Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning
Pure Life and Taste of the Wild are both independent operators in the Australian cat food market, and each leans on a distinct founding story to set itself apart. Pure Life markets itself as Australia's first complete meal to combine high-protein grain-free kibble with freeze-dried 100 percent real meat pieces of the same protein in the bag. Taste of the Wild leans on novel proteins including bison, venison, wild boar, smoked salmon and roasted quail, paired with sweet potatoes, peas and legumes rather than grains. The two brands take different paths to the same shelf, and those differences become clear once you look past the price tag.
Pure Life uses locally and sustainably sourced Australian ingredients with single-protein, grain-free recipes and a transparency claim on ingredient origin.
Taste of the Wild launched in 2007 as the 'ancestral diet' flagship of Diamond Pet Foods, a family-owned Missouri manufacturer founded in 1970 and still privately held.
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