Patent ID: 8128956

Claim:
A palatable pet food product for hairball treatment comprising: a shell component completely surrounding an inner component to form one dual textured pet food product, wherein the shell component is harder than the inner component; said shell component having a total moisture content of less than 20% and containing at least one ingredient comprising a dietary fiber and an additional fiber, wherein said additional fiber contain a soluble fiber and an insoluble fiber; and wherein the shell component comprises corn, rice, cellulose, and beet pulp; and wherein the cellulose and beet pulp combined comprise less than 12% by weight of the food product; said inner component having a water activity, a w , of less than 0.65, and comprising at least a lubricant and solid ingredients, wherein the lubricant is more than 2 wt % but less than 10 wt % of the food product; wherein the inner component comprises petrolatum, and beef tallow, but excludes malt syrup; wherein the additional fibers and the lubricant provide for a palatable pet food product for hairball treatment; wherein no more than 6 grams/day of the pet food product must be voluntarily consumed by the pet in order to provide for an increase of at least 15% of hair passage through a digestive tract of an animal; and wherein the food product further comprises zinc and linoleic acid.