JP2000316487A - Semi-moist pet food - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a pet food freely changeable in shape or form through appropriately tearing or rounding itself and afforded with flexibility so as to enable a medicament or nutrient preparation to be included therein. SOLUTION: This semi-moist pet food 1 is obtained by the following procedure: all of at least meat stock, stock for puff-processing, binder and thickening agent are admixed together with water at 10-20 wt.% based on the above materials at room temperature under agitation followed by heating to 90 deg. and then continuing the agitation for about 30 min; the resultant material is molded and then left to stand to room temperature. A medicament 3 is put on the center of the pet food 1 thus molded (a), the pet food 1 is then extended in such a manner as to handle clay while pressing the medicament 3 into the pet food 1 (b), the medicament 3 is gradually embedded in the pet food 1 (c), and finally, the medicament 3 is entirely included into the pet food 1 (d).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to pet food and, more particularly, to properties of pet food.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pet foods are prepared by appropriately mixing, for example, cereals and vegetable proteins as raw materials of pet foods, mixing the mixture, and applying flavor oil such as meat to improve palatability. There are a dry type which is heated, molded and dried, and a wet type which is fluid in which raw meat itself is added with vitamins and vegetable proteins.

[0003] Although all pet foods have an excellent nutritional balance as comprehensive nutritional foods, pet animals such as dogs and cats are naturally carnivorous and prefer a diet rich in animal protein and fat. They tend to prefer pet food. However, when the pet food of the wet type is given to the pet animal, the owner has many troublesome points such as the smell and the rearrangement,
Generally, wet-type pet food is hard to store at room temperature after opening the can, as can be seen from the fact that it is sold in cans.Therefore, depending on the size of the animal, feed too much or leave the food rotten. There are times when you let it go. On the other hand, dry-type pet food is simple and convenient on the owner's side, but usually has poor animal biting.

In addition, wet type pet food,
The dry pet food of a granular type is usually provided in a container such as tableware for pets, so that the owner may be dissatisfied that the pet food is not provided by hand. On the other hand, some dry-type pet foods have been devised so that they can be given by hand.However, in the pet food market where inexpensive foods are required, heating and pressurization are required in the molding process. Product prices tended to be higher.

[0005] Further, when a medicine must be given to a pet, or when a nutritional supplement is given for the purpose of nutritional supplementation, tablets are mixed with a wet type pet food or a granular dry type pet food. When given, the animals could sniff the smell and leave the medicine alone. In order to avoid this, some owners may give the drug by embedding it in meat, etc. Could not be concealed and kept in that condition and given to the dog.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and allows the owner to wrap medicines and nutrients by changing the shape freely by appropriately tearing or rounding. It is possible to give to pets by hand and combines the bite of wet type pet food with the ease of dry type pet food,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pet food that is easy to manufacture.

[0007]

The semi-moist pet food of the present invention comprises at least a raw material for meat, a raw material for puffing, a binder and a thickener, and is capable of freely deforming a molded form. It is characterized in that the deformed shape can be maintained.

[0008] The meat raw material is meat derived from edible animals, and is preferably cow, pig, chicken, turkey, sheep, or the like. The puffed raw material supplements the meat raw material to increase the amount of pet food, and is preferably, for example, flour, defatted soy flour, corn starch, wheat bran, or the like. Binders are agents for producing proteins such as meat and the like to increase the viscosity of starches and increase their settling power, and include phosphates such as dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, potassium pyrophosphate and polyphosphate. Any one of potassium, potassium metaphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium polyphosphate, and sodium metaphosphate, or a combination of several of these can be used. The thickener is a manufacturing agent that gives a wide viscosity, and glycerin, propylene glycol, and the like can be used alone or in combination.

The proportions of the raw meat, the expanded raw material, the binder and the thickener are 0.5 to 60 parts by weight of the raw meat, 3 to 30 parts by weight of the expanded raw material, and 1 to 10 parts by weight of the binder. Parts and the thickener are preferably 4 to 10 parts by weight.

The raw meat material is 0.5 to 60 parts by weight, preferably 1 to 60 parts by weight.
~ 40 parts by weight, further 5 ~ 30 parts by weight, the raw material for expansion is 3
~ 30 parts by weight, preferably 5 ~ 25 parts by weight, further 10 ~ 20 parts by weight
Parts by weight are preferred. In addition, meat raw materials and puffing processed raw materials
Adjust appropriately in the above range according to the age and type of the dog, such as for puppies, small dogs, breeding dogs, adult dogs, etc., or according to its purpose such as pet food given to obese pets Can be used. For example, for young dogs and for breeding dogs, the raw material content is increased to, for example, 25 to 60 parts by weight, and the puffed raw material is reduced accordingly. Molding is possible, such as increasing the expanded raw material by reducing to 30 parts by weight, and the formed shape can be freely deformed, and if the deformed shape can be maintained, it is appropriately changed in the above range It is possible to

[0011] The binder is 1 to 10 parts by weight, preferably 3 to 8 parts by weight.
Parts by weight, more preferably 5 to 6 parts by weight, and the thickener is 4 to 10 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 8 parts by weight, more preferably 6 to 7 parts by weight.

