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Use of fat compositions for sustaining an enhanced palatability of pet food over time

a technology of enhanced palatability and fat composition, which is applied in the direction of lipidic food ingredients, food shaping, grain treatments, etc., can solve the problems of limited industrial and commercial interest, the efficiency of palatability enhancers may be negatively impacted, and the effectiveness of palatability enhancers effective with cats cannot be effective with dogs

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-27
SPECIALITES PET FOOD
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Benefits of technology

The patent is about a fat composition that can be used to improve the taste and palatability of pet food. The fat composition is made by a process that involves steps such as hydrolyzing the fat, heating it, and stabilizing it. The resulting fat composition is then dried and used to make pet food that has a better taste and palatability compared to pet food without the fat composition. The process allows for the fat composition to maintain its benefits over a period of at least 6 months when stored at room temperature. Overall, the patent provides a technical solution for improving the taste and palatability of pet food.

Problems solved by technology

Among the high number of palatability enhancers that have been described so far, many show a limited industrial and commercial interest, at least because: (i) food palatability differs from one type of food to another in such a way that a palatability enhancer effective in dry pet foods can be not effective when used in semi-moist or wet pet foods; (ii) food palatability differs from one animal species to another so that a palatability enhancer effective with cats can be not effective with dogs; and (iii) the ability of palatability enhancers to confer palatability to food may be time-sensitive so that palatability enhancers' efficiency may be negatively impacted by storage over time.
Foods for pet are generally expected to have a rather long shelf life.

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B-1—Example 1

Storage of Fat Composition “PE 0”, According to the Invention

[0195]A fat composition, according to the invention, designated below as “PE 0”, was prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis, this fat composition having a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 1.14 and a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 3.23.

[0196]This fat composition “PE 0” was stored at ambient temperature over time.

[0197]At different time points during the storage of “PE 0”, a fat / animal digest composition “PE 2”, according to the invention, was prepared by mixing a fresh animal digest “PE 1” with stored “PE 0” (PE 2=85% PE 1+15% PE 0), this fat / animal digest composition “PE 2” having a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 1.14 and a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 3.80.

[0198]The digest “PE 1” was a liquid palatability enhancer of high palatability, containing poultry liver hydrolysate.

[0199]Fresh “PE 2” was then used to prepare a food for pet as follows.

[0200]A nutritionally-balanced food composi...

— example 2

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Storage of Fat / Animal Digest Composition “PE2”, According to the Invention

[0205]A fresh fat composition “PE 0”, according to the invention, as described in Example 1 was mixed with an animal digest “PE 1” to give a fat / animal digest composition “PE 2”, according to the invention, this fat / animal digest composition “PE 2” having a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 1.14 and a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 3.80.

[0206]This composition “PE 2” was stored at ambient temperature over time.

[0207]A nutritionally-balanced food composition in the form of kibbles, suitable for consumption by dogs and obtained after an extrusion and drying process, was prepared. The control foods were coated with 3% of the animal digest “PE 1” freshly prepared for each time of comparison, and the experimental foods were coated with 3.5% of the fat / animal digest composition “PE 2” stored at ambient temperature.

[0208]Here, fresh “PE 0” was mixed with fresh “PE 1” to obtain “PE 2” which wa...

— example 3

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Storage of Kibbles “PE2”, According to the Invention

[0213]A fresh fat composition “PE 0”, according to the invention, as described in Example 1, was mixed with an animal digest “PE 1” to give a fat / animal digest composition “PE 2”, according to the invention, this fat / animal digest composition “PE 2” having a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 1.14 and a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio of 3.80.

[0214]A nutritionally-balanced food composition in the form of kibbles, suitable for consumption by dogs and obtained after an extrusion and drying process, was prepared. The control food was coated with 3% of the animal digest “PE 1”, and the experimental food was coated with 3.5% of the fat / animal digest composition “PE 2”. Both control and experimental foods were stored at ambient temperature over time.

[0215]Here, fresh “PE 0” was mixed with fresh “PE 1” to obtain a fresh “PE 2” which was used to prepare a food, the palatability for dog of which was then tested after st...

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Abstract

The present invention concerns the use of a fat composition for sustaining an enhanced palatability of a food for pet over time, wherein said fat composition has a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio from about 0.85 to about 2.5 and / or a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio from about 0.45 to about 4.3. The present invention further concerns the use of said fat composition for preparing other enhanced palatability-sustaining fat compositions as well as foods for pet, all compositions and foods having an enhanced palatability sustained over time.

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[0001]The present invention relates to the field of pet food.[0002]More specifically, the present invention concerns the use of a fat composition for sustaining an enhanced palatability of a food for pet over time, wherein said fat composition has a C12:0 / C10:0 fatty acid weight ratio from about 0.85 to about 2.5 and / or a C14:0 / C12:0 fatty acid weight ratio from about 0.45 to about 4.3.[0003]The present invention further concerns the use of said fat composition for preparing other enhanced palatability-sustaining fat compositions as well as foods for pet, all compositions and foods having an enhanced palatability sustained over time.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]Pets are well taken care of by their owners which provide them a proper selection of foods. Those foods include not only pets' usual nutritionally-balanced diet, but also supplements, treats, and toys. Pets, like humans, are attracted to and eat more regularly and easily foods which they find palatable. Therefore, palatab...

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IPC IPC(8): A23K1/16A23K1/18
CPCA23K1/18A23K1/164A23V2002/00A23V2200/00A23K40/20A23K40/30A23K10/20A23K20/10A23K50/00A23K50/40A23K50/42A23V2200/08A23V2200/14A23V2200/15A23V2200/16A23V2250/18A23V2250/186A23K20/158A23K40/25
Inventor CALLEJON, LAURENCELEVESQUE, ANNENICERON, CECILELE BRETON, BERNARD
Owner SPECIALITES PET FOOD