Weight reduction method for dogs and other pets
AssigneeSeal Rock Technologies Incorporated
InventorsDavid R. Jones, Lon D. Lewis
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Abstract
A dog food composition containing a small but sufficient amount of simmondsin component to provide simmondsin within the range of 0.1% by weight of said dog food dry matter mix to about 1.5% by weight of said dog food dry matter mix. Also disclosed as part of the invention is a method of weight reduction of companion pets by adding to pet food the above-defined range of simmondsin, contributed by simmondsin, simmondsin analogues or mixtures thereof, such as derived from defatted jojoba seed meal, and thereafter feeding the pet food to a companion pet on a regular and sustained basis to achieve weight reduction then weight maintenance.
Claims2
A method of weight loss and weight maintenance in a dog, comprising:
- feeding a dog a simmondain component, a simmondsin analogue, or a mixture thereof, sufficient to provide the dog pure simmondsin within the range of from about 0.4%-1.0% by weight of dog food dry matter mix until the dog reaches its target weight;
- and then
- feeding the dog a simmondsin component, a simmondsin analogue, or a mixture thereof, sufficient to provide the dog pure simmondbin within the range from about 0.1% by weight of dog food dry matter mix to about 0.37% by weight of dog food dry matter mix to maintain the dog's target weight.
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