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Food product & process for manufacturing same

a technology for food products and processing methods, applied in the field of packaging food products, can solve the problems of unacceptably loose faeces output, poor control performance, and inability to accurately measure the effect of faeces, and achieve the effect of easy breaking into pieces

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-28
HODGE JASON +5
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"The patent describes a commercially packaged mammal pet food product that includes a manufactured, shelf-life stable food substrate and a combination of functional additives. The functional additives include non-palatable plant-based remedies and dietary fiber sources that are present in the food product in a predetermined amount to address specific health indications in mammal pets. The food product is designed to be effective in reducing flatulence odor in the pet and promoting gastro-intestinal health. The functional additives can be incorporated into the food product during manufacture or added in a small amount to achieve the desired health benefits. The food product is also formulated to be palatable to the pet and can contain other nutritional supplements."

Problems solved by technology

Also, whilst SBP has previously been used in dry dog food recipes to improve faeces quality, it was unknown whether its inclusion in wet food formulations would adversely affect the palatability of the product.
Increasing the fibre content above this gave unacceptably loose faeces output.
In terms of faeces quality, the performance of the control was poorer than expected.
However, whilst the 1.7% inclusion level produced the greatest percentage of ideal and the least percentage of unacceptable faeces, this inclusion level did not give significantly better overall faeces quality than any of the other inclusion levels.

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experiment 1

In vitro Experiment 1

[0127] An in-vitro fermentation system was set up in order to assess the active ingredients for their potential to reduce hydrogen sulphide and total gas production. Ingredients were weighed into glass serum bottles containing fermentation media. Some bottles were also prepared without active ingredients in order to act as controls. Bottles were sterilized and placed into an anaerobic cabinet. Samples of faeces were collected, slurried, and aliquots of this slurry added to the control bottles and the bottles containing active ingredients—the bottles were then sealed and incubated for 24 hours at 37 C.

[0128] Hydrogen sulphide concentration was determined by the assay as set out.

[0129] Table 1a shows the mean hydrogen sulphide levels that were present in fermentation broths following incubation with active ingredients. There were significant reductions in hydrogen sulphide with the individual active ingredients (p<0.05). Surprisingly, a synergistic effect of add...

experiment 2

In vitro Experiment 2

[0130] The experiment described above was repeated using binary mixtures of the actives.

[0131] Table 1b shows the mean hydrogen sulphide levels that were present in fermentation broths following incubation. The hydrogen sulphide levels for the control and the combination of all 3 actives are broadly similar to those determined in the previous example. The effect of the charcoal and zinc acetate appears, surprisingly, to be synergistic.

TABLE 1bMean hydrogen sulphide (ppm) following treatment with active ingredientsHydrogen Sulphide (ppm) / (g)Wet Weight Faeces (n = 3)TreatmentMeanSEMedia and Faeces Control39819.863 Actives90.96.78Charcoal and Yucca174.6344.07Charcoal and Zinc80.274.14Zinc and Yucca209.362.65

In-vivo Experiment

[0132] Details of the novel in-vivo method are given above under the heading “In-vivo Method”. In these experiments a treat containing all 3 active ingredients was compared with a control containing no actives, as shown in the recipes belo...

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Abstract

There is provided a commercially packaged mammal pet food product that includes a manufactured, shelf-life stable food substrate and a combination of functional additives. The functional additives include at least one non-palatable plant-based remedy and / or dietary fiber source that are present to strengthen and / or maintain a specified health indicator of a mammal pet animal. The food product is portioned and packaged with the functional additives being present in predetermined concentrations and amounts sufficient to be effective in achieving said indications on regular feeding of the pet animal with said food product. The food substrate is present in a proportion sufficient to mask the flavor and / or odor of the non-palatable additive and is made-up of a unique combination of materials that are able to be processed at lower temperatures to preserve the natural botanical functional additive's activity.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 070,526 filed Mar. 6, 2002, which is a national stage filing of PCT / AU00 / 01055 filed Sep. 6, 2000 claiming priority to AU PQ 5182 filed Jan. 20, 2000 and AU PQ 2665 filed Sep. 6, 1999.TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] This invention relates to packaged food products for regular feeding of mammal pet animals and which contain functional additives to enhance specific health aspects of the pet animal. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing a palatable pet food product containing such functional additives. [0003] In a further aspect, the invention is concerned with packaged food products which contain specific combinations of functional additives aimed at addressing specific health indicators, in particular flatulence, in pet animals. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] In the manufacture of packaged pet food products, in particular dried and canned pet food for dogs and cats, it...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D85/00A23K1/04A23K1/00A23K1/10A23K1/14A23K1/16A23K1/175A23K1/18A23K1/20A23K10/24A61K31/198A61K31/355A61K31/375A61K31/51A61K31/7008A61K31/733A61K33/14A61K36/18A61P1/00
CPCA23K1/003A23K1/146A23K1/1603A23K1/1631A23K1/164A23K1/1643Y10T74/2196A23K1/1753A23K1/1758A23K1/1853Y10T74/19009Y10T74/19014A23K1/1646A23K40/20A23K10/37A23K20/174A23K20/147A23K20/158A23K20/163A23K20/10A23K20/24A23K20/30A23K50/42A61P1/00Y02P60/87A23K10/00
Inventor HODGE, JASONRICHARDSON, LOUISESTOODLEY, NEILSTOODLEY, KEITH D.C.GIFFARD, CATRIONA J.COLLINS, STELLA
Owner HODGE JASON
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