PROCESS FOR DRY STABLE INTERMEDIATE PET FOOD COMPOSITION

A process for making a dry, stable intermediate pet food including meat includes the steps of combining a plurality of ingredients specified by a basal pet food formula, wherein the plurality of ingredients includes a slurry of meat, mixing the plurality of ingredients to form a basal mixture, extru...

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Hauptverfasser: WOERZ, STEPHEN, E, SPECK, DONALD, R, STOLL, JILL, A, ZHANG, PEIFANG, SINGH, BHAJMOHAN (RICKY), BHATNAGAR, SANDEEP, FRITZ-JUNG, CATHRYN (KATI), WOODWARD, GARY, J, KETTINGER, KARL, L
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A process for making a dry, stable intermediate pet food including meat includes the steps of combining a plurality of ingredients specified by a basal pet food formula, wherein the plurality of ingredients includes a slurry of meat, mixing the plurality of ingredients to form a basal mixture, extruding the basal mixture, cutting the extruded basal mixture into flakes, and drying the flakes to a moisture content of less than about 10% by weight. In one embodiment, to make a finished pet food composition, the flakes are shipped for final processing to a processing facility having finishing equipment including grinding, extruding and coating equipment.