Patent ID: 6436463
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A23K,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for preparing a meat and carbohydrate based feline pet food composition having a solid mass essentially assuming the shape of its container which comprises:(a) heating the meat portion of the pet food composition to a temperature at or below the denaturation point of the meat portion, (b) mixing separately from the meat portion in (a) and the fluid or slurry in (c) a carbohydrate or a mixture of carbohydrates together with water to a temperature that will achieve or essentially achieve hydration, gelatinization and retrogradation of the carbohydrate or mixture of carbohydrates; and (c) preparing separately from the meat portion in (a) and carbohydrate or mixture of carbohydrates of (b) a viscosity building fluid or slurry comprising a carbohydrate or mixture thereof which when combined with the meat portion in (a) and the carbohydrates or mixture thereof of (b) forms at least an essentially homogeneous mass during a container filling process, and (d) combining the meat portion of (a) the carbohydrates or mixture thereof of (b) and the liquid or slurry of (c) and mixing while maintaining the temperature of the combination.