JPH11289900A - Dentifrice for pet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the brushing of the teeth of a pet. SOLUTION: This dentifrice for a pet contains porous particles containing flavor adsorbed to the particles. Silica gel is preferable as the porous particle. The flavor is preferably the one having flavor and taste liked by a pet, e.g. flavor having meat-like flavor and taste or fish or shellfish-like flavor and taste. The dentifrice may be incorporated, in addition to the flavor and porous particle, with components necessary for dentifrice such as abrasive, wetting agent, foaming agent, binder, preservative, pharmaceutical component and colorant. Since the flavor or taste liked by a pet is released from the porous particle containing adsorbed flavor, the pet allows the polishing of tooth without reluctance even by putting the dentifrice into the mouth of the pet.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a dentifrice for pets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of places where pets such as dogs and cats are bred at home has greatly increased due to the pet boom.
Just as human teeth are important for health, dental care is important for pets as well. If the pet's teeth are poorly managed, tartar will adhere and bacteria will multiply, causing inflammation of the gums and eventually causing periodontal disease. When it gets worse, the bacteria can circulate in the blood and cause kidney and heart damage. It's a danger signal if your pet's breath starts to smell bad.

[0003] Therefore, like humans, it is desirable for pets to brush their teeth every day to manage their health.

[0004]

However, in the past, it was only possible to brush a pet's teeth using, for example, a human toothpaste. For this reason, pets could not easily brush the teeth of pets, for example, pets hate fragrance components contained in human dentifrices, and pets escaped or rampaged when attempting to brush their teeth.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to brush the teeth of a pet more easily than in the past.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention The present invention made to achieve the above-mentioned object is a novel dentifrice for pets as described in claim 1, which absorbs flavors. Characterized by containing porous particles.

In this dentifrice for pets, the flavoring agent exhibits at least the scent and taste of pets. In addition, besides these flavors and porous particles, it is selected from components necessary as a dentifrice, for example, abrasives, wetting agents, foaming agents, binders, preservatives, medicinal components, coloring agents, and the like. The components may be appropriately blended as needed. In addition, the above porous particles may be blended as a mere flavor carrier, but for example, porous particles that function as an abrasive may be selected.

According to such a dentifrice for pets, the fragrance and taste preferred by the pet are released from the porous particles to which the flavor is adsorbed. Do not hate pets even if you polish. Therefore, you can brush your pet's teeth more easily than before.
This has the effect.

In particular, as described in claim 2, when the porous particles are silica gel, the flavor can be adsorbed favorably, and further, due to the sustained release characteristic of silica gel,
Since the flavor tends to be gradually released, the aroma and taste are not suddenly lost in a short time.

[0010] Further, as described in claim 3, if the flavor is a flavor favored by dogs or cats, it becomes suitable as a toothpaste for dogs and a toothpaste for cats. Further, as described in claim 4, when the flavor is a meat- or seafood-flavored flavor, the pet is illusioned that it is a food such as meat or seafood, and the pet is put into the mouth. You can brush your pet's teeth very easily because you don't hate it at all. Examples of meat flavors include wagyu flavor (ZA-4664, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation), beef flavor (E-2013, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation), and meat flavor (ZA-471).
5, Takasago International Corporation). Examples of the flavors having a seafood flavor include katsuobushi flavor (B-82108-NL, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation) and nibosi flavor (B-8221).
8, Takasago International Corporation).

Further, since the silica gel has a hydrophilic surface, if the flavor is water-soluble as described in claim 5, the flavor easily penetrates into the pores of the silica gel. As a result, the amount of flavoring agent adsorbed per unit weight of silica gel increases, and a smaller amount of silica gel can adsorb a sufficient amount of flavoring agent. Moreover, when the flavoring agent is water-soluble, the affinity between the silica gel and the flavoring agent is high, so that the flavoring agent does not easily desorb from the silica gel, so that the fragrance and taste are not suddenly lost in a short time. .

[0012] Further, as described in claim 6, the content of the flavor is 0.1% by weight based on the whole dentifrice.
It may be adjusted to 0001 to 0.1% by weight. That is, when the content of the flavor is less than 0.0001% by weight, the fragrance and taste of the flavor become too thin, and the pet dislikes it. On the other hand, even if the content of the flavor exceeds 0.1% by weight, it is not economical because the fragrance and taste of the flavor become too rich and the brushing of the pet is not further facilitated.

Although it is conceivable that the pet may swallow the dentifrice, the silica gel itself does not adversely affect the pet's body. As for the flavor and other components, those that do not adversely affect the pet's body can be easily selected. Therefore, there is no problem even if the pet swallows the dentifrice.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. Example 1 A toothpaste for dogs was prepared by mixing the components shown in Table 1 below.

