Health chew toy
AssigneeT.F.H. Publications, Inc.
InventorsGlen Axelrod, Ajay Gajria
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Abstract
A vitamin and/or mineral and/or herbal enriched molded animal chew toy. The vitamins, minerals and/or herbal additives are incorporated into the molded chew toy under conditions that minimize thermal degradation of such additives. Suitable resins include starch, casein, denatured and partially hydrolyzed casein, thermoplastic polymers and mixtures thereof. In related embodiment, animal chews comprising primarily denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen are disclosed, as well as such denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen in mixture with vegetable matter, rawhide, animal meal, peanut bits/flour, casein, starch and mixtures thereof.
Claims65
A vitamin, mineral and herbal enriched animal chew toy formed by:
- (a) combining resin, water and one or a plurality of vitamins, one or a plurality of minerals and one or a plurality of herbs to form a mixture;
- (b) introducing and heating said mixture to a heated molding machine and molding and cooling to form said chew toy wherein the water content of said chew toy is adjusted so that a portion of said vitamins, minerals and herbs are not thermally degraded by said molding.
A herbal enriched animal chew toy formed by:
- (a) combining resin, water and one or a plurality of herbs to form a mixture;
- (b) introducing and heating said mixture to a heated molding machine and molding and cooling to form said chew toy.
A vitamin, mineral or herbal enriched animal chew toy formed by:
- (a) combining resin, water and one or a plurality of vitamins, or one or a plurality of minerals, or one of a plurality of herbs to form a mixture;
- (b) introducing and heating said mixture to a heated molding machine and molding and cooling to form said chew toy wherein the water content of said chew toy is at or below 20% by weight, wherein said chew toy is in the form of a dog bone comprising a center portion and an end portion, and wherein said vitamins, minerals or herbs are selectively concentrated at said end portion.
A vitamin, mineral or herbal enriched animal chew toy formed by:
- (a) combining resin, water and one or a plurality of vitamins, or one or a plurality of minerals, or one or a plurality of herbs to form a mixture;
- (b) introducing and heating said mixture to a heated injection molding machine and injection molding and cooling to form said chew toy wherein the water content of said chew toy is at or below 20% by weight, and wherein said vitamins, minerals or herbs in said chew toy are selectively concentrated at the surface of said chew toy.
An animal chew toy comprising starch and one or a plurality of herbs.
An animal chew toy comprising denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen.
An animal chew comprising denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen and vegetable matter.
An animal chew comprising denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen and animal meal.
An animal chew comprising denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen and rawhide.
An animal chew comprising denatured and partially hydrolyzed collagen and peanut bits/flour.
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