US 11,992,033 B2
Pet food
Sarah Belt, Yorkshire (GB); Matthew Gosling, Yorkshire (GB); Guy Heath, Yorkshire (GB); and Gareth Thomas, Yorkshire (GB)
Assigned to MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US)
Appl. No. 16/480,029
Filed by MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/050231
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 23, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/138515, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1701417 (GB), filed on Jan. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0000124 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A23K 50/45 (2016.01); A23K 10/18 (2016.01); A23K 10/24 (2016.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A23K 20/26 (2016.01); A23K 40/30 (2016.01)
CPC A23K 50/45 (2016.05) [A23K 10/18 (2016.05); A23K 10/24 (2016.05); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 20/26 (2016.05); A23K 40/30 (2016.05)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An edible pet food, comprising:
a core, wherein the core comprises a chelant and animal protein; and
a coating disposed on the core, wherein the coating comprises an esterified dextrin and an esterified starch,
wherein the edible pet food is semi-moist with:
a) a moisture content of 15 to 50 wt %;
b) an animal protein content of at least 30 wt %;
c) a blood plasma content of at least 6 wt %; and
d) an emulsifier selected from the group consisting of diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides, lecithin, mono- and diglycerides, a stearoyllactate, acetyl esters of monoglycerides, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, glycerol monostearate, lactyl esters of monoglycerides, polyglycerol esters, propylene glycol monostearate, polysorbate 60, succinyl monoglyceride, sorbitane monostearate, and sucrose esters.