Pet Food Brand
Diamond Pet Foods
Large contract manufacturer and brand owner. Produces Diamond-branded foods plus Taste of the Wild, Kirkland Signature (under contract), Nutra Nuggets, and Professional. The May 2012 Gaston, SC plant salmonella outbreak affected most of the brands manufactured there and led to one of the largest multi-brand pet food recalls in US history.
At a glance
- Parent company
- Schell & Kampeter (privately held)
- Founded
- 1970
- Headquarters
- Meta, Missouri, USA
- Made in
- USA
- AAFCO method
- Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles
- Typical price tier
- Mid-range
- Pet types
- Dogs, Cats
Product lines
Recall history
2012-05-05
Class IDiamond Pet Foods Gaston SC plant — industry-wide Salmonella cascade
Typical ingredients
Common across the brand's formulations — specific SKUs vary. Always scan the actual label.
Common questions about Diamond Pet Foods
What brands does Diamond Pet Foods manufacture?
Diamond-branded lines (Diamond, Diamond Naturals, Diamond Pro89, Nutra Nuggets, Professional) plus contract manufacturing for Taste of the Wild, Kirkland Signature, and other brands. The contract-manufacturing scale is why the May 2012 Gaston, SC plant salmonella recall affected so many brands simultaneously — the shared facility contaminated products across the entire customer base.
Has Diamond been recalled since 2012?
The 2012 Gaston, SC plant salmonella cascade was the defining event — CDC linked it to 22 human Salmonella Infantis illness cases across 13 states. Since then Diamond's US enforcement actions have been comparatively minor. The company invested substantially in pathogen-monitoring and in-plant sanitation post-2012. Current product has a cleaner track record than the pre-2012 era.
Scan a specific Diamond Pet Foods product
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Scan a label →Factual brand reference sourced from FDA enforcement reports, AAFCO publications, and manufacturer disclosures. Not an endorsement or a ranking.