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Ralston Purina Company was a St. Louis, Missouri,–based American conglomerate with substantial holdings in animal feed, food, pet food, consumer products, and entertainment. On December 12, 2001, it merged with Swiss food-giant Nestlé's Friskies division to form Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. [1]
The name is changed to Ralston Purina in 1902. 1926 Purina establishes the first pet nutrition and care center at Purina Farms near Gray Summit, Missouri, to confirm the palatability and nutrition of its pet foods.
Ralston Purina began more active involvement with food-grade isolated soy proteins in 1960 when the company started food-grade isolated soy protein research and pilot plant work at its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Ralston Purina Company, former American manufacturer of cereals, packaged foods, pet food, and livestock feed. A merger with Nestlé in December 2001 created Nestlé Purina PetCare Company.
For those St. Louisans who have spent decades in the city, most know us by our former name, Ralston Purina. Prior to the Ralston days, Purina was known as the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company—a manufacturer of horse and mule feed.
1894: The Robinson-Danforth Commission Company is founded. 1902: Company name is changed to Ralston Purina Company. Company adopts the red-and-white checkerboard logo. 1986: Ralston Purina sells its Purina Mills subsidiary to British Petroleum.
Today Ralston Purina is the world ’ s largest producer of pet foods and dry cell battery products as well as the largest fresh-product wholesale baker in the United States. William Henry Danforth was raised and educated in Charleston, Missouri.
In 2001, Ralston Purina was bought by Nestlé, who already owned brands such as FRISKIES®, FANCY FEAST®, ALPO® and MIGHTY DOG®. The two businesses merged under the Purina brand, expanding throughout the world with a broad variety of products for the care and nutrition of pets.
History of Ralston Purina Co. and the Work of William H. and Donald E. Danforth, Protein Technologies International, and Solae with Soy (1894-2020): Extensively...
Ralston Purina (originally Ralston-Purina) traces its roots to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth established the animal feed company Purina Mills. Danforth formed a partnership with George Robinson; William Andrews entered the business of feeding farm animals by founding the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company.