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US 2017/0290801 A1Published application
Pet Food Compositions Including a Sustained-Release Lipoic Acid and Methods of Manufacture and Use Thereof
AssigneeHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
InventorsSteven Zicker, Kathy Gross
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Abstract
The invention encompasses pet food composition that delivers a slow, sustained-release amount of lipoic acid or a salt thereof when fed orally to a companion animal. The invention also encompasses methods of manufacture and use of the compositions.
Claims12
A pet food kibble comprising:
- (i) a gelatinized starch matrix;
- and
- (ii) lipoic acid or a salt thereof,
- wherein the lipoic acid is delivered as a slow, sustained-release amount.
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A pet food kibble comprising:
- (i) a gelatinized starch matrix, wherein the gelatinized starch matrix comprises a protein source;
- and
- (ii) lipoic acid or a salt thereof,
- wherein the lipoic acid is delivered as a slow, sustained-release amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.