[5] Freshpet was founded in Secaucus, New Jersey, in 2006 by Scott Morris, Cathal Walsh, and John Phelps, former pet food executives.

[4] Freshpet went public on the NASDAQ in November 2014, raising $164 million in its IPO.

[13] Freshpet was the first to distribute pet food in the fresh and refrigerated category across North America.

After a 2007 crisis of wet and dried dog food tainted by melamine, Freshpet's uncontaminated fresh food products experienced rapid growth in the number of stores carrying them.

[14][15] As of 2021, the company's pet-food brands include Freshpet, Dog Joy, DogNation, Spring & Sprout,[16] Vital, Homestyle Creations, and Nature's Fresh.