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{{Infobox company
| name = Big Heart Pet Brands
| logo = Big heart pet logo.png
| logo_size = 150
| image = One Maritime Plaza, San Francisco.jpg
| image_size = 200
| image_caption = [[One Maritime Plaza]], headquarters
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate = Acquired by [[The J.M. Smucker Company]]Co. in 2015, which took over its brands
| predecessor = [[Del Monte Foods]]
| ownersuccessor = [[The J.M. Smucker Company|J.M. Smucker Company]]
| foundation = {{start date and = age|2014|1|28 January 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/bigheartpet.com|title=BigHeartPet.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|date= |accessdate=2016-12-07}}</ref>
| defunct = 2015
| locationdefunct = {{end date and age|2015}}
| location = [[One Maritime Plaza]]<br>[[San Francisco]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| area_served = Americas
| key_people = David J. West <br />([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| industry = [[food industry|Food]]
| products = [[Pet food]], pet snacks
| company_slogan =
| owner =
| owner = [[The J.M. Smucker Company|J.M. Smucker Company]]
| parent = [[The J.M. Smucker = Company]]
| subsid =
| brands = {{collapsible listHlist|
* [[Gravy Train (dog food)|Gravy Train]]
* Meow Mix
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* [[Kibbles 'n Bits]]
* [[9Lives (cat food)|9Lives]]
* Natural Balance <ref>[https://www.cleveland.com/business/2015/03/jm_smucker_acquires_big_heart.html J.M. Smucker acquires Big Heart Pet Brands (Meow Mix, Milk Bones, Kibbles 'n Bits, 9Lives) in a $6 billion deal] on Cleveland.com, 24March Mar24, 2015</ref>
}}
| num_employees =
| homepage =
}}
'''Big Heart Pet Brands''' iswas an American company that manufacturers, distributes and markets branded [[pet food]] and other products for the U.S. retail market. NowFormerly a subsidiary of [[The J.M. Smucker Company|J.M. Smucker Co.]], it iswas headquartered at the [[One Maritime Plaza]] in [[San Francisco]].
 
Big Heart Pet Brands was previously the pet food [[division (business)|division]] of [[Del Monte Foods]] prior to their 2014 sale to Del Monte Pacific Limited.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big Heart Pet Brands is the New Name for Del Monte Foods' Pet Products Business; Now Largest Standalone Pet Products Company in North America |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140219005924/en |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=2014-02-19 |accessdate=2015-02-04}}</ref>
 
They generated approximately $2.0 billion in net sales in fiscal 2013. Their brands included [[Meow Mix]], [[Kibbles 'n Bits]], [[Milk-Bone]], [[9Lives (cat food)|9Lives]], [[Gravy Train (dog food)|Gravy Train]], Nature's Recipe, Canine Carry Outs, Pup-Peroni, and Milo's Kitchen, among others. Big Heart Pet Brands also producesproduced and distributesdistributed private label pet products.
 
On February 3, 2015, it was announced [[The J.M. Smucker Company]] would acquire Big Heart Pet Brands for $5.8 billion.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Mackinnon |title=J.M. Smucker adds major pet food brands in 'transformational' $5.8 billion purchase |url=http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/j-m-smucker-adds-major-pet-food-brands-in-transformational-5-8-billion-purchase-1.564057 |work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]] |date=2015-02-03 |accessdate=2015-02-04 }}</ref> J.M. Smucker took over the former Big Heart's brands, marketing under its name.
 
==Pentobarbital detection in Gravy Train dog food in 2018==