PRECOAGULATION, PREHYDRATION, AND PREGELATINIZATION PROCESS FOR PET FOOD COMPOSITION

• Main Authors: ROMANO, Peter, Antonio, CHEUK, Wai, Lun, SCOTT, Kimberly, Lynette, RANJAN, Sithara, Sivasankaran
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.04.2019
• Subjects: FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A process for making a pet food composition involves the steps of heating a meat portion above its denaturation point and pre-hydration and pre-gelatinization of a carbohydrate source and water to form a carbohydrate portion. The meat composition and the pre-hydrated and pre-gelatinized carbohydrate...