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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:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2000
Cathryn (Kati) Fritz-Jung, University City, MO (US);
Bhajmohan (Ricky) Singh, St. Louis, MO (US);
Sandeep Bhatnagar, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Gary J. Woodward, University City, MO (US);
Karl L. Kettinger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Donald R. Speck, Festus, MO (US);
Jill A. Stoll, Webster Groves, MO (US);
Stephen E. Woerz, Florissant, MO (US);
Peifang Zhang, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Ralston Purina Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A process for making a dry, stable intermediate pet food including meat includes the steps of combining a plurality of ingredients specified by a basal pet food formula, wherein the plurality of ingredients includes a slurry of meat, mixing the plurality of ingredients to form a basal mixture, extruding the basal mixture, cutting the extruded basal mixture into flakes, and drying the flakes to a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight. In one embodiment, to make a finished pet food composition, the flakes are shipped for final processing to a processing facility having finishing equipment including grinding, extruding and coating equipment.