KR20220081035A - Coating method of feed for rare pet and feed using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for coating a feed for a special pet, comprising: a raw material mixing step of mixing a fragrance raw material, coconut oil and distilled water to create a raw material mixture; A fragrance extraction step of extracting a fragrance ingredient by separating the raw material mixture into a lipophilic fragrance and a hydrophilic fragrance; an emulsification step of mixing and emulsifying a raw material mixture containing a hydrophilic fragrance and a lipophilic fragrance with a surfactant to produce an emulsified mixture; and a feed adsorption step of adsorbing the emulsion mixture to the feed and coating the feed, wherein the raw material mixture contains 3 to 5% by weight of fragrance, 6 to 10% by weight of coconut oil, and 89 to 91% by weight of distilled water compared to 100% by weight characterized.

Description

Coating method for feed for special pets and feed using the same {COATING METHOD OF FEED FOR RARE PET AND FEED USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a method for coating a feed for special pets capable of coating various scents that can satisfy the taste of special pets, and a feed using the same.

Pets are like family animals that live together with people and provide psychological stability and intimacy. In fact, the number of people who have companion animals is increasing, and it has been confirmed that the main companion animals are dogs and cats. In addition, special pets such as rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters are being raised as companion animals. In fact, as of 2020, the number of companion animals was confirmed to be about 10 million, of which about 6.51 million dogs, 2.77 million cats, and 560,000 special companion animals, which accounted for 5.6%. .

In addition, if you look at the domestic companion animal market in 2020, it has a market size of about 3 trillion won, of which 180 billion won was confirmed as a market related to special pets, and 70 billion won was confirmed as the size of the feed market among the special companion animal market. .

In fact, the domestic pet food market is growing rapidly. The size of the companion animal feed market, which was only 200 billion won in 2010, was confirmed to be about 900 billion won or more as of 2018, and is growing with an average annual growth rate of 19.4%. As demand is rapidly increasing, the related market size is also growing steadily.

However, special pets such as rabbits, hedgehogs, and guinea pigs often require a special breeding environment that is different from the breeding environment of general dogs or cats. In particular, when raising rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, etc., which are herbivores, there is a very big problem in feeding hay as feed.

This has a problem in that companion animals have a very poor palatability for hay, which is odorless and tasteless, and this leads to a sharp drop in intake. The amount of food consumed by companion animals can cause various diseases such as malocclusion and bloat along with health, and the palatability of feed is important, especially in that the eating habits of infancy last a long time.

However, in the feed market, a lot of research and development has been done on feeds for dogs and cats to be consumed, and feeds with various preferences are coming out. There is a problem that it is difficult to increase palatability. In other words, there is a problem that the feed environment of special pets is in a very poor environment by dogs or cats.

In addition, in the case of special pets, training according to the special situation of each animal is required. In particular, in order to perform the food search activity, that is, the nosewalk, which is an animal's instinct, the smell of food existing in nature is necessary, but there is a problem that there is no special pet food to induce this. Accordingly, there is a problem in that the nose walk of the companion animal becomes impossible and the enrichment of the behavior becomes small.

Therefore, it is urgently necessary to develop a highly palatable feed for special pets in order to induce the nose walk of the special pet and to increase the feed intake normally.

In order to solve the above problems, there is provided a feed coating method capable of coating the outside of the feed with a scent so that the companion animal can smell various wild scents, and a feed using the same. It is not limited to the technical problem as described above, and another technical problem may be derived from the following description.

A special pet food coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a raw material mixing step of generating a raw material mixture by blending a fragrance raw material, coconut oil and distilled water; A fragrance extraction step of separating the raw material mixture into a lipophilic fragrance and a hydrophilic fragrance to extract a fragrance material; an emulsification step of mixing and emulsifying the raw material mixture including the hydrophilic fragrance and the lipophilic fragrance with a surfactant to produce an emulsified mixture; and a feed adsorption step of adsorbing the emulsion mixture to the feed and coating the feed, wherein the raw material mixture is 3 to 5% by weight of the fragrance, 6 to 10% by weight of the coconut oil, and 89 to 91% by weight of the distilled water compared to 100% by weight It is characterized in that it contains %.

