EP3675648A1

EP3675648A1 - Animal feed formed meat composition with prey animal nutriment and process for producing an animal feed formed meat slug with prey animal nutriment

Info

Publication number: EP3675648A1
Application number: EP17758031.3A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Reiner Hauf
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-08-04
Filing date: 2017-08-04
Publication date: 2020-07-08
Also published as: CA3071306A1; US20200305463A1; WO2019024952A1; CA3071306C; US11503843B2

Abstract

Proposed is a formed meat composition comprising additives, a process for producing a formed meat slug and a combined meat/formed meat slug. It is a disadvantage of established dried formed meat compositions that they require stabilizing desiccants and/or have an unnatural, open-pored fine structure. The novel solution proposed is a formed meat composition which, in addition to prey animal meat, glycerol and salt, merely contains additives in the form of prey animal nutriment. Also proposed is a process for producing a formed meat slug in which a common comminution of meat and additives in a manner modelled on hunting is carried out. Finally proposed is a combined meat/formed meat slug which comprises in its primary constituents only animal meat ingredients and the recited additives. The claimed subject matter provides the particular advantage that, despite additives, a denser, more stable and closed fine structure is achieved. This is accompanied by increased mechanical strength, long-term moisture resistance and improved shelf life. This makes desiccants for packaging unnecessary.

Description

ANIMAL FEED FORMAT COMPOSITION WITH

BUTTER FOOD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A

ANIMAL FEED Meat sandwiches with BUTTER FOOD FOOD

TECHNICAL PART

The present invention relates to an animal feed-molding composition with added prey food according to the preamble of the independent claims, a method for producing a shaped meat blank from said composition, a combined meat-meat base blank containing the molding meat blank according to the invention, and sales containers containing said shaped meat blank or the combined meat and processed meat blank.

The basic, technical area can be outlined with the generic term 'pet food' or 'pet snacks'. The applicant has been working in this field for some time. Established, advantageous measures, features and terminology can be found, for example, in documents WO 2016 180 405 A1 and DE 10 2015 107 344 A1 and in the documents cited and researched therein.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Specifically, the present invention in the field of meat-based animal feed moldings, preferably dog food moldings, settled with additives. 'Additives' are minor constituents which contain from 1 to 49% by weight, preferably from 2 to 40% by weight, more preferably from 5 to 10% by weight with an accuracy of + - 2% by weight and in total not more than 40% by weight, while Main ingredient consists of meat. This basic definition outlines generic animal feed moldings in the sense of the present invention.

WO 99/22604 A1 proposes to enrich highly protein-containing animal feed with high-fiber-rich additives, in particular sugar beet pulp or crushed endive fiber or cellulose pulp. The basically meat-based feed mixture is preferred to cook and can also be used with pure vegetable protein as the main ingredient become. The disadvantage here is that cooked food and additives in finely dispersed Breiform not with the natural diet of hunting animals, preferably dogs, agrees: Just smaller prey such as pheasant or rodents or mice, which develop all physiologically compatible food sources as omnivores, crush their predominantly herbal Food only roughly. The hunting animal, however, consumes such prey animals - possibly after a short chewing - completely. Thus, hunting animals - especially dogs - feed essentially carnivally with a steady proportion of herbal supplements. These additives are neither cooked nor finely pureed. At most they are roughly crushed together with the prey. Only with much larger prey animals can a predator possibly get to a larger stomach and its contents. In any case, the meat is present as a whole and has not been cooked preparatory, dispersed or finely coupled with emulsifiers with emulsifiers. In addition, softeners adjusted with binders are often stretched with ice during manufacture, which is subsequently removed at elevated temperature to the extent that the binder can not incorporate the ice. The result is light, open-pore soft-food moldings. These often tend due to the high moisture content for rapid germination and must be disadvantageously combined with inert gas or with a desiccant to ensure a minimum shelf life required for distribution. Especially with silica gel desiccants, which are often added as ceramic beads in a vapor-open paper package, there is the disadvantage that they assume the smell of the feed in frictional contact and are therefore consumed by a dog accidentally with. Furthermore, especially technically prepared and preprocessed soft foods are problematic: Dogs tend to snake over soft soft food blanks directly and in excessive quantities, which promotes obesity. In addition, the soft lining favors tooth diseases, because a natural Kauprozess, which could clean the teeth at least superficially in frictional contact, so does not take place. Established measures for the consolidation of such moldings, such as the addition of wheat flour, corn starch or alginates, can only tolerably replace a meaty texture. The inventors are not able to understand why the long-standing need for a balanced, natural and long-lasting food composition has remained uncovered for so long.

