Background: ownership, sourcing and positioning
Royal Canin and Tiki Cat both sit inside multinational consumer goods groups, but the two brands draw on very different corporate heritages. Royal Canin was founded in 1968 by French veterinary surgeon Jean Cathary, who developed a cereal-based coat-condition recipe in his garage and became the first French pet food maker to use an extruder. Tiki Cat was founded in 2005 in California by Christine and Robert Hackett through their company Petropics; Christine drew on her PetCo research and development background to design an ultra-low-carbohydrate wet food. The founder stories remain central to how each brand still talks about itself today.
Royal Canin is largely supplied to Australia from Mars' Gimje plant in South Korea, opened in 2018 and undergoing a KRW 210 billion expansion through 2025. It runs roughly 260 formulas worldwide organised by breed, life stage and condition, with a substantial veterinary prescription range.
Tiki Cat has most of its canned production made in Thai human-grade canning facilities that also produce human tuna; post-acquisition footprint now includes two Joplin Missouri plants. It is built around visible shredded or flaked whole proteins like ahi tuna and wild salmon in broth rather than pate or gravy, with many recipes carbohydrate-free.
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