In addition, the fragrance material is characterized in that it has a powder form of 200 to 500 mesh size (0.074 to 0.028 mm).

In addition, in the flavor extraction step, a cold-chim method may be used, and in the cold-chim method, the raw material mixture is stored at 3 to 5° C. for 60 to 600 minutes.

In addition, in the emulsification step, the surfactant includes gum arabic, and it is characterized in that it comprises 3 to 5% by weight of the gum arabic relative to 100% by weight of the raw material mixture.

In addition, the feed adsorption step uses an evaporation coating method in which the emulsion mixture is evaporated and adsorbed to the feed, and in the evaporation coating method, the emulsion mixture is heated at 30 to 50° C. for 50 to 70 minutes and evaporated. do.

The feed for special pets according to another embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that it is manufactured by using any one of the above-described feed coating methods.

According to the feed coating method for a special pet according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration and a feed using the same, there are the following effects.

In the case of the feed coated with flavor according to the feed coating method as an embodiment of the present invention, the following effects are obtained.

First, by extracting a highly palatable fragrance according to the subject of the special pet and coating it on the feed, the palatability of the special pet is increased, while maintaining the nutrition of the existing feed and without the addition of harmful substances to feed the special pet. It has the effect of guaranteeing nutritional value through

In addition, there is a beneficial effect on the emotions of special pets as it can perform animal behavior enrichment behavior by inducing special pets to perform nosewalk activities as in the wild through fragrance-coated feed.

In addition, by using coconut oil and gum arabic, special pets can safely ingest it, and at the same time, it prevents deterioration or deformation of the coated flavor, thereby preventing the feed from being easily deteriorated even during long-term storage of the feed.

In addition, by excluding all chemical methods from the manufacturing process and using a natural cooling method or physical adsorption method, it not only maintains nutrition in the feed, but also does not contain chemicals, so special pets can safely consume it.

1 is a view showing the steps of a feed coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing the state of the raw material mixture stirred using a homomixer and a general stirrer under a 400-fold microscope.
Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the separation method and the emulsification method.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily implement them. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the structure or method described herein.

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for coating a feed for special pets with the same nutritional component as the feed and a feed using the same, and the flavor and palatability are dramatically improved as compared to the conventional feed, and there is no harmfulness, Hereinafter, it will be briefly referred to as "feed coating method" or "feed".

The feed coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used for the feed of special pets, but it is pointed out that it can be applied to all of the generally applied mammal feed.

1 is a flowchart showing the steps of a feed coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the feed coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a raw material mixing step (S110) of mixing raw materials to produce a raw material mixture, a fragrance raw material extraction step of extracting a fragrance raw material from the raw material mixture (S120), and a fragrance It may include an emulsification step 130 of mixing the extracted raw material mixture with a surfactant to emulsify, and a feed adsorption step 140 of adsorbing and coating the emulsified emulsion mixture on the feed. In addition to this, the raw material preparation step and the raw material storage step may precede the raw material mixing step (S110), and the feed packaging step and the feed storage step may be followed after the feed adsorption step 140, but the raw material preparation step, the raw material storage step, The feed packaging step and feed storage step are generally not much different from the preparation or storage of raw materials for manufacturing feed, and the packaging or storage step of the prepared feed, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The raw material mixing step (S110 is a step of generating a raw material mixture by combining the fragrance raw material, coconut oil and distilled water. Based on 100 wt% of the raw material mixture, 3 to 5 wt% of the fragrance raw material powder, 6 to 10 wt% of coconut oil and 89 wt% of distilled water to 91% by weight. Here, when the proportion of the fragrance ingredient is lowered, the palatability of the fragrance decreases, and on the contrary, when the proportion of the fragrance raw material is increased, there is a problem that the palatability is rather deteriorated. Fragrance ingredients containing a lot of fat-soluble fragrances are less effective because fragrances are not extracted, and on the contrary, if the specific gravity of distilled water is lowered, the water-soluble fragrances of the fragrance raw materials cannot be extracted, and the effectiveness of fragrance raw materials containing a lot of water-soluble fragrances is reduced. (Average fat-soluble fragrance of fragrance ingredients: tailored to the ratio of water-soluble fragrance)

The fragrance raw material is a material that is coated on the outer surface of the feed according to an embodiment of the present invention to emit a odor, and may be selectively used for each companion animal. For example, the fragrance raw material may be hay, such as timothy, alfalfa, and lotus, or herbs such as rosemary, hibiscus, marigold, etc., and other medicinal herbs such as dandelion, mulberry leaf or plantain may be used alone or in combination.

