Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning
Be Frank and Hill's Science Diet sit at opposite ends of the ownership spectrum in the Australian cat food market. Be Frank is a brand of Hypro Pet Foods, a family-owned Australian manufacturer in the Hawkesbury Valley run by the Camilleri family for more than 25 years, alongside its Hypro Premium and Pure Life brands. Hill's Science Diet faced a 2019 vitamin D over-supplementation recall on canned dog food that led to a US$12.5 million class-action settlement; cat food was not affected. Shoppers choosing between the two are effectively picking between corporate scale and founder-led focus.
Be Frank sources around 85 to 97 percent Australian ingredients depending on the recipe and is made at Hypro's own facility in the Hawkesbury Valley, NSW.
Hill's Science Diet is made in the United States. It employs more than 150 in-house veterinarians and PhD nutritionists, and runs a veterinary-only clinical portal at myhillsvet.com.au.
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