Animal Feed Composition Human Diet Equivalent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current animal feed compositions fail to accurately mirror human diet consumption patterns and ensure nutritional adequacy and consistency, making them inadequate for studying human disease models effectively.
Innovation Solution
Development of an animal feed composition that closely resembles a human diet equivalent, comprising specific ratios of carbohydrates, dietary fiber, fat, cholesterol, sodium, potassium, and moisture, made from a defined ratio of eight food groups, processed into a homogenous pelletized form using high shear mixing, freeze drying, and extrusion techniques.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If traditional animal chow or cafeteria diet is used, then animal feed can be easily manufactured, but it fails to reflect human consumption patterns and ensures inadequate nutritional consistency
Solution Approach 1:
The human diet is segmented into eight distinct food groups (dairy, meats, grains, fruits, vegetables, fats, sugars, beverages), each contributing specific nutrients. This segmentation allows precise control over nutritional composition while maintaining complexity in the overall formulation to accurately model human consumption patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent specifies precise parameter ranges for macronutrients (carbohydrates 57-64%, fat 10-15%, protein 13-17%) and micronutrients (cholesterol 35-40 mg/100g, sodium 300-500 mg/100g, potassium 500-700 mg/100g). These parameter changes enable nutritional consistency that reflects human diet variations while providing controlled precision for research purposes.
2Reliability
If human diet equivalent is formulated with specific nutrient ratios, then nutritional adequacy is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite feed material that integrates eight different food groups in specific proportions to achieve human diet equivalence. This composite approach ensures nutritional adequacy by combining diverse nutrient sources while managing manufacturing complexity through standardized formulation protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
By establishing specific parameter ranges for macronutrients and micronutrients, the patent ensures reliable nutritional adequacy. These parameters guide the formulation process, making it easier to achieve consistent results while maintaining the complexity necessary to model human consumption patterns accurately.
3Stability of the object's composition
If animal feed is processed into homogenous pelletized form, then palatability and consistency are improved, but processing time and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs homogenization techniques to create uniform pelletized feed with consistent composition. This homogeneity ensures palatability and reliable nutritional delivery while the standardized processing methodology manages energy consumption through efficient mixing and pellet formation protocols.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The animal feed composition accurately models human diet, delivers known nutrient amounts and ratios, and is palatable to animals, allowing for controlled dietary studies that reflect human consumption patterns and nutritional adequacy.
Implementation Method 1
blending the food items, wherein the first mixer is a high shear liquid mixer
Implementation Method 2
freeze drying the homogenous composite and milling the dehydrated composite
Implementation Method 3
adding water to the milled composite and extruding into pellets
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AI summary
The present invention provides methods for creating a human diet equivalent for use in animal feed, animal feed compositions comprising a human diet equivalent, and methods for processing human foods into an animal feed ration.