Yogurt for dogs
AssigneeCountry Food, LLC
InventorMesut Baysal
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Abstract
The present invention is a yogurt product that may be consumed by dogs and other mammalian pets. The yogurt product is in an unflavored form comprising as essential constituents: (A) 0% to 88% by weight water; (B) 0.2% to 25% by weight of a no-fat protein component selected from the group consisting of skim milk and cultured skim milk; (C1) 0.001% to 6% by weight sugar component comprising: (C1) 0.001% to 6% polydextrose and (C2) 0.001% to 6% Glycoses and Galactoses; (D) 2% to 8% by weight milk derived solids; (E) 0.2% to 2.5% by weight stabilizers and emulsifiers; and (F) at least one probiotic microorganism. The yogurt product may be refrigerated and served as a mousse, frozen dessert, or as a fermented yogurt drink similar to Ayran or Kefir. A method for producing the yogurt product is also disclosed herein.
Claims9
A yogurt product for a mammalian pet, comprising:
- (A) water;
- (B) milk-derived solids;
- (C) stabilizers and emulsifiers;
- and
- (D) live and active cultures of at least the following probiotic microorganisms:
- Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii lactis, Bifidobacterium lactis, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Bifidobacterium animalis lactis, and Streptococcus thermophilus;
- wherein the probiotic microorganisms form the yogurt product and the yogurt product is a mammalian pet food.
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