In addition to the main raw materials, saccharides, seasonings, nutrient enhancers, preservatives, antioxidants, thickening gelling agents, coloring agents, and various flavors can be appropriately used as auxiliary raw materials. As the saccharides, D-glucose, D-galactose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, and the like may be used as long as they are generally used for pet foods.
Examples include sucrose fatty acid esters, molasses, isomerized sugars, various oligosaccharides, and the like. Monosodium glutamate, sodium isoascorbate, and sodium chloride can be used as a seasoning and a nutritional enhancer. As a preservative, sodium ascorbate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, propylene glycol, sodium nitrite and the like can be used. As the thickening gelling agent, gelatin, agar, carrageenan, guar gum, locust bingham, xanthan gum, pectin, gellan gum, etc., or a combination of some of these can also be used.
As the color former, for example, sodium nitrite can be used.

[0013] Further, it is possible to mold, and it is possible to freely deform the formed shape, and if the deformed shape can be maintained, plants such as cereals and beans, shell calcium, cow, Minerals such as bone meal, vitamins such as vitamin C and vitamin A, and unsaturated fatty acids such as docosahexaenoic acid can be appropriately added.

Further, the semi-moist pet food of the present invention is flexible and deformable so that a drug to be administered to a pet can be embedded and given at the time of administration, and can retain the deformed shape, for example, a clay-like pet food. Characterized by the following:

[0015] The embedding into the inside means that the formed pet food is deformed while a medicine such as a medicine or a nutritional enhancer to be administered to the pet is pushed into the pet food, the medicine is wrapped, and the medicine is embedded inside the pet food. Means It is preferable that the pet food is provided with a concave portion indicating a portion where the drug is to be embedded at substantially the center of the semi-moist pet food formed as a whole as a guide so that the drug can be embedded.

Further, the semi-moist pet food of the present invention has a test speed of 10 mm in a compression load test using a compression elastic test jig having a diameter of 20 mm on a semi-moist pet food having a thickness of 15 mm and a cross-sectional area of 10 mm ^2. / Min, and a hardness at a piercing strength of 5 N of 0.5 to 0.05 N / mm.

Specifically, the formed semi-moist pet food is a finished pet food obtained by mixing or heating and mixing a main raw material and an auxiliary raw material and molding the mixture by a method such as compression, baking or drying. means. That is, in a compression load test using a compression elasticity test jig having a diameter of 20 mm, a test speed of 10 mm / min was applied to a semi-moist pet food in a completed state having a thickness of 15 mm and a cross-sectional area of 10 mm ^2. When measured under the condition of 5N,
The slope means a hardness of 0.5 to 0.05 N / mm.

[0018]

The semi-moist pet food of the present invention
Consisting of at least a meat raw material, a puffed processing raw material, a binder, and a thickener, the formed shape can be freely deformed,
The modified shape can be retained, so that the owner can freely change the shape by tearing, rolling or stretching, and completely enclose medicines and nutrients. Therefore, the drug can be easily given to the animal together with the pet food without being smelled by the smell.

Specifically, for example, the raw material for meat is 0.5 to 6
0 parts by weight, 3 to 30 parts by weight of the expanded processing raw material, 1 to 10 parts by weight of the binder, 4 to 10 parts by weight of the thickener, and if necessary, by adding auxiliary raw materials Although it is a completely nutritional food, it can wrap medicines and nutrients and the like freely, which can not be provided by conventional wet-type or dry-type pet food, and can be given to animals while keeping the wrapped state.

[0020] In addition, by mixing the meat in an appropriate amount, it has the bite like a wet-type pet food, but does not easily rot, and is easy as a dry-type pet food without troublesome post-curing. Thus, it is possible to provide a pet food having the same characteristics.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pet food showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the pet food shown in FIG. 1, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line A, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which a medicine is embedded using the pet food shown in FIG.

The semi-moist pet food 1 of the present embodiment is formed in a flat plate shape as a whole, and is provided with a concave portion 2 at a substantially central portion, which indicates a location where a medicine is to be embedded. The semi-moist pet food 1 is made of a material that can be deformed and can maintain a deformed shape so that a medicine to be administered to a pet is embedded and given at the time of administration.
As shown in FIG. 4, the medicine 3 is placed on the center of the molded pet food 1 (a), and the pet food 1 is stretched in the direction of the arrow while pushing the medicine 3 into the pet food 1 (b). The drug 3 is gradually embedded in the pet food 1 so as to be placed on the pet food 3 (c), and the drug 3 is completely inserted into the pet food 1 (d). In this state, it can keep its shape, so that the drug can not be sniffed. Animals can be fed the drug with pet food. Of course, when giving a dog with a good sense of smell, especially the part of the finger into which the drug is pushed (for example, the tip of the thumb)
When the pet food is deformed and put together, it is better not to touch the surface of the pet food so as to wrap the medicine.

Hereinafter, the method for producing the semi-moist pet food of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. In the production method, after the raw materials are uniformly mixed, kneading and rolling are performed, and extrusion molding is performed using a specific pressing die. As long as the raw materials can be uniformly mixed, any machine such as a kneader or a mixer may be used.

