Patent ID: 8088420
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A23K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the optimum macronutrient content of a diet for an individual companion animal, the method comprising the steps of: providing, over an extended and preselected period of time, different food compositions to said animal in which each composition provides an enriched source of fat, protein or carbohydrate, such that said animal can select and consume different and preferred quantities of each said food compositions in order to achieve an optimum consumption of fat, protein and carbohydrate for said animal; allowing said animal to consume the different and preferred quantities of fat, protein and carbohydrate from each of said compositions over the extended preselected period of time; and determining, from the consumed amount of fat, protein and carbohydrate from each of said compositions, a customized dietary regime that provides the optimum macronutrient content of a diet for said individual animal.