Method of making an anhydrous, fat soluble, chewable drug delivery formulation

A method of manufacturing a shelf stable, palatable chewable formulation comprising

• mixing a nutritional ingredient or an effective amount of a pharmaceutically active agent with a fat, lipid or fat and lipid to obtain a first composition,
• optionally adding one or more plasticizers to the first mixture to obtain a second composition,
• extruding the first composition or second composition at a temperature sufficient to melt the fat and lipid and under pressure sufficient to bind the ingredients together,
• and allowing the extruded second composition to cool to room temperature thereby providing the chewable formulation, and
• wherein the method of manufacture does not include the addition of water.

A method of manufacturing a shelf stable, palatable chewable formulation comprising

• mixing a nutritional ingredient or an effective amount of a pharmaceutically active agent with a fat, lipid or fat and lipid to obtain a first composition,
• adding one or more plasticizers to the first mixture to obtain a second composition,
• extruding the first composition or second composition at a temperature sufficient to melt the fat and lipid,
• and allowing the extruded second composition to cool to room temperature thereby providing the chewable formulation,
• wherein the method of manufacture does not include the addition of water;
• and wherein the chewable formulation has good physical and chemical stability, thereby providing a shelf life of from 12 months to 30 months.