	US 12,486,337 B2
	Natural hydrocolloid systems for pet food compositions, pet food compositions comprising same, and preparations thereof
Paulo Alexandre Braga Fernandes, Amiens (FR); and Lisa Petit, Haute-Savoie (FR)
Assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed by SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ S.A., Vevey (CH)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,627.
Application 18/227,627 is a division of application No. 17/479,082, filed on Sep. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,760,813.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/086,629, filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0365720 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. C08B 37/00 (2006.01); A23K 10/20 (2016.01); A23K 10/30 (2016.01); A23K 20/163 (2016.01); A23K 20/24 (2016.01); A23K 50/48 (2016.01)

CPC C08B 37/0003 (2013.01) [A23K 10/20 (2016.05); A23K 10/30 (2016.05); A23K 20/163 (2016.05); A23K 20/24 (2016.05); A23K 50/48 (2016.05)]

20 Claims

1. A pet food composition comprising:

a gravy or jelly comprising a hydrocolloid system, the hydrocolloid system comprising a fruit fiber and further comprising a plant-based polysaccharide; and

food chunks dispersed in the gravy or jelly,

wherein the gravy or jelly is from about 55 wt % to about 65 wt % of the pet food composition, and the food chunks are from about 35 wt % to about 45 wt % of the pet food composition,

wherein the hydrocolloid system further comprises a calcium source at a concentration of the calcium source in the gravy or jelly from about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt %.