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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn A Trout, Lebanon, PA (US);
Barry L Zoumas, Palmyra, PA (US);
Stanley M Tarka, Palmyra, PA (US);
Assignee:
Hershey Foods Corporation, Hershey, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426-2 ; 426630 ; 426631 ; 426807 ;
Abstract
The method of stimulating appetite in ruminants by including in their diet between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent of theobromine, or an amount of cocoa solids, cocoa shells or cocoa pods containing such weight percentage of theobromine, and a ruminant feed containing between about 0.05 to 0.1 weight percent of theobromine (which may be pure theobromine or theobromine derived from cocoa solids, cocoa shells and/or cocoa pods).