Who makes Blue Buffalo dog food?

Blue Buffalo Pet Foods, a General Mills division, makes dry food at its company-owned Richmond, Indiana operation for the Life Protection Formula, Wilderness, Basics and Freedom program described in June 2019.

Owner
GGeneral MillsAcquired Blue Buffalo in April 2018
General filing
Made by
BBlue BuffaloNamed dry-food families; Richmond, 2019
Company record
Made in
RichmondNamed dry-food families; Richmond, 2019
Company record
Illustration of a generic beverage can, not a photo of Blue Buffalo dog food.
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SuppliersMap research desk · Source records checked against 4 sources, at least 3 published by General Mills · How we check

Blue Buffalo dog food supply chain

OwnerGGeneral Mills
BrandBBlue Buffalo dog food
Made byBBlue Buffalo
Made inRichmond
Key part supplier: Not named by General Mills Not disclosed

This page does not identify the factory for every recipe, wet-food contractor or individual bag, and ingredients may be globally sourced. [4]

Is Blue Buffalo dog food made in China or the USA?

The annual report documents US pet-food manufacturing locations. It does not establish that all Blue Buffalo products or ingredients are US-made, or identify a China-based maker for the whole brand. [1]

Same factory, different label

The Whitebridge acquisition added Tiki Pets and Cloud Star to General Mills’s portfolio alongside Blue Buffalo. Corporate ownership alone does not establish common factories or identical foods across the brands. [1] [3]

What each source proves

2025 · coverage year

Ss29.q4cdn.com

General Mills 2025 Annual Report

General filing2018-04-24

Iinvestors.generalmills.com

General Mills completes Blue Buffalo acquisition

General news2024-12-18

Iinvestors.generalmills.com

General Mills completes Whitebridge North American pet-business acquisition

General news2019-06-18

Pprnewswire.com

Blue Buffalo opens Richmond natural pet-food plant

Company record

Blue Buffalo dog food milestones

  1. Confirms Blue Buffalo trademark and North America Pet manufacturing locations Richmond, Indiana, and Joplin, Missouri. Segment plant locations are not a current recipe-to-plant allocation. Downloaded and read original report. [1]
  2. Confirms completed Blue Buffalo acquisition and integration into General Mills financial results. [2]
  3. Confirms Blue Buffalo within General Mills alongside newly acquired Tiki Pets and Cloud Star businesses; shared portfolio does not establish common factories. [3]
  4. Blue Buffalo announces its own Richmond plant and names the four dry-food families whose capacity it increases. [4]

Questions people ask

Who makes blue buffalo dog food?

Blue Buffalo’s company-owned Richmond operation makes dry food in the documented Life Protection Formula, Wilderness, Basics and Freedom production program. The 2019 opening release identifies Blue Buffalo Pet Foods as a General Mills division; it does not allocate every recipe or wet-food contractor. [4]

Who owns blue buffalo dog food?

General Mills completed its Blue Buffalo acquisition on April 24, 2018. The 2025 report continues to list Blue Buffalo among its trademarks. [1] [2]

Where is blue buffalo dog food made?

Richmond, Indiana, is supported for that dry-food program in the June 2019 plant-opening release. Ingredients may be globally sourced; this plant-level evidence does not trace an individual bag or establish a current wet-food origin. [4]

Sources

  1. [1] SGeneral Mills 2025 Annual Report2025 · company · Source record checked 2026-10-21
  2. [2] IGeneral Mills completes Blue Buffalo acquisition2018-04-24 · company · Source record checked 2026-10-21
  3. [3] IGeneral Mills completes Whitebridge North American pet-business acquisition2024-12-18 · company · Source record checked 2026-10-21
  4. [4] PBlue Buffalo opens Richmond natural pet-food plant2019-06-18 · company · Source record checked 2026-10-26