Patent ID: 6056991
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A23K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of producing an edible dog chew, comprising the steps of:extruding under heat and pressure a mixture consisting essentially of rice meal, casein, water, a starch carbohydrate as a humectant, and 40-60% turkey meal to form an extrudate mixture of said turkey meal, rice meal, water and starch carbohydrate; andadjusting said extrudate mixture water content to about 20-30% during extruding by either heating to drive off excess moisture or adding moisture by steam injection; andinjection molding said extrudate to form a dog chew wherein said water content, subsequent to said injection molding, is adjusted to between 10-14%,placing said dog chew in a moisture proof packaging to preserve said moisture content of the chew at between 10-14%wherein the hardness of said dog chew can be modified by microwave heating.