Pet Food in the Form of a Coated Kibble

• US 20100303966A1
• Filed: 05/28/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mars Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mars Incorporated
• Inventors: Sunvold, Gregory Dean, Corrigan, Patrick Joseph
• Application Number:
  US12/473,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20100303966A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/92
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/26 from waste material, e.g. feathers, bones or skin A23K10/24 takes precedence
• 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 50/42 Dry feed
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2200/22 Coating agent
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2300/16 Extrusion

Abstract

A pet food in the form of a coated kibble wherein the coated kibble is made of a core and a coating. The core can be extruded and can have a moisture, or water, content less than 12%. The core can contain a coating. The coating can have a protein component at from 50% to 95% of the coating and a binder component at from 5% to 50% of the pet coating.

Claims

1. A pet food in the form of a coated kibble, comprising:

an extruded core having a water content less than 12%;

from 0.1% to 75% coating, the coating coated on the extruded core to form a coated kibble;

wherein the coating comprises a protein component at from 50% to 99% of the coating and a binder component at from 1% to 50% of the coating;

wherein the coated kibble comprises less than 12% water content.

2. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the coated kibble is nutritionally balanced.

3. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the coating comprises the protein component at less than 12% moisture content.

4. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the coating completely surrounds the core.

5. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the coating does not completely surround the core, such that at least a portion of the core is exposed.

6. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the core comprises a gelatinized starch matrix.

7. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the protein component comprises a meal selected from the group consisting of chicken meal, chicken by-product meal, lamb meal, turkey meal, fish meal, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, and combinations and mixtures thereof.

8. The pet food of claim 7 and wherein the coating comprises 65% to 75% chicken by-product meal.

9. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the binder component is selected from the group consisting of high lactose whey by-product, egg white, whey protein isolate, chicken broth, and combinations and mixtures thereof.

10. The pet food of claim 9 and wherein the binder component comprises 5% to 10%, by weight of the kibble, of a 20% liquid solution.

11. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the coating further comprises a fat component.

12. The pet food of claim 11 and wherein the coating comprises:

a meal selected from the group consisting of chicken meal, chicken by-product meal, lamb meal, turkey meal, fish meal, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, and combinations and mixtures thereof;

high lactose whey by-product or egg white; and

chicken fat.

13. The pet food of claim 12 and wherein the coating comprises 65% to 75% chicken by-product meal, 5% to 10% high lactose whey by-product or egg white, and 15% to 25% chicken fat.

14. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein the core comprises a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source, and other ingredients.

15. The pet food of claim 14 and wherein the core comprises 20% to 100% carbohydrate source, 0% to 80% protein source, 0% to 15% fat source, and 0% to 80% other ingredients.

16. The pet food of claim 1 and wherein:

the core comprises a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source, and other ingredients;

the coating further comprises a fat component.

17. A pet food in the form of a coated kibble, said coated kibble comprising an extruded core having a moisture content less than 12% and a coating, wherein the coating comprises from 50% to 95% by weight of a macronutrient, wherein the macronutrient is distributed between said core and said coating in a ratio of between 12 to 1 and 1 to 12, by weight.

18. The pet food of claim 17 and wherein the macronutrient comprises a protein component.

19. A pet food in the form of a coated kibble, comprising:

from 25% to 99.9% of an extruded core at less than 12% moisture content;

from 0.1% to 75% of a coating coated onto the extruded core, forming a coated kibble;

wherein the core comprises from 0% to 80% protein source, 0% to 15% fat source, 20% to 100% carbohydrate source, and 0% to 80% other ingredients;

wherein the coating comprises from 50% to 99% protein component, 1% to 50% binder component, 0% to 70% palatant component, 0% to 50% fat component, and 0% to 50% other components;

wherein the protein source is distributed between said core and said coating in a ratio of between 12 to 1 and 1 to 12;

wherein the coated kibble comprises less than 12% water content.

20. The pet food of claim 19 and wherein the kibble is nutritionally balanced.