pet nutrition inc. type subsidiary of colgate palmolive industry dog food cat food founded 1907 founder burton hill headquarters topeka kansas united states area served worldwide key people burton hill mark morris sr. mark morris jr. revenue 2.2 billion website http www.hillspet.com hill s pet nutrition inc marketed simply as hills is an american company a large scale producer of pet nutrition e.g. dog and cat foods . the company is a subsidiary of colgate palmolive . contents 1 history 2 product brands 2.1 science diet 2.2 prescription diet 2.3 ideal balance 3 recalls 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 ks and had a contract with the city of topeka to dispose of dead and lame animals . hill rendering works produced tallow hides tankage meat scraps and farm animal feed including hogs and chicken feed . early picture of hill packing company by the 1930 3 4 5 the name had changed to hill packing company which included a milling division hill milling company . at this time the company was producing farm animal feed dog food and horse meat for human consumption processing 500 head of horse per week . 6 the meat was being shipped to markets in norway sweden finland and the netherlands . much of the horse meat was sold to the east coast as a product called chopped and cured and shipped to europe as barreled horse loins . hill s dog food can label in 1948 mark l. morris contacted hill packing company to produce canine k d hill packing company became the license producer of canine k d . 7 in 1968 the food line was made available through veterinarians and pet professionals as hill s science diet . the line has continued to expand and today includes more than 60 prescription diet brand pet foods prescription foods for cats and dogs with specific diseases only available through a vet or pet pharmacy and science diet brand pet foods sold through veterinarians and pet specialty stores . in 1968 8 hill packing company was sold to riviana foods 9 then in 1976 the colgate palmolive company merged 10 with riviana foods . today hill s pet food products are available in 86 countries around the world and company sales reached 1 billion in 1999 . product brands edit science diet edit science diet was developed in the 1960s by mark l. morris jr. phd dvm february 3 1934 january 14 2007 . dr. morris jr. was the son of famed veterinarian dr. mark morris sr. dvm who pioneered the field of veterinary clinical nutrition when asked to create a specialized diet for the original seeing eye dog buddy a female german shepherd with kidney disease . that success led dr. morris and his son to create additional condition specific and life stage pet food formulas under the prescription diet and science diet brand names . 11 prescription diet edit prescription diet ideal balance edit ideal balance recalls edit one prescription diet line and five products of the science diet line were involved in the 2007 pet food recalls for their inclusion of melamine tainted wheat gluten received from china . 12 13 14 15 references edit estherville daily news 18 september 1962 page 1 . builders of topeka 1934 . builders of topeka 1934 . trade horses for sale classified ad . belleville telescope . september 29 1932 . p. 12 . service and regulatory announcements sep 19030 . the belleville telescope 1 september 1932 page 1 . hills pet nutrition . the salina journal 18 april 1968 ; to sell hill packing firm . riniana foods inc. history . the des moines register 13 february 1976 page 25 . mark morris institute . melamine pet food recall of 2007 . recalls market withdrawals & safety alerts . press announcements . recalls market withdrawals & safety alerts . parker pope tara november 3 1997 . why vets recommend designer chow . the wall street journal . burns katie february 1 2008 . alliance will help veterinarians address obesity in pets . journal of the american veterinary medical association . february 1 2008 . avma partnership promotes obesity awareness . dvm newsmagazine . external links edit hill s pet nutrition inc. consumer home page v t e colgate palmolive people current ian m. cook president chairman and ceo former william colgate founder john t. cahill david foster ellen hancock martin ittner richard kogan george henry lesch delano lewis david j. mahoney ed mcateer jan miner stephen sadove brands ajax baby magic bambeanos cibaca cold power colgate darlie fresh start hill s pet nutrition irish spring kolynos lady speed stick mennen murphy oil soap palmolive sanex science diet skin bracer softsoap speed stick suavitel teen spirit tom s of maine ultra brite vel soap related the colgate comedy hour colgate clock indiana colgate clock jersey city dr. simon locke ftc v. colgate palmolive co. united states v. colgate & co. category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hill % 27s pet nutrition & oldid 735337537 categories animal food manufacturerspet food brandscat food brandsdog food brandscolgate palmolive brandscompanies based in topeka kansashidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 01 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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