It was therefore an object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art, to meet the obvious need and to provide a corresponding animal feed and meat composition with added prey food, a method of producing a corresponding pre-formed meat pre-cooked animal -Food and to provide a combined meat-and-meat slug containing the method according to the invention form meat blank with added prey food.

The solution of this object is achieved according to the features of the independent claims in the form of a molded meat composition, a method for producing a molded meat blank and a combined meat-meat form blank. Advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims and the following description. Additional, advantageous features and measures, as known in the art and in the technical field, can - unless they are in direct contradiction to the teaching of the invention - go into the subject-matter claimed here, without departing from the scope of the invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The animal feed / molding meat composition according to the invention with added prey diet consists of the components 45 to 100 parts by weight of chopped animal prey meat, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of salt, 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of glycerol, 5 to 40, preferably 5 to 10 parts by weight with an accuracy of + - 2 parts by weight and in total not more than 40 parts by weight of at least one prey chopped together with the prey meat and up to 5 parts by weight of adjuvant and auxiliary components and unavoidable accompanying components of the components.

The inventive method for producing a molded meat blank from a raw material according to the above-described composition comprises the steps of a) rough crushing of prey foods at room temperature, b) intimately blending with coarsely crushed, frozen prey meat until a homogeneous, -20 ° C cold mixture, c1) cutting the -20 ° C cold mixture under c2) adding only glycerol and salt, c3) the temperature is adjusted to a maximum value of -8 ° C until c4) get a homogeneous spreadable mass and d1) forming a disc-shaped molding meat blank from the mass, wherein d2) the layer thickness of the finished, formed in a flat, planar profile molded meat blank is 0, 1 centimeter to 2 centimeters and the temperature of the mass does not exceed -5 ° C. ,

An inventive meat-mold meat blank is obtained by pressed meat of a corresponding loot sorted in rough pieces in a tube section, frozen and cut into meat slices with substantially congruent profile, the thickness of the flat, at least -4 ° C cold Meat slices 0.1 to 1 Centimeters, and the meat slices are combined with the above-described shaped meat blank according to the method steps e) congruent laying at least one meat slice on at least one molded meat blank, f) placing the combined meat-meat form blank on a grid and g ) Air-dry at a maximum temperature of -2 ° C.

The inventively accessible shaped meat blanks and also combined meat and processed meat blanks are surprisingly more durable and chewy and bite-stronger than technically preprocessed, meat-based competing products despite vegetable additives. They also need no harmful shielding gases, desiccants or antioxidants in the form of sale and in a loose outer packaging, in order to be able to safely offer shelf-life for up to 6 to 12 months. Therefore, sales containers according to the invention advantageously consist of mere, hermetically sealed bags, in which the products according to the invention were filled in bulk.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND ADVANTAGEOUS CHARACTERISTICS

An animal feed-shaped meat composition according to the invention with added prey food serves as the basis for mouldable raw masses. It is essential that the animal feed-meat composition is constructed without the addition of binders or extenders and as close to nature as possible. In particular, the degree of comminution and the composition of the core components are based on the natural food intake of an omnivore, preferably a dog. Core component is 45 to 100 parts by weight of chopped animal prey meat. 0, 1 to 20 parts by weight consist of salt. Higher levels of salt can, for example, reflect lake-water-based or saltier, regional nutritional scenarios. From 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of glycerol adjust the moisture content of the mass so that the superficial humidities are similar to those of fresh prey meat including prey stomach. As an additive to the main meat component, the animal feed / meat composition is 5 to 40, preferably 5 to 10 parts by weight with an accuracy of + - 2 parts by weight and no more than 40 parts by weight of at least one prey chopped together with the prey meat -Food variety added. Up to 5 parts by weight of auxiliary and auxiliary substances and unavoidable accompanying components are still included. The joint, mechanical crushing by cutting and seer forces of a cutter here forms the chewing process of the hunting animal, preferably dog from. The inventors believe that the joint crushing and tearing of meat cells and prey foods is a much more realistic overall mixture of a hunting animal Episode has. The mixture obtained by co-cutting is visually uniform, resembles a fine sausage meat, and depending on the structural matter content of the prey food optically recognizable components: Structures with increased stability as stable shell segments of tomatoes / blueberries or carrot segments are in the composition in thin, folded but contiguous segments of 1 to 10 millimeters in size are still recognizable, while soft foods of a prey animal such as beetroot, apple or kale are visually no longer identifiably dispersed. Thus, the present claimed composition in texture, appearance, and texture reflects coarse to fine pre-shredding suitable for prey food.

