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US 2025/0351845 A1Published application
Pet food compositions and manufacturing processes
AssigneeFarmers Union Industries, LLC
InventorsCurt GOSSER, Jeffrey Robert JOHNSON
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for a pet food composition and manufacturing process. In some examples, pet food includes spray-dried animal plasma and is cooked in a water bath after being extruded. The cooked, extruded pet food mixture may then be cooled in a second water bath, and further shaped and packaged. The cooked pet food mixture may then be cooled in a second water bath.
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A method, comprising:
- mixing a food material with spray-dried animal plasma to create an initial mixture;
- extruding the initial mixture to create an extruded mixture;
- cooking the extruded mixture in a first water bath to create a cooked mixture, wherein the temperature of first water bath is at least 185° F.;
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- chilling the cooked mixture in a second water bath to create a cooled mixture, wherein the temperature of the second water bath is between 30° F. and 40° F.
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