CPC A23K 10/30 (2016.05) [A23K 40/25 (2016.05); A23K 50/42 (2016.05)] | 11 Claims |
1. Cat food comprising:
food granules comprising extruded puffed granules having a moisture content of 12% or less,
wherein
60% or more of the food granules have a hardness of 2.5 kgw or less 1 minute after being immersed in a dilute hydrochloric acid (pH of 2.5) at 25° C. for 10 minutes,
60% or more of the food granules have an arithmetic mean surface roughness Sa of 14 μm or more, as measured using an L filter of a nesting index 0.25 mm, and
a pepsin digestibility of the food granules, 1 minute after being immersed in a 500 U/mL pepsin hydrochloric acid solution at 38° C. for 4 hours, is 60% or more.
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