Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning
Hill's Science Diet and NZ Natural Meow sit at opposite ends of the ownership spectrum in the Australian cat food market. Hill's Science Diet employs more than 150 in-house veterinarians and PhD nutritionists, and runs a veterinary-only clinical portal at myhillsvet.com.au. NZ Natural Meow makes the range in small batches at its own New Zealand facility and is FernMark licensed as a genuine New Zealand-made producer. The two brands differ in several ways beyond the one point highlighted here.
Hill's Science Diet is made in the United States.
NZ Natural Meow makes its freeze-dried and air-dried recipes in small batches in New Zealand. It sells gently freeze-dried and air-dried raw recipes fed as-is or rehydrated rather than cooked kibble.
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