I would like to switch entirely to Nature's Logic soon.   I cannot afford to feed her entirely wet (though I would like to) and I don't have the lifestyle (at the moment) to feed homemade or raw.  I fostered a Ragdoll kitten for seven months a while ago and did experiment with feeding him raw--he loved it but my own cat will not touch it.

If I was paid for it, I would spend my life rescuing cats and educating the public about proper pet care.  I am also a huge believer in spay/neuter and would like to initiate statewide campaigns for mandatory s/n laws.  That's just a dream right now...maybe someday.

Hope that answered your questions--feel free to ask more (except the website address; I am not ready to share it), I don't mind answering them!


To answer your question more specifically, I don't like doing something "incompletely" and keeping my project "in hiatus" encourages me to work on it.  I also would prefer to present it in its fully finished form. 

[GreyGhost]

Thanks for the info. We tend to get a little suspicious these days.  glad you are working so hard to keep your baby healthy and helping others. Its good to know there are many of us out there keeping watch.

[Bonkers]

 Hmmm, sounds like what you are doing is pretty similar to what has already been done on The Pet Food List. Sorry, but it just does not sit right with me that you are requesting help from members on various forums to facilitate your research, yet you are not "ready" to share your website address.  Just doesn't seem fair. 

[LadyJemima]

No worries, GreyGhost.  I don't blame you! 

Bonkers, I'm sorry that you feel that way.  Whether or not my work is similar to the Pet Food List should not really matter to you, so long as I have not "stolen" any information.  In fact, my website has very little overlapping information, and that which does overlap has been taken from hard-earned personal work over the past year and a half.  I have written over 32 companies, made endless phone inquiries, and have compiled all of my information from my own work, not other sources.  This is the first time I have needed to come to a pet food forum to seek answers to only a few questions that I can't seem to get a handle on.   All of my questions are general and no one should be concerned about being quoted.   Any information that I do require from external sources like the Pet Food List will be properly cited.

No offense meant, but it is my prerogative to keep my website to myself until I feel it is ready to be published.  I have no personal gain from my work.  I could have chosen to publish it in a book for profit but have instead dedicated over a year of my life to putting together a resource for consumers free of charge because I am deeply concerned about the lack of awareness in the general public in regards to what is put into pet food and the industry.  I am indeed not "ready" to share my work, for reasons which I already explained. 

If you have any other concerns please feel free to address them either publically or via PM. 

[Bonkers]

  What matters to me is that I was providing info to someone who we did not know was looking for answers to use towards the making of their own website. IMO that should have been stated from the get go. Most members on this forum, and on other pet forums, are simply concerned pet owners looking for info that pertains to the health and wellbeing of their pets, and are not out to build their own webpage with information gained from them.

[LadyJemima]

I understand completely, and absolutely should have introduced myself.  I also understand your frustrations.   As I said, no one is going to be quoted.  The few questions I have asked are general about manufacturers/companies and not related to anyone personally at the PFL.  

and are not out to build their own webpage with information gained from them.

Perhaps if they were, more pet owners would be educated and the industry would change.

[Bonkers]

I understand completely, and absolutely should have introduced myself.  I also understand your frustrations.   As I said, no one is going to be quoted.  The few questions I have asked are general about manufacturers/companies and not related to anyone personally at the PFL.  

and are not out to build their own webpage with information gained from them.

Perhaps if they were, more pet owners would be educated and the industry would change.

 Knowledge only comes to those who seek it. There are countless pet websites and forums that are dedicated to providing info for those searching for it. As we can see by the recent cat food recall not a whole lot has changed over the past two years where pet food is concerned. If you feel you can cause change to occur, I sincerely wish you nothing but success in your endeavor.