Palatability enhancer with added aroma for application to pet food products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016309749-A1
Application number	US-201615133427-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 20, 2016
Priority date	Apr 24, 2015
Publication date	Oct 27, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A palatability enhancer with added aroma for application to pet food products and method of applying the aroma to dry pet food product is provided. A method for adding liquid aroma to a dry pet food product includes coating the dry pet food product leaving a dryer of a dry pet food manufacturing plant with a composition comprising a mixture of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma. The method also includes applying a coating of digest over the coating of composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma. The coating of digest over the coating of composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma seals the aroma into the dry pet food. The finished dry pet food product then includes an aroma that increases the humanization sensory factor to the dry pet food product without a negative sensory impact for the pets that will consume the dry pet food product.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for adding liquid aroma to a dry pet food product, the method comprising:
coating the dry pet food product leaving a dryer of a dry pet food manufacturing plant with a composition comprising a mixture of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma; and applying a coating of digest over the coating of composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein coating the dry pet food product occurs prior to entering a cooler of the dry pet food manufacturing plant.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the liquid aroma is a human aroma.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the human aroma is a grilled aroma.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the human aroma is a sweet aroma.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is within the range of 1% to 5% and the amount of palatability enhancers is within the range of 95% to 99% based on weight of the total composition of the liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is within the range of 2% to 3% and an amount of palatability enhancers is within the range of 97% to 98% based on weight of the total composition of the liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is approximately 2% and an amount of palatability enhancers is approximately 98% based on weight of the total composition.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein coating the dry pet food product is performed without adding equipment and processing steps to the manufacture of the dry pat food product.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying a coating of digest over the coating of composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma further comprises sealing the aroma within the dry pet food product.

11 . A dry pet food product comprising:
kibble; and an aroma added to the kibble by coating the kibble leaving a dryer of a dry pet food manufacturing plant with a composition comprising a mixture of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma; and applying a coating of digest over the coating of composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

12 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the liquid aroma is a human aroma.

13 . The product of claim 12 , wherein the human aroma is a grilled aroma.

14 . The product of claim 12 , wherein the human aroma is a sweet aroma.

15 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is within the range of 1% to 5% and the amount of palatability enhancers is within the range of 95% to 99% based on weight of the total composition of the liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

16 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is within the range of 2% to 3% and an amount of palatability enhancers is within the range of 97% to 98% based on weight of the total composition of the liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma.

17 . The product of claim 11 , wherein the composition of liquid palatability enhancers and liquid aroma comprises an amount of liquid aroma is approximately 2% and an amount of palatability enhancers is approximately 98% based on weight of the total composition.

Assignees

• Wal Mart Stores Inc

Inventors

• Perez Jamie Russell
• Dodge Timothy John

Classifications

• A23K50/42

  Dry feed · CPC title

• A23K10/26

  from waste material, e.g. feathers, bones or skin (A23K10/24 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A23K10/20

  from material of animal origin (obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes A23K10/10) · CPC title

• A23K10/30

  from material of plant origin, e.g. roots, seeds or hay; from material of fungal origin, e.g. mushrooms (obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes, e.g. using yeasts or enzymes, A23K10/10) · CPC title

• A23K40/30 Primary

  by encapsulating; by coating · CPC title