CN118058195A - Plant source puffed cat litter and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

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CN118058195A
CN118058195A CN202410307706.6A CN202410307706A CN118058195A CN 118058195 A CN118058195 A CN 118058195A CN 202410307706 A CN202410307706 A CN 202410307706A CN 118058195 A CN118058195 A CN 118058195A
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刘立鹤
李佳
李晓城
王羽慧
陈玉波
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The invention belongs to the technical field of cat litter, and discloses plant source puffed cat litter and a preparation method thereof. The cat litter comprises the following components in parts by weight: 5 to 22 parts of plant starch, 60 to 80 parts of plant fiber, 8 to 15 parts of straw powder, 0.01 to 0.1 part of tea polyphenol, 0.5 to 5 parts of SAP, 0.5 to 3 parts of guar gum and 1 to 3 parts of oil. The novel SAP water-absorbing raw material is adopted in the formula, so that the water absorption capacity of the cat litter is improved, the natural antioxidant tea polyphenol is added, and the safety of the cat litter is greatly improved by using the environment-friendly material straw powder. The puffing technology is adopted in the processing and manufacturing process, so that the obtained cat litter has better adsorption effect and is convenient to clean.

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Plant source puffed cat litter and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of cat litter, and particularly relates to plant source puffed cat litter and a preparation method thereof.
Background
Pets are now present in the homes of many people and pet cat raising is an option for many people, but the problem of pet cat excretion and its importance in the process of pet cat raising, which can cause environmental pollution if pet cats excrete everywhere. The cat litter can well solve the problem, and provide convenience for the family cat care. The cat litter types commonly found in the market at present mainly comprise bean curd cat litter, crystal cat litter, bentonite cat litter, sawdust cat litter and the like.
The crystal cat litter is semitransparent granular beads or irregular particles, and some brands can be doped with beads with different colors, so that the crystal cat litter has the effects of mildew resistance, antibiosis, deodorization and the like. The advantage of the crystal cat litter is that the crystal cat litter has strong absorption capacity, and the beads can change color after absorbing urine until the whole basin changes color about eight times, so that the cat litter can be completely replaced. However, in the preparation process, the cat litter can generate a lot of dust, the raw materials are difficult to obtain and have high cost, and the substances such as silica gel and crystal are harmful to people and cats, and the antibacterial property is not good.
The cat litter with the pea fiber and the corn starch as main raw materials has mild smell and good agglomerating capacity, and the cat is less affected by miseating, and the cat litter has less pollution to the environment, but can be adhered to a cat litter basin.
The existing cat litter technology is designed and invented mainly in the aspects of dust reduction, peculiar smell removal, easy treatment, environmental protection and the like, so that a plant source puffed cat litter and a preparation method thereof are needed to be provided so as to improve the water absorption performance and the safety performance of the cat litter.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims at overcoming the defects of the prior art and provides plant source puffed cat litter and a preparation method thereof. The novel SAP water-absorbing raw material is adopted in the formula, so that the water absorption capacity of the cat litter is improved, the natural antioxidant tea polyphenol is added, and the safety of the cat litter is greatly improved by using the environment-friendly material straw powder. The puffing technology is adopted in the processing and manufacturing process, so that the obtained cat litter has better adsorption effect and is convenient to clean.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides a plant-source puffed cat litter, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 5 to 22 parts of plant starch, 60 to 80 parts of plant fiber, 8 to 15 parts of straw powder, 0.01 to 0.1 part of tea polyphenol, 0.5 to 5 parts of SAP, 0.5 to 3 parts of guar gum and 1 to 3 parts of oil.
In the invention, the guar gum is food-grade, safe and nontoxic, and has a molecular weight of 5-10 w.
According to the invention, preferably, the cat litter comprises the following components in parts by weight: 8 to 22 parts of plant starch, 60 to 80 parts of plant fiber, 8 to 12 parts of straw powder, 0.01 to 0.05 part of tea polyphenol, 0.5 to 5 parts of SAP, 0.5 to 1.5 parts of guar gum and 1 to 2 parts of oil.
According to the present invention, preferably, the ratio of the plant fiber to the plant starch is (9 to 3): 1.
According to the invention, preferably, the plant starch is corn starch (meeting the standard number GB/T8885 requirements) and/or wheat starch.
According to the present invention, preferably, the plant fiber is soybean fiber and/or pea fiber.
According to the present invention, preferably, the oil is at least one of soybean oil, corn oil, rapeseed oil and olive oil.
According to the present invention, it is preferable that the particle size of the cat litter is 2 to 3mm and the bulk density of the cat litter is 350 to 550g/L.
The invention also provides a preparation method of the plant-source puffed cat litter, which comprises the following steps: and uniformly mixing and stirring plant starch, plant fiber, straw powder, tea polyphenol, SAP (super absorbent polymer), guar gum, oil and water to obtain a cat litter mixture, and performing puffing, granulating and drying to obtain the plant source puffing cat litter.
