US 12,433,313 B2
Extruded gelling products and methods for making extruded gelling products
John M. Lipscomb, Cedarburg, WI (US); and Omar I. Rodriguez, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Assigned to Pioneer Pet Products, LLC, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Filed by Pioneer Pet Products, LLC, Cedarburg, WI (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,220.
Application 18/506,220 is a continuation of application No. 17/862,401, filed on Jul. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,896,039.
Application 17/862,401 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/373,769, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Application 17/373,769 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/631,986, previously published as PCT/US2018/042715, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Application 17/373,769 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/702,534, filed on Dec. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,528,914.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,560, filed on Jul. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,506, filed on Jul. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,911, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,950, filed on Oct. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/741,535, filed on Oct. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065304 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 29/212 (2016.01); A23G 9/34 (2006.01); A23G 9/42 (2006.01); A23L 7/126 (2016.01); A23L 19/18 (2016.01)
CPC A23L 29/212 (2016.08) [A23G 9/34 (2013.01); A23G 9/42 (2013.01); A23L 7/126 (2016.08); A23L 19/18 (2016.08)] 48 Claims
 
1. A method of making an extruded product comprising:
(a) providing (i) an extruder, and (ii) an admixture comprised of at least 25% starch and no greater than 30% moisture;
(b) subjecting the admixture to an ultrahigh extrusion pressure of at least 2000 PSI while the admixture is within the extruder; and
(c) extruding the admixture from the extruder in the form of an extrudate expelled out the extruder, the extrudate comprised of an extrusion-modified starch.