METHOD FOR OBTAINING A POWDERED MILK FOR PUPPIES AND KITTENS ENRICHED WITH VITAMIN K3

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of nutritional compositions for young animals, such as high-vitamin-content milk for puppies and kittens. More particularly, the invention concerns a method for obtaining a milk-like nutritional composition characterized by a high vitamin K3 content.

Claims

Claims

1. Process for obtaining a milk powder for young animals enriched with vitamin K3, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: • (I) Subjecting the preparation tank, containing the ingredients suitable for producing a milk for animals and vitamin K3, to a heat treatment between 20 and 80°C to obtain a mixture; • (II) Pasteurization of the mixture at a temperature between 70°C and 75°C; • (III) Drying of the mixture obtained in step (II) during which a lecithination treatment is applied to said mixture; • (IV) Collection of a milk powder enriched with vitamin K3 at the end of step (III); wherein said vitamin K3 is in the form of menadione nicotinamide bisulfite.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the heat treatment of step (I) is carried out at a temperature between 40°C and 60°C.

3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the drying step (III) is carried out at inlet temperatures of between 235°C and 245°C and outlet temperatures of between 75°C and 85°C.

4. Milk powder suitable for feeding puppies and kittens, obtained according to the process as defined in one of claims 1 to 3, characterized by a vitamin K3 content greater than 1.5 mg / kg for at least 18 months after production.

5. Milk powder according to claim 4, characterized by a vitamin K3 content of between 1.5 and 10 mg / kg for at least 18 months after production.

6. Milk powder according to claim 4, characterized by a vitamin K3 content of between 2.5 and 10 mg / kg for at least 18 months after production.

7. Milk powder, according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the vitamin K3 is a vitamin in the bisulfite form of menadione nicotinamide. EPO FORM 1503 12.99 (P04C14) OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PRELIMINARY RESEARCH REPORT established on the basis of the latest claims filed before the start of the search DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED RELEVANT Category Document citation with indication, where necessary, of the relevant parts Y EP 0 385 335 B1 (NISSHIN FLOUR MILLING CO [JP]) May 3, 1995 (1995-05-03) * claims 1,10 * * paragraph [0016] * Y CN 108 576 454 B (READYDIETECH SHENZHEN CO LTD) June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11) * claim 1 * * paragraph [n0065] * * paragraph [n0131] * A US 3 196 018 A (WILLIAM GALLER) July 20, 1965 (1965-07-20) * claims 1,4 * A CN 110 301 543 A (TAIAN FEIFAN PET PRODUCTS CO LTD) October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08) * paragraph [0009] - paragraph [0015] * * paragraph [0037] - paragraph [0038] * A US 3,079,260 A (WILLIAM GALLER) February 26, 1963 (1963-02-26) * claim 11 * * paragraph [0001] * Y Anonymous: "How Lecithin Improves the Production of Milk Powder?", February 5, 2023 (2023-02-05), XP093144226, Retrieved from the Internet: URL:https: / / web.archive.org / web / 2023020523 0133 / https: / / www.lecithin.com / blog / how-lec ithin-improves-the-production-of-milk-powder [retrieved 2024-03-21] *full document*. CATEGORY OF CITED DOCUMENTS Date of completion of the research March 21, 2024 National registration number FA 924495 FR 2308846 Claim(s) concerned Classification attributed to the Invention by the INPI 4-7 A23C 9 / 00 A23K 20 / 174 A23K 50 / 40 1-7 1-7 1-7 TECHNICAL FIELDS SEARCHED (IPC) 1-7 A23C A23K A23L 1-3 Examiner de La Tour, Camille X: particularly relevant on its own Y: particularly relevant in combination with another document of the same category A: technological background O: unwritten disclosure P: intermediate document T: theory or principle underlying the invention E: patent document with a date prior to the filing date and which was only published on that filing date or on a later date. D: cited in the application L: cited for other reasons &: member of the same family, corresponding document