JPH0416149A - Pet food - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide animals with improving effects on balance of blood and humor and cleaning effects on body and to improve a nutritive value, by blending a pet food with granular WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle. CONSTITUTION:In producing a pet food by using raw materials such as beef tallow, wheat flour, bran, soybean cake and fish meal, the raw materials are blended with granular WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle. The amount of the granular WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle blended is properly about 0.5-10wt.%. In the case of production of pet food by extruder treatment, as far as an addition period is concerned, the granular WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle is properly added to a conditioner set before an extruder. Consequently, since a pet food is blended with the granular WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle, the surface of the pet food proves the addition, appearance of pet food is also improved and the pet food is made readily edible when the pet food is mixed especially with milk having high water content because WAKAME seaweed and/or sea tangle is expanded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to pet food.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, the desires of pet breeders and owners have become more diverse, and there is a strong tendency to truly desire health and longevity for their pets. As such, there is a deep-rooted desire to feed pets food containing high-quality fiber and the like. The background to this is a sense of balance correction that pets are too biased towards gourmet food such as meat, obesity, etc.
This may be due to a desire to go on a diet due to lack of exercise, a desire to take in vitamins and minerals, or a desire to improve bowel movements.

For this reason, pet owners often take care to feed vegetables containing fiber in their pet's home-cooked meals. Currently, pet food supplies fiber by incorporating a large amount of bran such as bran, vegetable oil meal such as rice bran oil cake, corn gluten feed, or grains such as onion, milo, and wheat.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The object of the present invention is to provide a pet food that is well-balanced as a nutritional value for pet animals, contains a high-quality fiber source, and has good physical properties.

[Means for solving problems]

As a result of extensive research, the present inventors have discovered that adding seaweed or kelp to pet food can result in a pet food that is nutritionally and physically superior, and has completed the present invention.

That is, the present invention is a pet food characterized by containing granular wakame seaweed and/or kelp.

The wakame and kelp used in the present invention are usually
It refers to seaweed and kelp that are served as food, and aran can also be used in the same way. These wakame seaweed and kelp can be used either dried or raw, but if you use dried granules or shredded products in pet food that is processed with an extruder and has a moisture content of 35% or less, the pet food will be Seaweed and kelp will remain on the surface in recognizable shapes. The shape and size of the granular, coarsely crushed or shredded product may be fixed or amorphous, and the approximate size is preferably, for example, dried wakame seaweed, with a width of 2 to 3III11 and a length of about 5 to 15InI11. Furthermore, it is of course possible to use small particles of about 1!1lIIl. Furthermore, for canned pet foods and the like that have a high water content, dried products such as those mentioned above can be used, and shredded raw seaweed and kelp can also be used.

The amount of seaweed and/or kelp added to pet food can be varied depending on the type of dog or cat, breed of dog or cat, growth level, etc.; however, if it is too much, the It is desirable to mix in the range of 0.5 to 10% by weight since it becomes difficult to cut during cutting, it looks bad, and if it is too small, its presence becomes unclear.

The wakame seaweed and kelp of the present invention may be added individually and mixed together, or both may be mixed together. In addition, when adding wakame and kelp, if you also use granulated carrots, which are red vegetables, and granulated green vegetables, etc., the surface of the pet food will be sprinkled with various colors.
The appearance is extremely excellent.

In the present invention, raw materials other than wakame seaweed and/or kelp may be those used in ordinary animal food.

In addition, when producing the pet food of the present invention, wakame seaweed and/or kelp can be added at any step and mixed into the pet food, but the pet food must be treated with an extruder and have a moisture content of 35% or less. In this case, a certain amount of granular, coarsely crushed, or shredded products of wakame or kelp can be added at any step after the other raw materials are crushed, such as in a conditioner installed before the extruder or in the conditioner inlet. is desirable.

Furthermore, in canned pet foods and the like, granular or coarsely crushed products or shredded products of seaweed or kelp can be added at any step.

The pet food of the present invention, especially the extruder-processed pet food with a moisture content of 35% or less, can be mixed with canned whole meat type foods with high moisture content, stew-type supplements, milk, etc. when feeding to dogs and cats. , wakame, and kelp absorb water and swell, making them easy to eat.

The animal food to which the present invention can be applied is not particularly limited in terms of the type of animal, growth level, etc., but it is particularly effective when used in extruder-treated pet food for dogs and cats.

〔Example〕

Example 1 The raw materials except for beef tallow having the raw material composition shown in Table 1 were blended and mixed well, and then crushed using a high-speed crusher with a 1.5 mm screen. Steam and water are added to this mixture using a conditioner to make the moisture content 28%, and then the granular and irregularly shaped raw materials shown in Table 2 are fed from the inlet of the extruder, mixed well under high temperature and pressure, and the die is finely mixed. After extruding it rapidly from the hole, it was cut into a certain length using a special high-speed cutting machine. Then, these were sent to a hot air dryer, and after drying, 4 parts of beef tallow was added using a rotary fat adding device to obtain a dry type dog food with a moisture content of 10%.

In addition, in the groups where the amounts of wakame and kelp added were different, the contents were adjusted by replacing them with wheat bran.

Below is the margin: Table 1 Basic raw material composition (%) Table 2: Added ingredients (%) Below is the margin: Evaluation of appearance, physical properties, etc. of the dog food of the present invention and the control dog food obtained as described above is as shown in Table 3. In the dog food of the present invention, small grains or pieces of seaweed and kelp were recognizable and were a good attraction. Moreover, as a result of feeding the pet food to dogs, the dogs liked to eat the pet food of the present invention. The physical properties were evaluated by comparing the dog food of the present invention and the control dog food mixed with the same amount of milk.

Table 3 Notes: 10 Same as normal product 10 Good 10 Very good ++ 10 Very good Example 2 30 parts of corn, 15 parts of wheat flour, 2 parts of bran, 10 parts of soybean oil cake, 15 parts of fish meal, 12 parts of meat meal, After combining 2 parts of vitamins and minerals and mixing well, 1.2 m
It was pulverized using a high-speed pulverizer with an m-screen. To this pulverized mixture, 5 parts each of irregularly shaped and granular dried wakame seaweed and kelp were added through the inlet of the conditioner, and further steam and water were added to make the moisture content 29%, and the mixture was sent to an extruder and mixed well under high temperature and pressure. After rapidly extruding through the pores of the die, it was cut into a certain length using a dedicated high-speed cutting machine. Then, this was sent to a hot air dryer, and after the moisture content was reduced to 9%, 4 parts of oxtail was sprayed on the surface to obtain dry cat food.

This dry cat food had good appearance and physical properties.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Since the vet food of the present invention is mixed with seaweed or kelp, it is expected to not only have the effect of improving the balance of blood and body fluids in the animal's body and purifying the body, but also provide natural vitamins and nutrients for pet animals. The pet food is supplemented with minerals and is nutritionally satisfying. In addition, granular wakame and kelp can be found on the surface of pet food, which improves the appearance of pet food.Especially when mixed with milk or other high-moisture products, wakame and kelp swell and become extremely edible. It has the effect of making it easier.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A pet food characterized by containing granular seaweed and/or kelp.