(Example 1) As raw materials, 50 parts by weight of beef, 23 parts by weight of wheat bran, 0.3 parts by weight of potassium pyrophosphate, 10 parts by weight of dicalcium phosphate as binders,
3 parts by weight of glycerin as a thickener, 3 parts by weight of propylene glycol, 9.5 parts by weight of sucrose fatty acid ester,
1 part by weight of salt and 0.2 part by weight of potassium nitrate were used. All materials were allowed to return to room temperature (24 ° ± 10 °), mixed and stirred at room temperature with 10-20% water by weight of all materials, heated to 90 ° and continued stirring for about another 30 minutes. This material was molded, and the molded product was left to room temperature. Semi-moist pet food left at room temperature (15 mm thick,
The cross-sectional area of 10 mm ² ) was measured using a compression elastic test jig having a diameter of 20 mm under the conditions of a test speed of 10 mm / min and a piercing strength of 5 N, and the hardness was 0.45 N / mm.

Example 2 5 parts by weight of xanthan gum was added to 90 parts
After stirring and dissolving with an appropriate amount of warm water at
55 parts by weight of flour and 18 parts by weight of flour were mixed and stirred. 0.3 parts by weight of potassium phosphate, 10 parts by weight of tricalcium phosphate, 0.2 parts by weight of potassium nitrate, 1 part by weight of sodium chloride, and 9.5 parts by weight of sucrose fatty acid ester were further added and stirred sufficiently. Finally, 2 parts by weight of glycerin and 4 parts by weight of propylene glycol were further added and stirred. This material was molded, and the molded product was left to room temperature. Semi-moist pet food left at room temperature (15 mm thick,
A cross-sectional area of 10 mm ² ) was measured in the same manner as in Example 1.
The hardness was 0.3 N / mm.

Example 3 50 parts by weight of beef and wheat bran 23
Add 15-30% by weight of water to parts by weight, and at 105-115 °
Cook for 15 minutes, and add 0.3 parts by weight of potassium pyrophosphate, 10 parts by weight of dicalcium phosphate, 3 parts by weight of glycerin, 3 parts by weight of propylene glycol, 9.5 parts by weight of sucrose fatty acid ester, and 1 part by weight of salt And potassium nitrate
0.2 parts by weight was added and stirring was continued. When the temperature reached 70 °, molding was performed, and the molded product was allowed to stand at room temperature. When the semi-moist pet food (thickness: 15 mm, cross-sectional area: 10 mm ² ) left to room temperature was measured in the same manner as in Example 1, it was found to be 0.
The hardness was 15 N / mm.

Example 4 0.3 parts by weight of sodium polyphosphate, 1 part by weight of sodium chloride, 0.2 parts by weight of potassium nitrate, 9.5 parts by weight of sucrose fatty acid ester, 2 parts by weight of calcium phosphate, 0.3 parts by weight of monosodium glutamate, 2 parts by weight of potassium sorbate The mixture was dissolved and stirred in 60 °
Parts by weight and 25 parts by weight of corn starch,
At 45 ° C, and finally 2 parts by weight of glycerin, 2 parts by weight of propylene glycol, and 0.02% of sodium ascorbate.
Parts by weight were added and extruded from a tube. The molding was immediately cooled to 50-70 °. When the semi-moist pet food (thickness 15 mm, cross-sectional area 10 mm ² ) after cooling was measured in the same manner as in Example 1, the hardness was 0.1 N / mm.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pet food showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pet food shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the pet food shown in FIG. 1 taken along line AA.

FIG. 4 is an example of using the pet food shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Semi-moist pet food 2 Recess 3 Drug

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A semi-moist pet comprising at least a meat raw material, a puffed processing raw material, a binder, and a thickener, capable of freely deforming a formed shape, and maintaining the deformed shape. hood. 2. The meat raw material is 0.5 to 60 parts by weight, the expanded raw material is 3 to 30 parts by weight, the binder is 1 to 10 parts by weight,
2. The semi-moist pet food according to claim 1, comprising 4 to 10 parts by weight of said thickener. 3. The binder according to claim 1, wherein the binder is dicalcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, potassium pyrophosphate, potassium polyphosphate, potassium metaphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate,
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the material is at least one of sodium polyphosphate and sodium metaphosphate.
Or the semi-moist pet food according to 2. 4. The semi-moist pet food according to claim 1, wherein the thickener is at least one of glycerin and propylene glycol. 5. A semi-moist pet food made of a material capable of being deformed and capable of maintaining a deformed shape so that a drug to be administered to a pet is embedded and given at the time of administration. 6. The semi-moist pet food according to claim 5, wherein the whole is formed in a flat plate shape, and a concave portion is provided at a substantially central portion to indicate a portion where the medicine is to be embedded. 7. In a compression load test using a compression elastic test jig having a diameter of 20 mm on a semi-moist pet food having a thickness of 15 mm and a cross-sectional area of 10 mm ² , a test speed of 10 mm.
mm / min, hardness at 0.5N piercing strength of 0.5N to 0.05N
/ Moisture pet food characterized by a hardness of / mm.