Canned meat and gravy pet food and process

US4895731A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Quaker Oats Company · US

Inventors

• Gerald J. Baker · Wauwatosa, US
• Arun K. Bansal · Barrington, US
• John L. Konieczka · Lake Barrington, US
• David A. Kuntz · Glen Ellyn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 1988
• Grant date: Jan 23, 1990
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S426/805
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to canned pet foods and to a process for preparing them. Meat and gravy pet foods are prepared which are highly palatable due to high meat and significant fat contents. The meaty pieces exhibit high integrity and the gravy component is flowable from the can and coats the meaty pieces to provide a high sheen with no significant visible fat in the gravy.