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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Ellis Liu, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Ted Lengwin, Englewood, CO (US);
Wallace H. Kunerth, Parker, CO (US);
Jeffrey Smith, Parker, CO (US);
James M. Quarles, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Ellis Liu, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Ted Lengwin, Englewood, CO (US);
Wallace H. Kunerth, Parker, CO (US);
Jeffrey Smith, Parker, CO (US);
James M. Quarles, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Penford Food Corporation, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention provide methods and materials for producing nutritious pet chews comprising an edible thermoplastic comprising from 45 to 80 wt. % starch selected from one or more potato and non-potato starches wherein said starch comprises at least 28% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if less than 50% of said starch is potato starch or at least 20% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if greater than or equal to 50% of said starch is potato starch; from 5 to 25 wt. % plasticizer; 2% to 15 wt % of a humectant and from 5 to 25 wt. % water.