Big Heart Pet Brands
Big Heart Pet Brands was a producer and marketer of branded pet food and snacks with brands including Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Kibbles 'n Bits, 9Lives, Natural Balance, Pup-Peroni, Gravy Train, Nature's Recipe, Canine Carry Outs, and Milo's Kitchen. Big Heart Pet Brands was acquired by The J.M. Smucker Company in 2015 and no longer operates as an independent entity. All brands are now managed under J.M. Smucker's Pet Foods division.
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Kin Score
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Kin Score
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How we profile Big Heart Pet Brands
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Big Heart Pet Brands. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
Features 6
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Meow Mix
Popular dry and wet cat food brand acquired from Big Heart Pet Brands.
Milk-Bone
Iconic dog treat and biscuit brand with over 100 years of history.
Kibbles 'n Bits
Dry dog food brand combining kibble and meaty bits.
9Lives
Wet and dry cat food brand featuring Morris the Cat mascot.
Natural Balance
Premium pet food brand focused on limited-ingredient diets.
Pup-Peroni
Soft and chewy dog treat brand.
Security Posture 1
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Use Cases 3
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Pet Retailer Product Catalogs
Retailers sourcing Big Heart brand products through J.M. Smucker distribution.
Pet Food Market Research
Researching the pet food CPG landscape and brand acquisition history.
Brand Heritage Documentation
Documenting the history and evolution of major American pet food brands.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Big Heart Pet Brands — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 1
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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