Patent ID: 9617192
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A23K,A23P,C05G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A process for making a granule weather resistant comprising: placing a plurality of granules selected from the group consisting of a macro mineral granule, a micro mineral granule, a vitamin granule, a salt granule, and combinations of any thereof in a mixer; heating an agglomerating; agent tumble agglomerating the agglomerating agent with the plurality of the granules in the mixer such that agglomerates are formed; heating a vegetable based weatherizing agent selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated vegetable oil, hydrogenated soy oil, vegetable based waxes, soy wax, vegetable based shortenings, hydrogenated heat-bodied oil, partially hydrogenated heat-bodied oil, and any combinations thereof; and mixing the vegetable based weatherizing agent with the agglomerates in the mixer such that a surface of at least a portion of the agglomerates is coated with the vegetable based weatherizing agent, thus forming agglomerates having a size ranging from 150 μm-2800 μm.