The preparation method further comprises screening the dried cat litter to remove unqualified products.
According to the present invention, preferably, the parameters of the puffing granulation include: the temperature of the puffing and granulating is 50-100 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for puffing and granulating is 20-50 rpm, the modulation time is 3-6 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.3-0.8 Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 1.5-3.0.
According to the present invention, preferably, the temperature of the drying is 50 to 60 ℃ for 3 to 4 hours.
In the present invention, the puffing involves placing the cat litter mixture in a closed container, followed by heating and pressurizing it. The operation then ceases to pressurize for a very short period of time (e.g., a few seconds) so that the moisture within the litter mixture rapidly evaporates and expands. The process pushes the structure of the high polymer substances in the cat litter mixture to change through the gas pressure, and substances with porous structures are formed, so that the obtained cat litter has better adsorption effect and good caking property, has good covering effect on cat excrement, and is convenient to clean.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) Compared with bentonite and silica gel cat litter, the plant starch has poor water absorption, but the plant fiber has excellent water absorption, so the cat litter prepared by the method of combining the plant starch and the plant fiber has fresh smell, and can improve living environment and mood of people.
(2) Compared with the existing commercial cat litter, the cat litter of the invention is added with the excellent material SAP (high molecular water-absorbing resin) for manufacturing the baby diaper, thereby increasing the water absorption and water storage property of the cat litter.
(3) In order to ensure that the cat litter has stronger water absorption, the preparation process of puffing is selected, and the puffed cat litter has a porous structure in the cat litter as the puffed food, so that the cat litter can absorb water better, and the water absorption speed and the water absorption capacity are obviously increased. Has good absorption and covering effects and better agglomerating effects on cat excrement, and is convenient to clean.
(4) The plant source material straw is added in the cat litter formula, so that the cat litter has high water absorbability, and meanwhile, compared with other cat litters, the cat litter has smaller environmental pollution, is more environment-friendly and green, and improves the safety of the cat litter.
(5) The cat litter disclosed by the invention has little influence on a pet cat after the pet cat eats by mistake.
(6) Compared with other cat litter manufacturing, the invention only increases the flow of the puffing process, has lower cost, saves funds and has simpler and more convenient operation flow compared with other cat litter with high water absorbability.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail below. While the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
Example 1
The embodiment provides plant-source puffed cat litter, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 8.55 parts of corn starch, 76.91 parts of pea fiber, 10 parts of straw powder, 0.04 part of tea polyphenol, 2 parts of SAP (super absorbent polymer), 1 part of guar gum, 1.5 parts of soybean oil and 35 parts of water.
The preparation method of the plant source puffed cat litter comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing and stirring corn starch, pea fiber, straw powder, tea polyphenol, SAP, guar gum, soybean oil and water to obtain a cat litter mixture; when the temperature of the bulking machine is raised to 50 ℃, adding the cat litter mixture into the bulking machine for bulking, granulating, drying, preparing cat litter with the diameter not exceeding 3mm, sieving, and removing unqualified products.
The parameters of the puffing granulation include: the temperature of the puffing granulation is 70 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for carrying out the puffing granulation is 30 revolutions per minute, the modulation time is 3 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.4Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 2.7; the final cat litter obtained in this example had a bulk density of 532g/L.
The temperature of the drying is 60 ℃ and the time is 4 hours.
Example 2
The embodiment provides plant-source puffed cat litter, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 10.68 parts of corn starch, 74.78 parts of pea fiber, 11 parts of straw powder, 0.04 part of tea polyphenol, 1 part of SAP, 1 part of guar gum, 1.5 parts of soybean oil and 35 parts of water;
The preparation method of the plant source puffed cat litter is the same as that of the example 1, and the difference is that: the parameters of the puffing granulation include: the temperature of the puffing granulation is 70 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for carrying out the puffing granulation is 30 revolutions per minute, the modulation time is 3 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.6Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 2.5; the final cat litter obtained in this example had a bulk density of 519g/L.
Example 3
This example provides a plant-derived expanded cat litter, which differs from example 1 only in that: 14.24 parts of corn starch and 71.22 parts of pea fiber;
The preparation method of the plant source puffed cat litter is the same as that of the example 1, and the difference is that: the parameters of the puffing granulation include: the temperature of the puffing granulation is 70 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for carrying out the puffing granulation is 20 revolutions per minute, the modulation time is 5 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.65Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 2.4; the finished cat litter obtained in this example had a bulk density of 503g/L.
Example 4
This example provides a plant-derived expanded cat litter, which differs from example 1 only in that: 21.36 parts of corn starch and 64.1 parts of pea fiber;
The preparation method of the plant source puffed cat litter is the same as that of the example 1, and the difference is that: the parameters of the puffing granulation include: the temperature of the puffing granulation is 70 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for carrying out the puffing granulation is 30 revolutions per minute, the modulation time is 4 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.4Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 2.2; the finished cat litter obtained in this example had a bulk density of 489g/L.