In addition, the fragrance ingredient may not be used in the form of a raw material but may be used in the form of a powder. In detail, the fragrance raw material may be pulverized in the form of a powder having a size of 200 to 500 mesh. In fact, referring to Table 1, it is possible to confirm the relative intensity values of the raw material form and the powder form of the fragrance ingredient. Here, the OMX-SRM model of the Shin-A odor meter was used to measure the fragrance, and the experiment was conducted by setting the relative intensity value range from 0 to 999.

Raw material name raw form powder form hay Timothy 7 11 alfalfa 8 16 soft vein 7 13 herbs Rosemary 45 63 hibiscus 37 59 marigold 13 21 herbs dandelion 10 17 mulberry leaves 13 17 plantain 3 7

Table 1 shows the intensity values of fragrances measured by comparing the raw material and powder forms of fragrance ingredients. Referring to Table 1, it can be seen that in all raw materials of hay, herbs, and medicinal herbs, the intensity value of the fragrance in powder form, not in raw form, is high. In fact, when the fragrance raw material is used in the form of a powder rather than the raw material, the surface area of the fragrance raw material is widened to amplify the intensity value of the fragrance, and the extraction time of the raw fragrance raw material extraction step (S120) is dramatically shortened.

Coconut oil is a fatty oil obtained by pressing the seed from which the coco palm has been removed, and is a component that can be used as an edible oil. In fact, since the oil used for feed coating must be applied to the feed of both herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores, it is used as the most compatible vegetable edible oil to ensure the stability of companion animals, as well as general vegetable oil (ex. Because it has lower unsaturation than soybean oil, sunflower oil, etc.), it does not deteriorate and does not oxidize even in the manufacturing process above the set temperature. In addition, since it is a non-volatile oil with low volatility, there is an effect that the fragrance coated on the feed is not blown off or deteriorated.

Thereafter, the mixture may be stirred at a ratio of 3 to 5% by weight of the fragrance raw material powder, 6 to 10% by weight of coconut oil, and 89 to 91% by weight of distilled water, and in this case, a homomixer may be used for stable emulsification. You can mix raw materials by operating the homomixer at 4000RPM for 120 seconds.

2 is a view showing the state of the raw material mixture stirred by using a homomixer and a general stirrer under a 400-fold microscope, and Table 2 is a table describing the characteristics according to the mixing method. 2 and Table 2, after operating the homomixer and the general stirrer under the same conditions, the result of stirring the generated particles can be confirmed.

homo mixer general stirrer Characteristic Particles are 1μm, uniform, and have high viscosity and are safe. There are many large particles, and they are not evenly distributed and not uniform.

In fact, when raw materials are mixed using a homomixer, it can be confirmed that the particle size, uniformity, and stability of the mixture are all superior to those of a general stirrer.

The raw fragrance ingredient extraction step (S120 is a method of extracting fragrance from the stirred raw material mixture. In detail, for raw fragrance extraction, the raw material mixture is maintained at a low temperature for a set time to extract the fragrance components of the hydrophilic fragrance and the lipophilic fragrance. In more detail, the fragrance can be extracted according to the chilling method by keeping the raw material mixture at a temperature of 3 to 5 ° C, preferably 4 ° C, in a refrigerator for 60 to 600 minutes. Since nose work is performed using natural scents rather than heat treated or chemically treated scents, cold acupuncture, not artificial chemical or physical extraction such as distillation or compression, can be used as the most suitable extraction method for companion animals. is the experimental result of measuring the intensity value of the scent generated according to the time the cold acupuncture method was maintained.

powder immediately after mixing 1 hour later after 5 hours after 10 hours after 12 hours lipophilic friendly lipophilic friendly lipophilic friendly lipophilic friendly lipophilic friendly Soybean Powder
(meat) 2 3 3 36 5 52 7 63 5 59 hibiscus
(Herbal) 7 10 17 70 21 83 23 89 20 84 dermis
(Fruits) 8 12 31 32 40 46 44 53 39 48

Referring to Table 3, as a result of the experiment, it can be seen that the intensity value of the fragrance measured in the lipophilic fragrance and the hydrophilic fragrance gradually increased at 40° C. for 10 hours, and then the intensity value of the fragrance gradually decreased after 10 hours. Accordingly, there is an effect that the user can derive the intensity value of the desired fragrance by performing fragrance extraction according to the cold acupuncture method at 40° C. for less than 600 minutes during the cold acupuncture method.

