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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Inventor:
Patrick Joseph Corrigan, Glendale, OH (US);
Assignee:
Mars, Incorporated, McLean, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K 1/004 (2013.01); A23K 40/30 (2016.05); A23K 50/42 (2016.05);
Abstract
A process of making a pet food include providing a core pellet; providing at least one coating material; applying the coating material to the core pellet to form a coated kibble using a continuous fluidizing mixer; wherein application of the coating material occurs at a Froude number range of from about 0.8 to about 3 and a Peclet number greater than about 6.