Test case
The test example compares the odor, color, water absorption speed, bulk density and deodorizing effect of the cat litter of each example;
judging whether the odor has obvious peculiar smell or not;
whether the color is uniform or not is evaluated;
The water absorption is the amount of the cat litter with certain mass capable of absorbing clean water in a certain time. The experimental apparatus used included: a 100ml glass measuring cup, an electronic scale, and a 50ml separating funnel. 10g cat litter is weighed, placed in a 100ml glass measuring cup, 50ml warm water is dripped into the cup at a constant speed by using a separating funnel, and after the cup is kept still for 5 minutes, the suspended liquid in the glass measuring cup is slowly poured out, and the weight of the liquid is weighed. The test was performed three times to average. The water absorption of the cat litter is calculated as mass fraction A, and the numerical value is expressed as percent and calculated according to the formula: a= (50-m)/10 x 100%
The water absorption rate is the time required for the cat litter to fully absorb water (fully blotting refers to inverting the beaker, no water drops). The shorter the time required for complete absorption of moisture, the faster the water absorption rate. The experimental apparatus used was: 100ml glass, electronic scale, 20ml separating funnel, stopwatch. 10g of cat litter was weighed, placed in a 100ml glass measuring cup, and 20ml of warm water was dropped into the cup at a constant speed using a separating funnel, and the time required for complete water absorption was recorded from the completion of the dropping. The test was performed three times to average.
Bulk density, pour sample into the funnel above the baffle that closes, sample volume flushes with the funnel mouth, take out the baffle, sample naturally flows the material jar of below in, the centrum above the material jar is scraped with along the rim of a cup, weigh the sample in the material jar. Bulk density W, expressed in g/L, is calculated as w=m/v 100%, where:
m-the value of the mass of the sample in grams (g);
v-the value of the tank volume in milliliters (ml).
The deodorizing effect is that an ammonia water solution odor source with the concentration of 5 per mill is prepared, the temperature is kept at 23-27 ℃, a sample with the bulk density and a material cup are placed in a square sealed sample box with the length of 30cm, the width of 20cm and the height of 10cm or a sample box with the same volume, an ammonia tester is placed at the position 10cm away from the material cup, 20mL of the prepared odor source is moved by a pipette and flows to the center point of the material cup, the sample box is sealed, and the deodorizing effect is obtained after the value is read after 3min of timing.
The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
Index detection Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4
Smell of No peculiar smell No peculiar smell No peculiar smell No peculiar smell
Color and luster of Uniformity of Uniformity of Uniformity of Uniformity of
Water absorption percentage% 395 405 443 425
Water absorption speed s 65 74 69 58
Bulk density g/L 532 519 503 489
Deodorizing effect ppm 33.2 29.3 23.5 19.7
The foregoing description of embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description, and is not intended to be exhaustive or limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the various embodiments described.

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1. The plant-source puffed cat litter is characterized by comprising the following components in parts by weight: 5 to 22 parts of plant starch, 60 to 80 parts of plant fiber, 8 to 15 parts of straw powder, 0.01 to 0.1 part of tea polyphenol, 0.5 to 5 parts of SAP, 0.5 to 3 parts of guar gum and 1 to 3 parts of oil.
2. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the cat litter comprises the following components in parts by weight: 8 to 22 parts of plant starch, 60 to 80 parts of plant fiber, 8 to 12 parts of straw powder, 0.01 to 0.05 part of tea polyphenol, 0.5 to 5 parts of SAP, 0.5 to 1.5 parts of guar gum and 1 to 2 parts of oil.
3. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the plant fiber to plant starch ratio is (9-3): 1.
4. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the plant starch is corn starch and/or wheat starch.
5. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the plant fibers are soybean fibers and/or pea fibers.
6. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the oil is at least one of soybean oil, corn oil, canola oil, and olive oil.
7. The plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 1 wherein the cat litter has a particle size of 2 to 3mm and a bulk density of 350 to 550g/L.
8. The method for preparing the plant-derived puffed cat litter of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the method comprises: and uniformly mixing and stirring plant starch, plant fiber, straw powder, tea polyphenol, SAP (super absorbent polymer), guar gum, oil and water to obtain a cat litter mixture, and performing puffing, granulating and drying to obtain the plant source puffing cat litter.
9. The method for preparing a plant-derived expanded cat litter of claim 8 wherein the parameters of the expanded pelletization comprise: the temperature of the puffing and granulating is 50-100 ℃, the revolution of a puffing machine for puffing and granulating is 20-50 rpm, the modulation time is 3-6 minutes, the steam pressure is 0.3-0.8 Mpa, and the puffing coefficient is 1.5-3.0.
10. The method for preparing plant-derived puffed cat litter of claim 8 wherein the temperature of the drying is 50-60 ℃ for 3-4 hours.
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