Iams is an American brand of dog food and cat food manufactured by Spectrum Brands in Europe and Mars, Incorporated worldwide excluding Europe. The food is formulated for the puppy/kitten, adult and mature stages of life. Veterinary formulas for pets with special dietary requirements are also produced.[1]
History
During the 1940s, because pet food was not available in stores, animals were predominantly fed homemade food, usually table scraps.[2] Paul Iams, an animal nutritionist who graduated from the Ohio State University in 1937, founded the Iams Company in 1946 in a small feed mill near Dayton, Ohio.[3] In the 1950s, he developed the world's first animal-based protein dry dog food and called it Iams 999.[1][4]