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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Hungwei Charlie Lin, Lawrence, KS (US);
Harry Mead Clark, Iii, Topeka, KS (US);
Brent Karl Pope, Topeka, KS (US);
Jerry Don Millican, Topeka, KS (US);
Viswas Ghorpade, Lawrence, KS (US);
Dale Allen Fritsch, Topeka, KS (US);
Hungwei Charlie Lin, Lawrence, KS (US);
Harry Mead Clark, III, Topeka, KS (US);
Brent Karl Pope, Topeka, KS (US);
Jerry Don Millican, Topeka, KS (US);
Viswas Ghorpade, Lawrence, KS (US);
Dale Allen Fritsch, Topeka, KS (US);
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Abstract
A process for preparing a food composition by mixing a nutritive base with at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; cooking the resulting mixture at a temperature not less than about 50° C.; adding to the food composition at least one oxidatively protected long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and packaging the resulting composition in an oxygen depleted environment within a sealed container to provide the food product that exhibits (1) acceptable palatability to an animal and (2) a shelf-life of at least about 6 months when stored at ambient temperature without opening the container.