Nitrovit
maker of animal feed
Previously T. Herbert Phelps and Sons[1]
1962 Nitrovit Ltd was incorporated to acquire part of Ferens Brothers Ltd
1964 Acquired Buxted Chicken[2]. Then acquired 17 companies concerned with rearing of broiler chickens. Name changed to Allied Farm Foods.
1968 The name of Ferens Brothers was changed to Nitrovit Ltd[3]
1968 Associated British Foods bought Allied Farm Foods[4], the Buxted/Nitrovit Group[5]
1970 Imperial Group acquired Allied Farm Foods including Nitrovit Feed, Ross Breeding and Processing.[6]
1977 Part of Imperial Foods which formed a new subsidiary Ross Buxted Nitrovit, responsible for Ross Poultry, Buxted Poultry, Nitrovit[7]
1982 Acquired by Hillsdown Holdings
1988 The Nitrovit feed mills were acquired by J. Bibby and Sons, adding to that company's agricultural products division.