Preferably, in the animal feed-molded meat composition, the prey diets are plant foods. Especially with smaller prey animals such as rodents or pheasant-like to geese, the feeding behavior is often focused mostly on plant food sources.

Preferably, at least one prey species selected from the group consisting of apple, pear, plum, cranberry, blueberry, kale, sweet potato, carrot, gooseberry, currant, beetroot, bilberry, ginger, turmeric, mustard seed is selected from the animal feed / meat composition , Tomato, cucumber, pumpkin, salad, grass, seeds.

A method for producing a molded meat blank with added prey food from a mass according to the present invention comprises the steps

a) rough crushing of prey foods at room temperature;

'gross' here reflects the feeding behavior of prey animals. The additive is therefore preferably pre-comminuted to less than 1 cm to 0.1 mm. Such chips, chunks or powders are preferably used as an additive;

b) intimately mixing with coarsely minced, frozen prey meat until a homogeneous, -20 ° C cold mixture is present;

Preferably, meat is used in frozen, centimeter-sized, tripped segments. These are advantageously sheer, triggered body segments of the respective prey animal. The deliberate avoidance of pre-mixed or unnaturally obtained by Separator fiber and fabric mixtures here makes preferably an improved realistic structure and texture accessible;

d) cutting the -20 ° C cold mixture below

c2) adding only glycerol and salt, wherein

c3) the temperature is adjusted to a maximum value of -8 ° C until c4) a homogeneous, spreadable mass was obtained;

the joint cutting ensures improved, intimate contact of the components; The inventors assume that the control to a temperature well below 0 ° C. for the individual particles in combination with glycerol and salt advantageously initially causes tarnishing along the contact surfaces while the core segments of the particles remain frozen. This can explain why the chopped mass has improved stability with good flowability: the hard, frozen core segments mechanically stabilize the mixture in its fine structure, while the thawed edge segments mix more intimately and can later connect.

d1) forming a disk-shaped molding meat blank from the mass, wherein d2) the layer thickness of the finished, molded in a flat, planar profile molded meat blank is 0, 1 centimeter to 2 centimeters and the temperature of the mass does not exceed -5 ° C. The molded meat blank is surprisingly precisely formable and dimensionally stable. This advantageously enables a more accurate indication of the nutritional value per molded article and an improved exact further processing.

Preferably, the method after the step on that the molded meat blank is placed on a grid and dried at a temperature of -2 ° C maximum in the air stream. The above-described fine structure is able to explain the advantageous reduced sinking of the blank in the lattice girder: blanks according to the prior art are more prone to flowing in and out and, after drying in the same direction, have a deeper indented negative profile of the lattice girder.

Preferably, the method is characterized in that in parallel to the production of a molded meat blank meat of a corresponding prey sort was coarsely pressed into a tube profile, frozen and cut into meat slices with substantially congruent profile, the thickness of the flat, at least 4 ° C cold meat slices 0, 1 to 1 centimeter. It is particularly preferred to use sheer meat from the muscle and tissue area, especially for larger prey animals. The meat slices thus obtained are advantageously introduced in the process according to the invention via the process steps

e) congruent laying of at least one meat slice on at least one molded meat blank,

f) placing the combined meat-meat base on a grid

g) air drying at a maximum temperature of -2 ° C; despite the increased surface pressure, the blanks do not sink deeper into the supporting grid. Furthermore, the inventors assume that in the areal contact, the previously incorporated and superficially distributed glycerol in combination with the salt has a slow Antauen, drying and setting result. The inventors conclude that the tensile strength of the molded meat blank and also the tensile strength in combination with the meat slice after drying are significantly higher than in the case of established and / or competing products. Against this background, the present invention is directed both to a process molding meat shaped blank as well as to a combined meat and meat jar blank.

