Animal feed
AssigneeRed River Commodities, Inc.
InventorRobert Majkrzak
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Abstract
An animal feed product disclosed herein has a feed mixture disposed in a container, where the feed mixture has a plurality of animal feed particles and seed butter coating each of the animal feed particles. A removable cover is coupled to the container over the cavity to encase the feed mixture. A method disclosed herein relates to heating a seed butter to reduce its viscosity. Animal feed particles are translated through a spraying region and each of the animal feed particles are coated with the heated seed butter to form a seed mixture. The seed mixture is deposited in a container defining a cavity and the feed mixture is compressed in the cavity. Other embodiments are described.
Claims20
An animal feed product comprising:
- a container defining a cavity;
- a feed mixture disposed in the cavity, the feed mixture comprising:
- a plurality of animal feed particles comprising a plurality of seeds;
- and
- seed butter coating each of the plurality of animal feed particles, wherein the seed butter is no more than 20% of the feed mixture by weight;
- and
- a removable cover coupled to the container over the cavity, wherein the removable cover and the container encase the feed mixture.
A method comprising:
- heating a seed butter resulting in reducing the viscosity of the seed butter;
- translating animal feed particles comprising a plurality of seeds through a spraying region;
- spraying the animal feed particles with the heated seed butter in the spraying region, thereby coating each of the animal feed particles with the seed butter to form a feed mixture, wherein the seed butter is no more than 20% of the feed mixture by weight;
- depositing the feed mixture into a container defining a cavity;
- compressing the feed mixture in the cavity;
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- adhering a removable cover to the container about the cavity, thereby encasing the feed mixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.