Composition and method for providing glutamine
AssigneeHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
InventorsChristina Khoo, Kathy Gross
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Abstract
A process for preparing a glutamine-supplemented food product by contacting water and a nutritive base that predominantly comprises meat and carbohydrate with a peptide source of glutamine to form a wet mixture and heating the wet mixture at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 105° C. for a time sufficient to cook the nutritive base. The process forms a cooked food composition comprising from about 60% to about 85% by weight water. The product is useful for feeding to an animal to increase glutamine absorption or to strengthen immune function.
Claims12
A method for preparing a glutamine-supplemented food product, the method consisting of:
- contacting water and a nutritive base that predominantly comprises meat and carbohydrate with a peptide source of glutamine to form a wet mixture wherein the wet mixture prior to heating has a pH of from about 5.5 to about 6.5;
- heating the wet mixture at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 105° C. for a time sufficient to cook the nutritive base and form a cooked food composition comprising from 65% to 80% by weight water;
- packaging the cooked food composition in a sealed retortable container;
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- sterilizing the packaged composition by a retort procedure to form the food product.
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