Patent ID: 6488970
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A23C,A23K,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for the preparation of a shelf-stable food supplement for pets, the ingredients for said food supplement consisting essentially of a food additive, wherein said food additive consisting essentially of at least one food additive selected from vitamins, provitamins, minerals and trace elements, and a cultured milk product serving as a wet carrier,said food supplement used in addition to a regular pet diet, said process comprising the steps of (i) adding food additives selected from the group consisting of vitamins, provitamins, minerals and trace elements to a wet carrier which is a milk product, (ii) fermenting the mixture in the presence of a microorganism, and (iii) heating the mixture to an elevated temperature for a predetermined period of time to a predetermined temperature to essentially terminate the fermentation.