7213 results about "Palatability" patented technology

The present invention provides soft capsules comprising a capsule shell having a water activity lower than that of a capsule filling; and a production process of the soft capsules. The present invention makes it possible to prepare soft capsules without lowering the water activity of an active ingredient of a medicament or the like, which activity varies widely, depending on the active ingredient employed, leading to the provision of the soft capsules having original unimpaired properties or stability, and moreover, palatability and texture.

The invention discloses a baked staple food for pets, which is prepared from raw materials comprising animal raw materials, grain powder, microbial protein, plant and animal protein, animal fat, vegetable oil, an antioxidant, a water-retaining agent, calcium acid phosphate and / or a dietary supplement, wherein the animal raw materials are fresh animal raw materials, and may be one or more of beef, chicken, mutton, rabbit meat, duck, goose meat, fish, pork, beef liver, beef lung, chicken liver, rabbit liver, rabbit lung, pork liver and pork lung; the animal raw material content of all the raw materials is 10 to 60 mass percent; and the grain powder content of all the raw materials is 10 to 40 mass percent. The staple food for the pets is prepared completely from the fresh raw materials, is healthy, nutrient, highly palatable, digestible, and more favorable for strengthening bones and enhancing the physique of the pets, and can maximally reduce discomfort caused by diet change and effectively improve the intestinal tract function of dogs.

The invention relates to food, in particular to minor cereal composite rice with steady quality and a production method thereof. The minor cereal composite rice is characterized in that the minor cereal composite rice is produced through the following steps: five cereals are taken as main raw materials, cucurbits, vegetables and potatoes are added (or are not added), and processes such as raw material pretreatment, mixing and stirring, pelletized molding by adopting a process of 'secondary extrusion, moderate cooking, intermediate supplement, and temperature reduction pelletization', drying, polishing and so on, are performed. The minor cereal composite rice takes the five cereals as the main raw materials, has the appearance and characteristics of rice except that the nutrient component is different from that of the rice, has the advantages of good palatability, smooth surface, compact structure, steady quality, good eating performance, balanced nutrition, strong health care function, washing-free convenience, long storage period, and good thermal stability during the cooking, and can be eaten as staple food like ordinary rice.

The invention provides a bean curd containing Chinese medicinal herbs and relates to the field of bean products. The bean curd contains Chinese medicinal herbs. The invention is implemented by adding Chinese medicinal herbs in a coagulant for bean curd processing. The coagulant contains the flowing ingredients in weight parts: 50 parts of bean jelly liquid, 4-5 parts of bean cake, 3-4 parts of wild vegetables and 1-2 parts of Chinese medicinal herbs. The bean curd has good palatability, toughness and expansibility and rich nutrition and is beneficial for health.

The present invention relates to the production of a highly digestible, high protein product (high protein distillers dried grains or high protein DDG) from corn endosperm, and more particularly to a method for the recovery of high protein DDG by using: (i) dehulling and degermination to isolate a low fat, low fiber corn endosperm fraction, (ii) enzymatic hydrolysis to solubilize and alcoholic fermentation to assimilate the starch and non-starch carbohydrates present in the corn endosperm, and (iii) filtration and / or centrifugation to recover the dealcoholized insoluble solids that remain after fermentation of the corn endosperm. The present invention provides an alternative to the traditional dry mill method of processing corn to produce ethanol, and results in the production and recovery of a distillers' by-product (high protein DDG) with increased value and range of use as an ingredient in feeds for farm-raised ruminants and non-ruminants and pet foods. The product of the present invention contains less than about 2.0 weight percent starch, from about 55.0 to about 65.0 weight percent protein, from about 4.5 to about 7.5 weight percent fat, from about 3.0 to about 5.0 weight percent crude fiber, and from about 78.0 to about 90.0 percent total digestible nutrients, and improves the palatability and digestibility of animal feeds and / or pet foods into which it is incorporated, and aids in the management of the health and weight gain of the animal.

The invention relates to aquaculture feed, in particular to litopenaeus vannamei feed without fish meal. The feed comprises an animal protein source, a plant protein source, a fat source raw material, a sugar source raw material, composite vitamin, composite mineral salt, Chinese medicine compound preparation, premix and additives. The feed has the advantages as follows: 1,palatability, ingestionspeed, growth speed and digestibility are high, the soluble loss of the feed in water is reduced, and mature time is short; 2, the amino acid is balanced, the nutritional requirement of the litopenaeus vannamei on the amino acid is met, the synthesis of the protein by the litopenaeus vannamei is effectively promoted, and discharge of the nitrogen is reduced; 3, disease resistance and survival rate are high and the culture benefit is obvious; 4, absorption and utilization rate is increased, discharge of phosphorous is effectively reduced and pollution to water is reduced; 5, the feed does not comprise artificial color and chemical additives and does not generate adverse influence on the nutritional value of the litopenaeus vannamei; and 6, dependence on the fish meal is reduced and the feeding cost is reduced.

