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US 2015/0030719 A1Published application
Hydrolized liquid sweetener for livestock
AssigneePurina Animal Nutrition LLC
InventorsBill L. Miller, Michael S. Burr, Robert C. Musser, Madhu Kakade
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Abstract
The present invention includes a liquid sweetener made from a lactose containing liquid that can be used to coat animal feed to increase palatability. It also includes methods of making the liquid sweetener and making animal feed with increased palatability. The methods include hydrolyzing whey or whey derivatives and adding amino acids to promote a Maillard reaction to synthesize the sweetener.
Claims21
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A method of feeding a calf, the method comprising:
- providing to a calf a textured starter mixed with a liquid sweetener, the liquid sweetener comprising:
- a permeate selected from an acid hydrolyzed whey permeate, an alkaline hydrolyzed whey permeate, an acid hydrolyzed delactosed whey permeate, and an alkaline hydrolyzed delactosed whey permeate, and
- a soy oil;
- wherein the permeate is 1.75% to 7% by weight of the textured starter-liquid sweetener mixture,
- wherein the permeate comprises greater than 9% maltose by weight, and
- wherein the calf increases consumption of the textured starter-liquid sweetener mixture.
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A method of feeding a livestock animal, the method comprising:
- providing to the livestock animal a livestock animal feed mixed with a pH-adjusted liquid comprising a whey permeate,
- wherein the whey permeate is 60% to 90% by weight of the pH-adjusted liquid, and
- wherein the whey permeate comprises greater than 3% lactose by weight.
A method of feeding a calf, the method comprising:
- coating a calf feed with a coating, the coating comprising:
- a liquid sweetener comprising a permeate selected from an acid hydrolyzed whey permeate, an alkaline hydrolyzed whey permeate, an acid hydrolyzed delactosed whey permeate, and an alkaline hydrolyzed delactosed whey permeate, and
- a soy oil;
- and
- providing the coated calf feed to the calf,
- wherein the calf increases consumption of the coated calf feed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.