The meat-shaped meat blank preferably consists of a dried combination of a meat slice on a molded meat blank, the thickness of the meat slice being at most 70% of the layer thickness of the shaped meat slice. The measures according to the method are able to explain meaningfully the denser, more stable texture, increased tensile and biting strength and also the improved durability: a smoother, more uniform surface and a denser, more compact fine structure considerably reduce the penetration of moisture and germs. This is useful to explain why the products according to the invention had the same or superior storage times without additional protective gases, antioxidants or desiccants. Against this background, the present invention also claims a sales container, containing a plurality of procedural shaped meat blanks and / or meat-shaped meat blanks, the sales container consists solely of an enveloping, optionally printed and hermetically sealed plastic tube and only the respective dried blanks contains in bulk.

Further advantages emerge from the exemplary embodiments. It is understood that the above-described, preferred features, advantages and subsequent embodiments are not restrictive. Advantageous or preferred additional features and additional combinations of features, as explained in the description, can be realized within the scope of the independent claims in the claimed subject matter both individually and deviatingly combined without departing from the scope of the invention. DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

ON HAND OF EXAMPLES

In an advantageous embodiment, an animal feed-molding composition with added prey food is prepared as a shapable raw material, the molded meat composition being composed of the components 45 to 100 parts by weight of chicked, released chicken meat, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of salt. 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of glycerol, 5 to 10 parts by weight with an accuracy of + - 2 parts by weight and in total not more than 40 parts by weight of at least two plant-prey diets packed with the prey meat, comprising at least apple and kale at least 8 and a maximum of 11, 5 parts by weight, and up to 5 parts by weight of auxiliary and auxiliary substances and unavoidable accompanying components.

For this purpose, 5 parts by weight of apple slices and 3 parts by weight of pear slices in a step a) are coarsely crushed at room temperature. Subsequently, the preparation of steps b) consists of intimately blending with coarsely chopped, frozen chicken meat comprising chicken hearts and raised chicken muscle meat until a homogeneous, -20 ° C cold mixture is obtained, c1) chopping the -20 ° C cold mixture under c2 Adding only glycerol and salt, wherein c3) the temperature is adjusted to a maximum value of -8 ° C until c4) a homogeneous, spreadable mass was obtained and d1) forming a disk-shaped shaped meat blank from the mass, where d2) the layer thickness of the finished formed in a flat, flat profile molded meat blank 0.5 centimeters + - 0.1, and the temperature of the mass does not exceed -5 ° C.

In parallel, released chicken meat in coarse breast fillet pieces was pressed into a tube section, frozen and cut into meat slices with substantially congruent profile, with the thickness of the flat, at least -4 ° C cold meat slices 0, 15 centimeters + - 0) is 1 centimeter, and the meat slices were used according to the process steps e) congruent laying at least one meat slice on at least one molded meat blank, f) placing the combined meat-shaped meat blank on a grid, g) air dry at a maximum temperature of -2 ° C.

Thus, the resulting combined meat-and-meat stock consisted of a dried combination of a meat slice on a molded meat blank. The drop-shaped slices of meat and meat blanks as well as the molded meat blanks had a maximum width of 4.5 cm and a length of 11 cm. Out of these were with a scalpel specimen of 1cm and 2cm width (+ - 2mm) and 8cm length (+ - 1mm) cut out (specimen I).

Test specimens of the same dimensions were separated from competing products in the same way; in the competition products are in the same sense to dried molding meat blanks with the following weight compositions: a) lamb (at least 90%), corn starch, glycerin b) beef (at least 90%), corn starch, glycerol, c) duck (min 90%), corn starch, glycerin. All comparison products have in common that they are delivered with an additional desiccant in hermetically sealed sales container.

The specimens described above were clamped at 23 ° C (+ - 2 ° C) and 50% relative humidity (+ - 10%) in a tensile, shear and pressure tester. Enclosed webs of 77mm length were clamped between two fixing clamps; The clamp brackets were moved apart at 100 mm per minute while the force required was continuously recorded.