[0015]

[Table 1]

Of the components shown in Table 1, glycerin and sorbitol are components that function as wetting agents, sodium carboxymethylcellulose is a binder, sodium saccharin is a flavoring agent, and sodium benzoate is a component that functions as a preservative. One of the two types of silica gel (manufactured by Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., product name: Silopure 35, average particle diameter: 8 μm, pore volume: 0.6 ml /
g, surface area: 700 m ² / g, pore size: 34 °, water content: 30% by weight) are abrasive and the other silica gel (manufactured by Fuji Silysia Chemical Ltd., product name: Silopure 25, average particle size: 2 μm) , Pore volume: 1.6 ml /
g, surface area: 300 m ² / g, pore diameter: 210 °, water content: 2% by weight) are components that function as thickeners. Further, sodium lauryl sulfate is a component that functions as a blowing agent.

Japanese beef flavor (ZA-4664, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation) selects meat-like flavors preferred by dogs. This Wagyu flavor is
A light yellow water-soluble liquid that is adsorbed on two types of silica gel added as an abrasive and a thickener, and then mixed with other components. In addition, beef flavor (E-2013, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation), meat flavor (ZA-4) besides the Japanese beef flavor, as the meat flavor flavor favored by such dogs.
715, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation), which is also suitable as a flavoring agent for dog dentifrices.

Next, the procedure for producing a dentifrice will be described. The procedure for producing this dentifrice comprises a stock solution preparation step, a degassing step, and a kneading step. First, in the stock solution preparation step, glycerin is charged into a container, and the glycerin is added at room temperature for 100 hours.
Stir at 0 rpm. Then, sodium carboxymethylcellulose is slowly and slowly added into the container. After the total amount of sodium carboxymethylcellulose is added, sorbitol, sodium saccharin, sodium benzoate, and sodium lauryl sulfate are gradually added.

In the subsequent degassing step, the mixture in the container is transferred into a sealed container, and the gas in the sealed container is sucked by a vacuum pump to reduce the pressure in the container. As a result, gas components contained in the mixture are removed. In the subsequent kneading step, the undiluted solution of the Wagyu beef is diluted with about 10-fold water to form an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution is added to the above two types of silica gel, and the mixture is sufficiently stirred to adsorb and support the Wagyu flavor on the silica gel. Then, this wagyu flavor-adsorbed silica gel is added to the mixture that has undergone the above-described degassing step, and the mixture is mixed with a universal mixing stirrer (Dalton) for 2 hours.
By kneading over time, it is kneaded sufficiently.
At this time, a coloring material is added to uniformly color.

According to the above-described production procedure, a dentifrice having a flavor of Japanese beef flavor can be obtained. When the dog was brushed with the toothpaste thus obtained, the dog was able to brush without dislike. [Example 2] Cat dentifrice was prepared by mixing the components shown in Table 2 below.

[0021]

[Table 2]

Among the components shown in Table 2 above, the same components as those shown in Table 1 above function as described in Example 1, and only the composition ratios thereof are different from those in Example 1. Is slightly different. In addition, katsuobushi flavor (manufactured by Takasago International Corporation, B-82108-NL)
Is a selection of seafood flavored flavors preferred by cats. This katsuobushi flavor is also adsorbed to two types of silica gel added as an abrasive and a thickener, and then mixed with other components, like the wagyu beef flavor described above. In addition to such cutlet flavors, for example, niboshi flavor (B-82118, manufactured by Takasago International Corporation) other than the cutlet flavor is also preferred for such cats, and this is also a cat toothpaste. It is suitable as a flavoring agent.

These ingredients are also kneaded by the same manufacturing procedure as that described in Example 1 above, and as a result, a dentifrice having a flavor of cutlet flavor is obtained. When the toothpaste of the cat was brushed using the toothpaste thus obtained, the toothbrush could be brushed without dislike of the cat.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various specific embodiments other than those described above are conceivable for the embodiments of the present invention. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which a specific component is mixed at a specific mixing ratio as a component of the dentifrice has been described. However, a characteristic component of the present invention is a porous material in which a flavorant favored by pets is adsorbed. As for the components other than the particles, any components may be used as long as they can be used as a dentifrice, and the mixing ratio is not particularly limited.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A dentifrice for pets, comprising porous particles having a flavor adsorbed thereon. 2. The dentifrice for pets according to claim 1, wherein the porous particles are silica gel. 3. The pet dentifrice according to claim 1, wherein the flavoring agent is a flavoring agent favored by dogs or cats. 4. The flavor according to claim 1, wherein the flavor is a meat or seafood flavor.
A dentifrice for pets according to any one of the above. 5. The dentifrice for pets according to claim 1, wherein the flavor is water-soluble. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content of the flavor is adjusted to 0.0001 to 0.1% by weight based on the total weight of the dentifrice. A dentifrice for pets as described.