Patent ID: 9168240
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A23K,A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A nutritionally balanced pet food composition comprising a myristic acid source and a beta-carotene source, in amounts effective to prevent or treat obesity in a companion animal in need thereof, wherein myristic acid is present in the composition in an amount of at least 0.3%, and wherein beta-carotene is present in the composition in an amount of from 2 ppm to 4 ppm, wherein the pet food composition further comprises 20 to 50 wt % of protein, which comprises from 1 to 4 wt % of arginine; from 0.01 to 1.5 wt % of cystine; from 0.01 to 1.5 wt % of histidine; from 0.1 to 3 wt % of isoleucine; from 2 to 6 wt % of leucine; from 0.1 to 4 wt % lysine, from 0.1 to 3 wt % of methionine; from 0.1 to 4 wt % of phenylalanine; from 0.1 to 3 wt % threonine; from 0.01 to 2 wt % tryptophan; from 0.1 to 4 wt % of tyrosine; and from 0.5 to 4 wt % of valine.