Pet Food Having Improved Animal Preference
OwnerGregory Dean Sunvold, Patrick Joseph Corriganinventors
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Abstract
A pet food in the form of a coated kibble wherein the coated kibble has an improved animal preference. The coated kibble can be made of a core and a coating. The pet food can have an animal preference enhancing amount of the analytes 2-Piperidione, 2,3 pentanedione, 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethypyrazine, Furfural, Sulfurol, Indole, and mixtures and combinations of these.
Claims20
A method of enhancing the animal preference of pet food comprising adding to a pet food animal preference enhancing amounts of the analytes 2-Piperidione, 2,3 pentanedione, 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethypyrazine, Furfural, Sulfurol, Indole, and mixtures and combinations of these.
A pet food comprising an animal preference enhancing amount of the analytes 2-Piperidione, 2,3 pentanedione, 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethypyrazine, Furfural, Sulfurol, Indole, and mixtures and combinations of these.
A pet food in the form of a coated kibble, comprising:
- an extruded core having a water content less than 12%;
- from 0.1% to 75% coating, the coating coated on the extruded core to form a coated kibble;
- wherein the coating comprises a protein component at from 50% to 99% of the coating and a binder component at from 1% to 50% of the coating;
- wherein the coated kibble comprises less than 12% water content;
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- wherein the coated kibble has animal preference enhancing amounts of the analytes 2-Piperidione, 2,3 pentanedione, 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethypyrazine, Furfural, Sulfurol, Indole, and mixtures and combinations of these.
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