The Origin Of Dog Food

In 1860, James Spratt, an electrician from Cincinnati, went to London to sell lightning rods. When the ship arrived in England, he happened to notice that his dog had a special fondness for biscuits discarded by sailors. 

So, he had an idea, quickly take flour, vegetables, meat and water, mixed together, began to manufacture and sell dog food. The first commercial dog food in human history was born. Sixty-two years later, in 1922, the Chappel Brothers, while supplying canned horse meat to refugees in France, the Netherlands and Italy, returned the leftover meat to the United States as dog food. At its peak, the company could kill up to 50,000 horses a year.