Weatherized minerals and methods of making and using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020296997-A1
Application number	US-202016893104-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 4, 2020
Priority date	Feb 14, 2012
Publication date	Sep 24, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A weatherized mineral mixture is produced by heating a digestible fat or fatty acid and spraying a mineral mixture with the heated digestible fatty acid to form a protective layer over the mineral mixture. The weatherized mineral mixture may be free of salts of fatty acids, namely soaps. The weatherized mineral mixture sheds water and is wind-resistant. Upon ingestion by livestock animals, the protective coating is digested and the minerals within the mineral mixture are absorbed by the livestock animal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A weather-resistant, anti-caking mineral mixture product for livestock comprising:
particles formed of a mixture of free choice minerals; a protective layer of a digestible fat atop the particles; and loose trace minerals or fines adhered to the protective layer by an oil coating atop the protective layer, said weather-resistant, anti-caking mineral mixture being free of salts of fatty acids.

2 . The product of claim 1 , the oil coating formed of mineral oil.

3 . The product of claim 1 , the digestible fat being a high melting point fat.

4 . The product of claim 3 , the high melting point fat including at least one of: palm stearin, palm fat, coconut oil, lauric acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, or an animal fat.

5 . The product of claim 1 , the particles having been formed under pressure.

6 . The product of claim 1 , the particles being free of a binder.

7 . The product of claim 1 , the particles being pellets.

8 . The product of claim 1 , further comprising particles free of the protective layer.

9 . The product of claim 8 , the particles free of the protective layer including the liquid coating, and the loose trace minerals or fines being adhered to the particles free of the protective layer.

10 . The product of claim 9 arranged in an open container.

11 . The product of claim 1 arranged in an open container.

12 . A weather-resistant, anti-caking mineral mixture product for livestock comprising:
particles formed of a mixture of free choice minerals; a protective layer of a digestible fat atop a first portion of the particles; a second portion of the particles, the second portion being free of the protective layer; and an oil coating atop the first and second portions of the particles, said weather-resistant, anti-caking mineral mixture being free of salts of fatty acids.

13 . The product of claim 12 , further comprising loose trace minerals, the loose trace minerals adhered by the oil coating to the first and second portions of the particles.

14 . The product of claim 12 , the oil coating formed of mineral oil.

15 . The product of claim 14 , the mineral oil accounting for about 0.5 to about 2.0 wt % of the product.

16 . The product of claim 15 , the digestible fat accounting for about 2.0 wt % of the product.

17 . The product of claim 16 , the digestible fat being a high melting point fat.

18 . The product of claim 17 , the high melting point fat including at least one of: palm stearin, palm fat, coconut oil, lauric acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, or an animal fat.

19 . The product of claim 12 , the particles being free-flowing pellets.

20 . The product of claim 12 arranged in an open container.

Assignees

• Purina Animal Nutrition Llc

Inventors

• Kanzelberger-Coolich Melissa
• Scott Ronald R

Classifications

• A23K20/158 Primary

  Fatty acids; Fats; Products containing oils or fats · CPC title

• A23K40/20

  by moulding, e.g. making cakes or briquettes · CPC title

• A23K20/20 Primary

  Inorganic substances, e.g. oligoelements · CPC title

• A23K40/30

  by encapsulating; by coating · CPC title

• A23K50/10

  for ruminants · CPC title