Who owns Meow Mix?
Meow Mix is owned by J.M. Smucker (the United States, NYSE: SJM), which has owned the brand since 23 March 2015.[1]
Evidence: The J. M. Smucker Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-06-09, SEC EDGAR, 9 June 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The J. M. Smucker Company verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Orrville, Ohio
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1974
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Cat food
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SJM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Meow Mix
Meow Mix is a dry cat food launched in 1974, best known for a jingle in which a cat sings the word meow four times, one of the longest-lived advertising melodies in American food. Smucker acquired it with Big Heart Pet Brands in 2015.
How often J.M. Smucker names Meow Mix in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Meow Mix
- 2015 – present J.M. Smucker [1] verified
Where Meow Mix sits in J.M. Smucker
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by J.M. Smucker
J.M. Smucker controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
- Milk-Bone (1908)
Other brands in cat food, and who owns them
The 16 brands in cat food on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Partner in Pet Food, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bozita | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
| CAT'S LOVE | VAFO | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Sheba | Mars | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Felix | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Catmor | RCL FOODS | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Master Cat | Carozzi | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Nutriplan | Dongwon Industries | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Italian Way | Partner in Pet Food | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
About the owner: J.M. Smucker
J.M. Smucker is a publicly listed company headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, United States, founded in 1897. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SJM.
J.M. Smucker was founded in 1897 in Orrville, Ohio, where Jerome Smucker pressed cider and made apple butter, selling it from a wagon with his signature on each lid as a guarantee. It is now built on three legs: coffee, pet food and consumer spreads, and the family still holds significant voting power.
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🇺🇸 Meow Mix and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Meow Mix is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Meow Mix?
The parent company of Meow Mix is J.M. Smucker, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Meow Mix American?
Yes. Meow Mix originated in the United States in 1974 and its owner, J.M. Smucker, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has J.M. Smucker owned Meow Mix?
J.M. Smucker has owned Meow Mix since 23 March 2015.
Is Meow Mix still owned by J.M. Smucker?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Meow Mix is still owned by J.M. Smucker. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The J. M. Smucker Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-06-09 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 9 June 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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