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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Janel Fone, Melton Mowbray, GB;
Assignee:
Mars UK Limited, Slough, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/14 ; A23K 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/14 ; A23K 1/18 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a pet food product which comprises chicory in an amount which maintains good faeces quality or improves the faeces quality of a pet and/or maintains good gastrointestinal tract health or improves the gastrointestinal health of a pet. It also relates to the use of chicory in achieving these results, a method for achieving them and a process for the preparation of such a pet food product.