Replacement of sugar in a sugar-containing food and process

In a semi-moist pet food comprising:

• a. about 3 percent to about 65 percent by weight of the pet food of a protein source wherein the protein source is at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one meat, at least one meat by-product, and at least one vegetable protein source;
• b. about 0.1 percent to 35 percent by weight of the pet food of sugar;
• c. about 0.5 percent to about 3.0 percent of at least one edible acid;
• d. about 0.01 percent to about 0.35 percent by weight of the pet food of at least one antimycotic;
• the improvement wherein the semi-moist pet food further comprises:
• 1. about 7 percent to about 14 percent by weight of the pet food of corn syrup, wherein the corn has a dextrose equivalent of about 10 to about 60;
• and
• 2. about 5 percent to about 9 percent by weight of the pet food of propylene glycol
• the combination of corn syrup and propylene glycol serving as a replacement for 55 to 100 percent of the sugar.