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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis L Koschak, Irvine, CA (US);
Felicisimo S Sarno, Cerritos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Star-kist Foods, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426623 ; 426630 ; 426646 ; 426805 ;
Abstract
A shelf-stable, semi-moist pet food, wherein partly farinaceous solid pieces are covered by or immersed in an aqueous free gravy. The solid pieces are prepared to be resistant to significant swelling or disintegration when in contact with an aqueous liquid, preferably by incorporating binding means such as vital wheat gluten. A preferred aqueous gravy has a pH of less than about 4.7 and a sufficiently low water activity so that the gravy itself is also shelf stable. The mixture of gravy and solid pieces has a water activity of less than about 0.9 and a pH of less than about 4.7 to resist microbiological growth.