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US 11,992,033 B2Granted
Pet food
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsSarah Belt, Matthew Gosling, Guy Heath, Gareth Thomas
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Abstract
An edible pet food, wherein the pet food has a moisture content of 15 to 50 wt % and the pet food comprises a core and a coating disposed on the core, wherein the core comprises animal protein and the pet food has an animal protein content of at least 30 wt %, and at least one of the core and the coating comprises a glucose-containing carbohydrate selected from a dextrin and an esterified starch.
Claims14
An edible pet food, comprising:
- a core, wherein the core comprises a chelant and animal protein;
- and
- a coating disposed on the core, wherein the coating comprises an esterified dextrin and an esterified starch,
- wherein the edible pet food is semi-moist with:
- a) a moisture content of 15 to 50 wt %;
- b) an animal protein content of at least 30 wt %;
- c) a blood plasma content of at least 6 wt %;
- and
- d) an emulsifier selected from the group consisting of diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides, lecithin, mono- and diglycerides, a stearoyllactate, acetyl esters of monoglycerides, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, glycerol monostearate, lactyl esters of monoglycerides, polyglycerol esters, propylene glycol monostearate, polysorbate 60, succinyl monoglyceride, sorbitane monostearate, and sucrose esters.
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