Claims
- 1. A dry, particulate, porous, nutritionally balanced animal food product comprising an expanded mixture of between 35 to 70% by weight farinaceous and from about 20 to 50% by weight proteinaceous ingredients, said animal food product having thereon a first coating of from about 1 to 8% by weight of a dextrin material selected from the group consisting of corn syrup, corn syrup solids, dextrins, and mixtures thereof and a second exterior coating of from 1 to 8% by weight of fat, said animal food product characterized by its improved resistance to rapid extensive hydration when mixed with liquid and improved palatability.
- 2. In a method of preparing an expanded, porous, dry, particulate nutritionally balanced animal food product wherein a mixture of between 35 to 70% by weight farinaceous and from 20 to 50% by weight proteinaceous ingredients is mechanically worked at elevated pressures and temperatures, extruded through a die orifice into atmosphere to cause said mixture to expand, cut into a desired shape and size, and dried, the improvement comprising coating said product with a solution of a dextrin material selected from the group consisting of corn syrup, corn syrup solids, dextrins and mixtures thereof, such that said product contains about 1 to 8% by weight of said dextrin material, and then applying a second exterior coating of from 1 to 8% by weight fat to said product.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 337,337, filed Mar. 2, 1973, now abandoned.
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