The invention relates to a feed for early weaned piglets, which belongs to the field of the feed. Main ingredients of the feed comprise expanded corn, full-fat soybean, fat powder, steam fish meal, acidified whey powder, fermented soybean meal, a complex enzyme preparation, a micro-ecological preparation, amino acids, complex vitamins, complex trace elements and the like. The digestive physiological characteristics of the weaned piglets are fully considered on the selection and the processing of raw materials, thereby greatly improving the palatability and the digestion rate of the feed; simultaneously, through the synergistic compatibility of an egg yolk antibody, lactein, sodium humate and the complex micro-ecological preparation, the diarrhea rate of the weaned piglets is reduced, the effects are superior to those of adding antibiotics into the feed, and the feed is the green, environmentally-friendly and nuisanceless feed. An animal feeding experiment proves that the feeding effects are ideal, the palatability is good, the piglets after weaning are high in average feed intake, fast in daily weight gain and low in diarrhea rate, and the feed has a good promoting effect for growth and health conditions of the weaned piglets and can meet the demands of most of raisers at present.

The invention relates to a prebiotic peptide biological feed additive and a preparation method and application thereof. The prebiotic peptide biological feed additive is prepared by mixing and fermentation of seed solution with one or more of bacillus, yeast and lactic acid bacteria in plant protease hydrolysate. After animal and plant protein is subjected to enzymolysis at constant or changeable temperature, the seed solution with one or more of bacillus, yeast and lactic acid bacteria is added for fermentation according to a certain proportion, and the fermented solution is concentrated and dried to obtain a powdery product. The problems of high content of bitter peptides and poor palatability of enzymolysis processes using acid, alkali and protease can be solved. The immune function of animals can be stimulated by active peptides in the prebiotic peptide biological feed additive, the immunity of the animals can be improved, the intestinal environment of the animals can be improved by probiotics, the resistance of the animals to a variety of diseases can be enhanced, the feed conversion rate can be increased, and the breeding cost can be reduced.

A composition to prevent dehydration, supply energy and prevent cramps which contains electrolytes, carbohydrates and quinine and / or quinine salts and a method of preventing cramping caused by strenuous bodily activity. Palatability of the composition is improved by the effective use of carbohydrate, pH adjustment, flavoring and carbonation.

The longevity medicated wine and its manufacture method, which uses 60 - 65 Deg. C pure valley white liquor, adding furl seal's kidney, deer's muscle, the winter Chinese caterpillar fungus, the melinda officinalis, Beiqi, Tianma, the seahorse, the gecko and so on 75 kinds of Chinese native medicines raw material for soaking, latter adds the white sugar and the tap water configuration. This invention medicated wine enhances men's and women's sexual dive energy, strengthens the human body vigor for mainly, makes up cloudyly and fortifies female, the synthesis recuperates the human body vital organs of the human body, expels sickness and builds up strength, thus achieves the benefit goal which prolongs the life. Its manufacture method is simple, the medicated wine soaking output contains Chinese native medicine ingredient content which obtains is high, the medicated wine palatableness is good, the feeling in the mouth is pure, preserves long. Long-time drinking can nourish the human body in vital organs, as well balances human body distributed masculine and feminine elements, and promotes metabolism, makes up the vitality, the strong physique, which prevents disease and expels sickness, the effect of prolonging the life. Regarding the hypertension, sleepless, the sexual impotence, the kidney empty lumbago, the prostate gland disease, the rheumatic arthritis, the asthma, the woman post-natal is weak, irregular menses and so on sickness also has the effect of better treatment. Stopping from pain also is its advantage.

The invention discloses a mixed feed of young broiler chickens and a preparation method of the feed. The mixed feed comprises various raw materials including corns, bean pulp, wheat bran, distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS), wheat, rapeseed dregs, rice bran, soya-bean oil, three-worm powder, fish meal, wheat compound enzyme, salt and Chinese herbal medicine additives. The preparation method comprises the steps of crushing, burdening, granulating and spraying. The mixed feed has the beneficial effects that the disease resistance and the survival rate of the young broiler chickens can be improved, the nutritional requirements of the young broiler chickens can be met, the palatability and the digestibility are high, and the production performance of the young broiler chickens is improved.

