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Flavored animal food compositions
Assignee: Decel Corp
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Filing: 1976-05-19
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Granted: 1977-08-30
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Expires: 1996-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods is prepared by blending and mixing a formulation containing flour, moisture, fat and comminuted natural flavor material such as cheese, poultry, fish, kidney, liver and mixtures thereof to obtain a uniform dispersion of the same in a dough-like mass. Liquid whole egg may be employed as the moisture source and the composition may be further formulated with a stabilizer, preservative, protein adjuncts and coloring.
Inventors
- 👤 Milo D. Appleman
- 👤 Stanislao A. DeSantis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 01:47
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23K; A23K20/00; A23K20/10; A23K20/116; A23K20/121; A23K30/00; A23K40/00; A23K40/20; A23K50/00; A23K50/40; A23K50/45; A23K40/25; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S426/00; Y10S426/805
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods which consists essentially of: flour from about 50 to about 75 wt. %, moisture from about 18 to about 30 wt. %, fat from about 2 to about 10 wt. %, and comminuted natural flavor material selected from the group consisting of cheese, poultry, liver, kidney, fish and mixtures thereof, said natural flavor material being fresh, dried or mixtures thereof in an amount at least sufficient to impart flavor to the composition with the upper limit thereof being about 25 wt. % providing, however, that the upper limit for dried natural flavor material is about 12.5 wt. %.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods which consists essentially of: flour from about 50 to about 75 wt. %, moisture from about 18 to about 30 wt. %, fat from about 2 to about 10 wt. %, and comminuted natural flavor material selected from the group consisting of cheese, poultry, liver, kidney, fish and mixtures thereof, said natural flavor material being fresh, dried or mixtures thereof in an amount at least sufficient to impart flavor to the composition with the upper limit thereof being about 25 wt. % providing, however, that the upper limit for dried natural flavor material is about 12.5 wt. %.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the concentration range for flour is from about 60 to about 70 wt. % and the concentration range for moisture is from about 22 to about 26 wt. %.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein flour is a member selected from the group consisting of corn flour, wheat flour, soy flour, rice flour and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein moisture is derived from water, liquid whole egg and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein fat is a member selected from the group consisting of pet edible, animal and vegetable fats and oils and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
A composition according to claim 1 which further consists essentially of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, calcium propionate, lower alkyl esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid and mixtures thereof in an amount from about 0.05 to about 0.2 wt. %.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A composition according to claim 1 which further consists essentially of a protein adjunct selected from the group consisting of cell cream in an amount from about 8 to about 15 wt. %, dried whey in an amount from about 8 to about 15 wt. % and mixtures thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composition according to claim 1 which also includes from about 1 to about 6 wt. % of a cellulosic stabilizer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the lower limit for fresh cheese is about 2 wt. %, the lower limit for fresh fish is about 5 wt. % and the lower limit for each of fresh poultry, fresh liver and fresh kidney is about 10 wt. %.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composition according to claim 1 wherein the lower limit for the dried natural flavor material is about 2.5 wt. %.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
138 words
A process for preparing a coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods which consists essentially of blending a mixture containing flour from about 50 to about 75 wt. %, moisture from about 18 to about 30 wt. %, fat from about 2 to about 10 wt. %, and comminuted natural flavor material selected from the group consisting of cheese, fish, poultry, liver, kidney and mixtures thereof, said natural flavor material being fresh, dried or mixtures thereof in an amount at least sufficient to impart flavor to the composition with the upper limit thereof being about 25 wt. % providing, however, that the upper limit for dried natural flavor material is about 12.5 wt. %, to obtain a uniform dispersion thereof in a dough-like mass.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
138 words
A process for preparing a coherent and physically stable, flavored animal food composition adapted to be used in the preparation of canned or expanded pet foods which consists essentially of blending a mixture containing flour from about 50 to about 75 wt. %, moisture from about 18 to about 30 wt. %, fat from about 2 to about 10 wt. %, and comminuted natural flavor material selected from the group consisting of cheese, fish, poultry, liver, kidney and mixtures thereof, said natural flavor material being fresh, dried or mixtures thereof in an amount at least sufficient to impart flavor to the composition with the upper limit thereof being about 25 wt. % providing, however, that the upper limit for dried natural flavor material is about 12.5 wt. %, to obtain a uniform dispersion thereof in a dough-like mass.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the concentration range for flour is from about 60 to about 70 wt. % and the concentration range for moisture is from about 22 to about 26 wt. %.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein flour is a member selected from the group consisting of corn flour, wheat flour, soy flour, rice flour and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein moisture is derived from water, liquid whole egg and mixtures thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
51 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the mixture further consists essentially of a protein adjunct selected from the group consisting of cell cream in an amount from about 8 to about 15 wt. %, dried whey in an amount from about 8 to about 15 wt. % and mixtures thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the mixture further consists essentially of from about 1 to about 6 wt. % of a cellulosic stabilizer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
47 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the mixture further consists essentially of a preservative selected from the group consisting of sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, calcium proprionate, lower alkyl esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid and mixtures thereof in an amount from about 0.05 to about 0.2 wt. %.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the lower limit for fresh cheese is about 2 wt. %, the lower limit for fresh fish is about 5 wt. % and the lower limit for each of fresh poultry, fresh liver and fresh kidney is about 10 wt. %.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 11 wherein the lower limit for the dried natural flavor material is about 2.5 wt. %.
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