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Orijen
Company typePrivate
IndustryPet food
Founded1985; 39 years ago (1985)
FounderReinhard Muhlenfeld
HeadquartersEdmonton, Alberta, Canada
ParentChampion Petfoods
Websiteorijen.ca

Orijen is a premium brand of dog food and cat food introduced in 2005 and manufactured in Alberta, Canada and Kentucky by Champion Petfoods,[1] a company founded in 1985 by Reinhard Muhlenfeld.[2]

Sale to Mars foods

In 2023 Mars Incorporated purchased Champion, the parent company of Orijen.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Champion Petfoods committed to staying in Morinville: CEO". Morinville News. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  2. ^ Atchison, Chris (16 January 2018). "How once-tiny pet-food maker took a bite of the global market". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ^ "Mars-buys-Champion".