Method for increasing the shelf life of a physically discrete dry pet food composition
AssigneeHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
InventorsDale Scott Scherl, Chadwick Everett Dodd, Fernando Qvyjt
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Abstract
A composition comprising a physically discrete pet food oral intake composition coated with a physically stable film, the film comprising a component which is a) capable of carrying a beneficial agent to a site in the pet wherein the benefit agent is effective in producing a beneficial effect or b) capable of releasing the benefit agent into the mouth or alimentary canal with the benefit agent traveling to a site in the pet wherein the benefit agent is effective in producing a beneficial effect.
Claims6
A method for increasing the shelf life of a physically discrete dry pet food composition comprising coating the physically discrete pet food composition with a polymer film, wherein the film or an agent in the film protects the composition from oxidation decomposition and/or protects the composition from bacterial growth, and wherein the film comprises a starch/synthetic polymer selected from the group consisting of starch/polyethylene, and starch/low-density polyethylene.
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