The invention discloses a corn type mixed feed for a weaned pig and a preparation method thereof. The mixed feed comprises the following raw materials: dried corn, puffed corn, soybean meal, puffed soybean, a wheat germ cake, flour, fish meal, plasma protein powder, whey powder, soya-bean oil, stone flour, calcium hydrogen phosphate, salt, lysine 70%, methionine 99%, threonine 99%, choline chloride 60%, glucose, compound enzyme, a vitamin premix and a trace element premix. The preparation method comprises the following steps: crushing; mixing; and granulation. The invention has the following beneficial effects: nutritional requirements of the weaned pig are met; the mixed feed has good palatability and a high digestive rate and can reduce various discomforts caused by weaning stress, enhance the immunity of the weaned pig, improve food consumption and productivity of the weaned pig, promote rapid and healthy growth of the weaned pig and guarantee the survival rate of the weaned pig.

The invention discloses a probiotics fermented feed and a preparation method thereof. The probiotics fermented feed is compounded from a fermentation material, a mixed bacterial strain and brown sugar water. The preparation method of the probiotics fermented feed comprises the steps of: (1) removing impurities from corn, wheat bran, rice bran and soya bean meal; (2) preparing the mixed bacterial strain and activating the bacterial strain; and (3) preparing the fermented material and respectively packaging for fermentation after mixing the fermented material with the mixed bacterial strain. The probiotics fermented feed and the preparation method thereof, disclosed by the invention, have the advantages that: as high probiotics content having the viable bacteria number up to (5.0-5.9)*108 / g is realized, intestinal microecology of piglet is improved and diarrhoea is prevented; the probiotics fermented feed partially replaces the child welfare batch mixture within 20-60 days and 60-100 days piglet batch mixture to provide nutrient substance which is easy to absorb; as the probiotics fermented feed has a sour taste and good palatability, feed intake is improved; and the probiotics fermented feed also has obvious effects on prompting animal growth, improving digestibility of animals and the like.

A food composition is provided for a companion animal such as a dog or cat, the food composition comprising an extract of a herb or spice that comprises at least one compound selected from thymol and carvacrol as a substantial flavorant ingredient. A method is provided for enhancing palatability of a food composition to a companion animal, the method comprising adding to the composition a palatability enhancing effective amount of an extract of a herb or spice that comprises at least one compound selected from thymol and carvacrol as a substantial flavorant ingredient. A suitable extract is essential oil of oregano.

Compositions and methods for enhancing the palatability of dry and semi-dry animal feed compositions, particularly extruded cat food compositions, are described. In one embodiment, the palatability enhancer is a dry cat food coating including tetrapotassium pyrophosphate at about 0.1% to about 1.0% by weight of the finished pet food product. In the case of extruded pet food products, the palatability enhancer is applied after the extrusion process to the extruded particles or pieces of pet food.

A pet toy formed from a base material such as rubber and palatability enhancer distributed within or on the base material. The pet toy may also include a masking scent such as vanilla or mint distributed within or on the base material. The masking scent masks potentially odors emitted by the pet toy to attract a domesticated animal such as a dog or a cat to the toy. The pet toy may further include substances such as dental cleaning agents, flavoring agents, colorants, and breath-freshening agents. The pet toy may include a body defining a chamber and holes providing access to the chamber. Pet treats may be placed into the chamber via the holes.

A biscuit treat for dogs has improved palatability by incorporating a highly palatable shelf stable meaty filling into a cavity formed upon the top surface of the biscuit. The meaty filling includes agar as a gelling agent in combination with sufficient soluble solids to yield a high Brix number and reduced water activity. Precise quantities of agar and of a soluble solids concentration exceeding 65% eliminate capillary transfer of moisture from the highly aqueous meaty filling to the low moisture dry biscuit. The resulting highly palatable two phase biscuit has a long shelf life suitable for commercialization in the pet treat market.

The invention relates to high-content medium chain triglyceride powdered oil which is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 50%-80% of medium chain triglyceride, 10%-30% of grape syrup, 5%-26% of modified starch and the balance of auxiliary agents. The high-content medium chain triglyceride powdered oil disclosed by the invention is obtained by carrying out mirco-encapsulated embedding on medium chain triglyceride and achieving an oil powdered effect by adopting advanced process technologies, namely high-pressure homogenized emulsification, spray drying and the like, through formula design and process optimization, achieves the oil content as high as 80% and the oil embedding rate more than 98%, and has the advantages of good solubility and stability and convenience for transportation and storage. The product can be applied to multiple foods and health-care foods and is used for enhancing the nutrition value of the foods, improving the tissue structures, appearance quality and palatability of the foods and prolonging the quality guarantee period of a product.

