Freeze dried whole animal pet food
AssigneeIFS Companies, LLC
InventorCHRISTIAN KALETA
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Abstract
Process steps including control means and devices for producing freeze dried whole animal pet food are described. The process includes use of a perforating device to produce an array of circular holes with a particular configuration and a selected set of process steps and control parameters that produce the freeze dried whole animal. The freeze dried whole animal appears much the same as the original live animal(s), is safe to handle with no exposed viscera, is not discolored, and rehydrates quickly to 100% of the initial live animal weight.
Claims8
A process for producing a freeze dried whole animal pet food, the process comprising:
- a. euthanizing a whole animal to be used as the pet food,
- b. flash freezing the whole animal,
- c. perforating the whole animal with a grid array of holes produced from a grid array of needles producing a perforated whole animal,
- d. freeze drying the perforated whole animal under a vacuum for a first temperature and a first time,
- e. then continue freeze drying the perforated whole animal under the vacuum for a series of temperatures and times, the series of temperatures ranging from the first temperature to room temperature, all completed under the vacuum,
- f. wherein each of the steps b.-e. is completed under microprocessor control and each of the steps including control parameters and wherein the control parameters include a lyophilization curve and a photographic visual standard.
A perforation device, used for perforation of a whole animal pet food prior to dehydration, the device 1100 is comprising
- a. an array of needles each with a sharpened tip that is pressed against and into the whole animal to a piercing depth to produce an array of holes into the whole animal,
- b. the number of needles in the array, the width of the needles and the spacing of the needles is selected on the type and size of the whole animal to be dehydrated and lyophilization curves for a prior test run of dehydrating the whole animal of a similar type.
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