Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning
Hill's Science Diet and Pikko sit at opposite ends of the ownership spectrum in the Australian cat food market. 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. Pikko is an independent Perth brand making small-batch gently cooked meals delivered frozen by subscription within Western Australia. Shoppers choosing between the two are effectively picking between corporate scale and founder-led focus.
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.
Pikko uses 100 percent meat recipes with named cuts and organs and a premix built on vitamin K2 rather than menadione.
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