Meat slurry culture
OwnerRichard Baird Smittle, John Boyd Phelpsinventors
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Abstract
A meat slurry composition with extended shelf-life and incorporated into pet food. The extended shelf-life of the meat slurry occurs due to the making of a cultured meat slurry. The cultured meat slurry includes a meat slurry, a culture energy source and a starter culture. The cultured meat slurry may also contain the addition of proteolytic enzymes. The cultured meat slurry may also be vacuum packaged. The method of forming the cultured meat slurry is also described.
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A composition for use in a pet food, the composition comprising:
- a meat slurry, a starter culture and a culture energy source.
A composition for use in a pet food, the composition comprising:
- chicken meat, Pediococcus acidilactici, Pediococcus pentosaceus, and dextrose wherein the composition has a shelf-life of at least ten days.
A method of extending the shelf-life of a meat used in pet foods, the method comprising:
- grinding the meat pieces into a meat slurry, adding a culture energy source, inoculating the meat slurry with a starter culture, heating the meat slurry to make a meat slurry culture, and incubating the meat slurry culture.
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