The invention relates to a pig feed, in particular to a nursery pig concentrated feed, comprising the following raw materials by weight proportion: 30-50 of sucking pig composite vitamin, 30-50 of low copper mineral element, 60-100 of peeled soybean meal, 100-180 of fermented soybean meal, 100-150 of extruded soybean, 110-180 of steam fish meal, 50-100 of dried porcine soluble, 60-120 of acid whey powder, 80-90 of glucose powder, 5-10 of glutamine, 80-100 of chyle fat powder, 40-49 of calcium carbonate, 12-14 of basic zinc chloride, 4-6 of salt, 55-60 of calcium biphosphate, 6-10 of sodium butyrate, 12-15 of lysine, 6-8 of threonine, 4-6 of TP-100 enzyme, 4-5 of cysteine, 5-7 of se-enriched yeast and 6-10 of copper chloride hydroxide. The nursery pig concentrated feed has the advantages of milk nutrition composition simulation, good palatability, high digestibility, large feed intake because the baby pigs like to eat and improvement of survival rate as well as immunity of the nursery pigs.

The invention discloses straw and pot ale mixed fermented feed and a production method thereof, and relates to the field of environmental science, in particular to the mixed fermented feed and the production method thereof. The production method comprises the following steps: (1) crushing straw, and then mixing pot ale; (2) preparing aerobic fermentation bacteria liquid, uniformly spraying the aerobic fermentation bacteria liquid into materials, adding compound trace elements, and fermenting; (3) preparing anaerobic fermentation bacteria liquid, appropriately adding according to the fermentation situation of the fermented materials, and fermenting; and (4) drying the fermented materials containing water, and then getting the straw and pot ale mixed feed. Aerobic bacteria used in the method are high-efficient cellulose and lignin degrading bacteria, thereby improving the degradation rate of cellulose and lignin, fully utilizing yeast and other microbes in the pot ale to produce single-cell proteins, improving the content of nutrition in the feed, enabling the protein content to be 13-20%, having certain bouquet and acid fragrance and improving the palatability of the feed. The fermentation process is simple to operate, the fermentation time is 7-9 days, and the production time of the feed is shortened.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a biological feed additive with nutrition and immunocompetence. The biological feed additive with nutrition and immunocompetence comprises the following components: 0.05 to 0.1% of aerobic bacteria, 0.05 to 0.1% of anaerobic bacteria, 0.3 to 0.5% of fermenting promoter, 5 to 15% of soybean meal, 5 to 10% of molasses, 15 to 25% of DDGS (Distillers Dried Grains with Soluble), 10 to 30% of cassava residue, 20 to 50% of bran meal, 5 to 15% of bran, 5 to 15% of maize cob powder, and 20 to 40% of maize slurry protein. The preparation method comprises the processes of activating bacteria, crushing raw materials, aerobically fermenting for 1 to 2 days, and then anaerobically fermenting for 3 to 7 days. The prepared biological feed additive brings piglet, medium and large pigs and sheep with high nutrition value, is high in palatability, and has effects of accelerating growth, improving intestinal health, controlling diarrhea, controlling constipation of sow, increasing birth weight and weaning weight of the piglet, improving the quality of eggshell and egg yolk, controlling feed-containing faeces, raising the lactation level of dairy cattle, as well as increasing butterfat and protein content.

The present invention relates to a yard feeding cattle efficient total ration blocky feed and a production method thereof. The yard feeding cattle efficient total ration blocky feed consists of 37 percent to 60 percent of crushed or cut forage grass, 38 percent to 60 percent of yard feeding cattle concentrate complemental feed and 2 percent to 3 percent of bentonite which are mixed in a mixer, the water content of a product is controlled within 14 percent, and finally, the prepared raw material is pressed and molded in a ring die waferer. The present invention leads total mixed ration (TMR) to be blocks, compared with the TMR in bulk, the present invention has the advantages that the present invention has stable feed quality, reduces the forage grass waste in the process of feeding and the labor intensity, improves the labor ration and can be fit for large scale industrialized production; the present invention improves the grain ration palatability obviously, effectively prevents the flocks and herds from being fussy, improves the dry matter feed intake and the weight grain of the ruminant and reduces the feed cost to save the feed grains; the present invention has balanced nutrition, thereby being good for improving the feed utilization rate and reducing the occurrence of various kinds of stress diseases of animals; the present invention is convenient for being stored and transported, etc.

