Methods for enhancing palatability and / or reducing sugar content in wet pet foods
Patent Information
- Application Number
- RU2024139518
- Authority / Receiving Office
- RU · RU
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-06-12
- Publication Date
- 2026-09-28
Claims
1. A method for producing a wet food composition selected for provision to a pet, wherein the method comprises introducing at least one of spinach or tomato into the wet food in an amount effective to increase the palatability of the wet food and / or reduce the content of added sugar in the wet food.
2. The method according to claim 1, including obtaining wet food in the form of a “slices in gravy” type composition.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein including at least one of spinach or tomato in the wet food comprises producing a gravy by a process comprising adding spinach to one or more other ingredients of the gravy.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein including at least one of spinach or tomato in the wet food comprises producing a gravy by a process comprising adding tomato to one or more other ingredients of the gravy.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the process of obtaining the gravy further comprises introducing cysteine in free form into the gravy.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein incorporating at least one of spinach or tomato into the wet food comprises producing slices by a process comprising adding both spinach and tomato to one or more other ingredients of the slices.
7. The method according to claim 1, including obtaining wet food in the form of a pate composition.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the production of wet food in the form of a pate composition involves the inclusion of both spinach and tomato in the pate composition.
9. The method of claim 1, which does not include adding to the wet food a sugar other than any sugar present in at least one of spinach or tomato.
10. The method according to paragraph 1, wherein the wet food is selected according to composition for provision to the cat.
11. The method according to paragraph 1, further comprising including soy sauce in the wet food.
12. A method for producing a product comprising sealing the wet food of claim 1 in a container and then autoclaving the sealed container.
13. A method for providing nutrition to a domestic animal, comprising providing the domestic animal with wet food obtained by the method according to paragraph 1.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the domestic animal is a cat.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the pet has or is at risk of renal failure and the wet food does not contain or is substantially free of added phosphate or polyphosphate salts.