In addition, aging was carried out in air to constant mass (specimen II, humid air); Furthermore, the saliva was simulated by placing sample bodies for 0.5 h (sample III) / 1, 5 h (sample IV) / 5 h (sample V) in distilled water (series a) and in artificial saliva (series b) and the tests were repeated as described above on the thus conditioned specimens.

The comparative samples all have a lower tensile strength, swell faster during insertion and lose considerably more in mechanical strength due to the moistening / insertion.

The inventors believe that the open-pored fine structure and reduced uniformity of the established molded meat blanks are responsible for the poorer mechanical properties and reduced durability. The present claimed composition makes the present invention a more versatile, stable and durable dog food snack.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

There is proposed a molded meat composition with additives, a method for producing a molded meat blank and a combined meat and meat base. Disadvantageously, established, dried, molding meat compositions require stabilizing drying agents and / or have an unnatural, open-pored fine structure. As a solution for the first time a molded meat composition is proposed, which contains prey meat, glycerol and salt only additives in the form of prey food. Furthermore, a method for producing a molded meat blank is proposed, in which a hunting situation modeled after, common comminution of meat and additive takes place. Finally, a combined meat-and-meat dish is proposed which has in its main ingredients only animal meat ingredients and said additives. ,

The claimed article offers the particular advantage that, despite additions, a denser, more stable and closed fine structure is achieved. This is associated with increased mechanical strength, lasting moisture resistance and improved durability. Desiccants are thus unnecessary for the sales containers.

Claims

Animal feed-molded meat composition with added prey food, for mouldable raw masses, characterized in that the molded meat composition of the components

45 to 100 parts by weight of chewed animal prey meat,

0, 1 to 20 parts by weight of salt,

0.01 to 10 parts by weight of glycerol,

- 5 to 40, preferably 5 to 10, parts by weight with an accuracy of + - 2 parts by weight and in total not more than 40 parts by weight of at least one of the prey meat chopped together, prey food and

- up to 5 parts by weight of auxiliary and auxiliary substances and unavoidable accompanying substances of the components.

The animal feed / meat composition according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the prey diets consist of vegetable diets.

The animal feed / meat composition of any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one prey species is selected from the group consisting of apple, pear, plum, cranberry, blueberry, kale, sweet potato, carrot, gooseberry, currant, beetroot, Blueberry, ginger, turmeric, mustard seeds, tomato, cucumber, pumpkin, lettuce, grass, seeds.

A method of producing a formed meat blank with added prey diet from a composition according to any one of the preceding claims, the method comprising the steps

a) coarse crushing of prey foods at room temperature b) intimately mixing with coarsely minced, frozen prey meat until a homogeneous, -20 ° C cold mixture is present

c1) Engage the -20 ° C cold mixture below

c2) adding only glycerol and salt, wherein

c3) the temperature is adjusted to a maximum value of -8 ° C until

c4) a homogeneous, spreadable mass was obtained, and d1) forming a disc-shaped molding meat blank from the mass, wherein d2) the layer thickness of the finished, molded in a flat, planar profile molded meat blank is 0, 1 centimeter to 2 centimeters and the temperature of the mass does not exceed -5 ° C.

5. The method according to the preceding claim, characterized in that molded meat blank placed on a grid and dried at a temperature of -2 ° C maximum in the air stream. 6. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that parallel to the production of a molded meat blank meat of a corresponding loot type pressed in rough pieces in a tube profile, frozen and cut into meat slices with substantially congruent profile, the thickness of the flat , at least -4 ° C cold meat slices is 0.1 to 1 centimeter, and the meat slices are used according to the

steps

f) placing the combined meat-meat base on a grid

g) Air-dry at a maximum temperature of -2 ° C.

7. Shaped meat blank obtained according to claim 5.

8. Combined meat-forming meat blank obtained according to claim 6, consisting of a dried combination of a meat slice on a Formfleisch- blank, wherein the thickness of the meat slice is a maximum of 70% of the layer thickness of the molded meat slice.

9. sales container, containing a plurality of molded meat blanks according to claim 7, wherein the sales container consists solely of an enveloping, optionally printed and hermetically sealed plastic tube and contains only the molding meat blanks.

10. Sales container, containing a plurality of meat-shaped meat blanks according to claim 8, wherein the sales container consists solely of a wrapping, optionally printed and hermetically sealed plastic tube and contains only the meat-shaped meat blanks.