A pet toy may include a body formed from selectively separable body portions that may define a chamber for holding food or other objects. An object can be received within or removed from the chamber by separating the joined body portions. One or more gripping elements, such as ropes, straps, handles, or the like, may be joined to the toy for separating joined body portions. The gripping elements may also be used to play with the animal, provide dental care for the animal, or provide an object for a person or an animal to hold when carrying or tossing the toy. The body may include substances, such as palatability enhancers, that attract an animal (e.g., a dog or a cat) to the toy. The toy may be composed of a material, such as rubber, safe for use by an animal.

The invention discloses a fermented compound feed and a production method thereof. In a TMR mixer, premixed fine and coarse feed materials and other nutritional ingredients are pulverized, kneaded and mixed until the particle size, uniformity and water content are desired. Further, microbial fermentation starters are added and water is added during the mixing process to allow the water content of the compound feed to meet the standard. The raw material mixture is compacted and sealed with films by using industrial equipment or directly packed in a sealed container and then subjected to directional and timed fermentation in a predetermined environment, to produce the final fermented compound feed. The product has rich and balanced nutrition, good palatability, high safety, environmental friendliness and convenient transport and use. The invention realizes industrial production and commoditization of feeds for dairy cows as well as resource utilization.

A palatability enhancing composition for extruded pet food containing at least one potassium pyrophosphate salt in an amount effective to enhance palatability and at least one ingredient selected from animal products, animal by-products, fish products, fish by-products, dairy products, dairy by-products, sources of microbial proteins, vegetable proteins, carbohydrates and amino acids. Methods for enhancing pet food palatability with the disclosed palatability enhancing compositions and extruded pet food compositions coated therewith are also disclosed.

The invention provides a compound Chinese herbal medicine immunopotentiator for fish, containing by weight of: 40-50% of astragalus, 10-20% of angelica, 15-20% of glycyrrhiza, 5-10% of hawthorn, 5-12% of honeysuckle and 5-12% of isatis. Advantages of the invention is that: (1) the immunopotentiator of the invention has no adverse effect on palatability of feedstuff, (2) body immunity of culture fishes can be substantially enhanced, and immunoprotection rate to fresh water aquiculture fishes and marine culture fishes reaches to 65-71%, and (3) growth of pathogenic bacteria like escherichia coli in intestinal tract of culture fishes can be substantially restrained, growth of fish can be promoted rapidly, and weighting rate and disease resistance of culture fishes can be raised. The immunopotentiator is suitable for various of culture fishes, has a broad future, and is easy for industrialization.

The invention provides a Chinese herbal medicine feed additive for chickens and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: using a plurality of natural Chinese herbal medicines as raw materials, crushing the Chinese herbal medicines in the formulation, leaching the effective components in the Chinese herbal medicines, adding the prepared additive the amount of which is 0.5 to 4 weight percent of the feeding mass in daily feeds for various chickens, feeding the chickens after stirring evenly, and discontinuously adding feed in the whole process. The feed additive has the advantages that the raw materials are scientific and reasonable, the preparation process has strong operability, and the prepared additive has the characteristics of trace, high efficiency, favorable palatability, safety and non-toxicity, can promote growth and development of the chickens remarkably, advances the marketing time, and reduce feed cost; the feed additive has the functions of excellent bacteria resistance, stress resistance and immunity improvement, reduces the occurrence of plagues, realizes healthy and non-resistant breeding in the whole process, and can produce green and good-quality chicken products without medicament residues.

The invention discloses a nutritional health bread rich in wheat bran dietary fiber and a preparation method of the nutritional health bread. The bread is light brown, full in appearance, smooth in surface and normal in size, and does not have cracks and is not deformed. The internal structure is uniformly spongy, fine, soft and flexible, and the bread has light fresh scent and sweet taste of wheat bran, does not have pungent smell, and is good in palatability. The bread has the advantages as follows: 1 the dietary fiber prepared from the raw material of wheat bran through compound enzymolysis is added into the bread, and the dietary fiber has the functions of moistening lung, moisturizing skin, preventing and resisting cancer, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, blackening and strengthening hair and clearing intestines and stomach, so that the nutrition and functionality of the nutritional bread are improved; 2 the bran is soaked, washed and rinsed so as to remove protein, starch and phytic acid, so that the palatability of the bread is improved; 3 the water-soluble dietary fiber is added in raw materials of the bread, so that the rheological property and nutritional property of the bread are changed, and the nutrition arrangement of the bread is scientific and reasonable.

The invention provides methods for making Maillard flavor compositions in a structured lipid phase using Maillard reactants, e.g., reducing sugars and amino groups. The structured lipid phase comprises from about 0.3% to about 95% aqueous solvent and from about 5% to about 99.7% lipid plus emulsifier. The compositions are useful for enhancing the palatability of foods, dietary supplements, medicaments, and the like.