High amylose dog chew formulation

US7722911B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Penford Food Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ellis Liu · Highlands Ranch, US
• Ted Lengwin · Englewood, US
• Wallace Kunerth · Englewood, US
• Jeffrey Smith · Attica, US
• James M. Quarles · Cedar Rapids, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2007
• Grant date: May 25, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention provide methods and materials for producing nutritious pet chews comprising an edible thermoplastic comprising from 45 to 80 wt. % starch selected from one or more potato and non-potato starches wherein said starch comprises at least 28% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if less than 50% of said starch is potato starch or at least 20% amylose as determined by size exclusion chromatography if greater than or equal to 50% of said starch is potato starch; from 5 to 25 wt. % plasticizer; 2% to 15 wt % of a humectant and from 5 to 25 wt. % water.