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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J. Brunner, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Assignee:
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A32D 2/02 ; A23K 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A32D 2/02 ; A23K 1/18 ;
Abstract
Compositions and methods for enhancing the palatability of dry and semi-dry pet food compositions, particularly extruded cat food compositions, are described. In one embodiment, the palatability enhancer is a dry cat food coating including tetrasodium pyrophosphate at about 0.1% to about 1.0% by weight of the finished pet food product. The palatability enhancer is applied after the extrusion process to the extruded particles or pieces of pet food.