COATED PET FOOD COMPOSITION

• US 20090074827A1
• Filed: 11/17/2008
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition Incorporated (Colgate-Palmolive Company)
• Original Assignee: Hill's Pet Nutrition Incorporated (Colgate-Palmolive Company)
• Inventors: Qvyjt, Fernando, Dodd, Chadwick Everett, Scherl, Dale Scott
• Granted Patent: US 8,263,113 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/410
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/20 Inorganic substances, e.g. oligoelements
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/20 by moulding, e.g. making cakes or briquettes
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/25 by extrusion
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/30 by encapsulating; by coating
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/40 for carnivorous animals, e.g. cats or dogs

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.

Claims

1-16. -16. (canceled)

17. A method for increasing the shelf life of a physically discrete pet food composition comprising coating the physically discrete pet food composition into a physically stable oxidatively or bacteria protecting film or a film containing an agent which protects the composition from oxidation decomposition or protects the composition from bacterial growth.