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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Matthew Jackson, Topeka, KS (US);
Christopher Waldy, Maple Hill, KS (US);
Dennis Jewell, Lawrence, KS (US);
Eden Ephraim, Lawrence, KS (US);
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a pet food composition and methods of making a pet food composition using an extrusion process, wherein the resultant pet food composition comprises an enhanced level of resistant starch. The pet food compositions disclosed herein may increase the proportions of beneficial gastrointestinal bacteria, such asand, while decreasing deleterious bacteria such as. The improved microbial environment resulting from the pet food compositions disclosed herein having an enhanced level of resistant starch may lead to both improved gastrointestinal and psychobiotic health for the animal consuming the pet food composition.