US 5,532,010 A · Coated canine biscuits and preparation process

Abstract

A coated, baked canine biscuit having enhanced palatability. The edible coating includes: (a) about 20 to about 40 weight percent of at least one dextrin or at least one maltodextrin; (b) about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of at least one edible acidulent; (c) about 0.1 to about 1 weight percent of at least one edible antimycotic agent; (d) about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of lecithin or at least one modified lecithin; (e) about 0.3 to about 5 weight percent of at least one polysaccharide gum; (f) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one flavorant; (g) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one food starch or at least one modified food starch; (h) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of vegetable fat; (i) about 30 to about 70 weight percent of meat solids; and (j) about 3 to about 16 weight percent of animal fat. All of the weight percents are based on the total weight of the dried coating minus the moisture content thereof.

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Dependent claims

A coated, baked canine biscuit, the edible coating comprising:

(a) about 20 to about 40 weight percent of at least one dextrin or at least one maltodextrin;
(b) about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of citric acid;
(c) about 0.1 to about 1 weight percent of at least one edible antimycotic agent;
(d) about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of lecithin or at least one modified lecithin;
(e) about 0.3 to about 5 weight percent of at least one polysaccharide gum;
(f) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one flavorant;
(g) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one member selected from the group consisting of food starches and modified food starches;
(h) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of vegetable fat;
(i) about 30 to about 70 weight percent of a dry composition comprising meat solids;
and
(j) about 3 to about 16 weight percent of animal fat;
all of the above-mentioned weight percents being based on the total weight of the dried coating minus the moisture content thereof,
said coated biscuit having a hard, coherent coating and a moisture content of less than or equal to about 13% by weight and a water activity of less than or equal to about 0.7.

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A process of preparing a coated, baked canine biscuit, the process comprising:

(I) preparing a liquefied coating composition which comprises:
(1) admixing about 40 to 80 weight percent, based on the total weight of the liquefied coating composition, of water, and about 15 to about 59.5 weight percent, based on the total weight of the liquefied coating composition, of a dry mix, the dry mix comprising:
(A) about 20 to about 40 weight percent of at least one dextrin or at least one maltodextrin;
(B) about 0.2 to about 2 weight percent of citric acid;
(C) about 0.1 to about 1 weight percent of at least one edible antimycotic agent;
(D) about 0.5 to about 5 weight percent of lecithin or at least one modified lecithin;
(E) about 0.3 to about 5 weight percent of at least one polysaccharide gum;
(F) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one flavorant;
(G) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of at least one member selected from the group consisting of food starches and modified food starches;
(H) about 1 to about 10 weight percent of vegetable fat;
and
(I) about 30 to about 70 weight percent of a dry composition comprising meat solids, all of the weight percents in (A) to (I) being based on the total weight of the dry ingredients (A) to (I) to form an aqueous mixture;
and
(2) admixing about 0.2 to about 8 weight percent, based on the total weight of the liquefied coating composition, of animal fat with said aqueous mixture to form the liquefied coating composition;
(II) coating the liquefied coating composition on a baked canine biscuit;
and
(III) drying the coated, baked canine biscuit to obtain a hard, coherent coating and a moisture content of less than or equal to about 13% by weight and a water activity of less than or equal to about 0.7, the coated, baked canine biscuit containing about 1 to about 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the coated, baked canine biscuit, of the coating.

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