The emulsification step 130 is an emulsification mixture by adding 3 to 5 wt% of a surfactant compared to 100 wt% to the raw material mixture containing the hydrophilic fragrance and the lipophilic fragrance extracted in the raw fragrance raw material extraction step (S120) to emulsify the raw material mixture Formation step. Here, surfactant is a substance that can be used when mixing water and oil. Specifically, gum arabic can be used as the surfactant. In this case, the raw material mixture and surfactant are added, and use a homomixer at 6000 RPM to 2 Distilled water is polar and coconut oil is non-polar, so it does not mix with each other, and since there is coconut oil in the surface layer, it is difficult to evaporate distilled water from the bottom layer. However, by using an emulsifier, water molecules and oil molecules are It is uniformly distributed so that both water-soluble and fat-soluble fragrances can be volatilized.

Gum arabic is a substance obtained by drying the secretions of soybeans, gum arabic trees, or its animals. In detail, since gum arabic is a vegetable edible emulsifier, it can be applied to the feed of both herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores, and because of its very low toxicity, the permissible daily intake (ADI) is not set, so it is suitable for small special pets. In addition, since the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity balance index of the surfactant which is HLV is 10 or more, it is a hydrophilic emulsifier, so it is a material suitable for mixing in the emulsification step 130 in which the mixing ratio of water and oil is 10:1 or more.

Below, the raw material mixture according to an embodiment of the present invention is mixed with gum arabic as a surfactant, and the separated mixture and emulsion mixture prepared according to the separation method and the glass method are coated on the feed to compare the flavor of the feed before and after coating. was carried out. In the case of the separation method, oil and water are separated and mixed to form a fragrance, and in the case of the emulsification method, a water-soluble fragrance and a fat-soluble fragrance are emulsified with each other through a surfactant to form a fragrance.

3 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of the separation method and the emulsification method, Table 4 is a table showing the results of the comparison experiment before and after the coating of the separated mixture and the emulsion mixture formed according to the mixing method. The relative strength value was measured in the range of 0 to 999 using the Shin-A odor measuring instrument OMX-SRM model. After drying the separation coating mixture and the emulsion coating mixture at 40°C for 600 minutes, cooling the heat at 20°C to remove the moisture of both coating mixtures. The sensitivity of feed flavor was measured by unifying it to 7%.

separation coating emulsion coating before coating hay pellet raw material hay pellet raw material 7 3 12 7 3 12 coating

after

incense powder hay pellet raw material hay pellet raw material Soybean Powder
(meat) 13 8 21 27 16 42 hibiscus
(Herbal) 16 12 26 31 19 43 dermis
(Fruits) 13 6 18 23 13 40 Average 14 8.6 21.6 27 16 41.6

Referring to Figure 3 and Table 4, when comparing the feed flavor measurement sensitivity of the separate mixture and the emulsion mixture after feed coating, the feed flavor intensity value of the emulsion mixture hay feed was 27, and the feed flavor intensity value of the hay feed of the separated mixture was 14. It was measured as high as 13 values, and the feed flavor intensity values of the other feed pellets and raw materials were 7.4 and 20 values higher than the feed flavor intensity values of the separate coating mixture, respectively. It was confirmed that it was significantly higher than the feed flavor intensity value of the separated mixture. In other words, it can be confirmed that coating the emulsion mixture formed according to the emulsification method on the feed has a high scent diffusing power.

Feed adsorption step 140 is a step of adsorbing the emulsion mixture formed in the emulsification step 130 to the feed and finally coating the outer surface of the feed with the emulsion mixture having a fragrance. For feed adsorption of the emulsion mixture, physical adsorption rather than chemical adsorption can be utilized. In detail, this is because, in the case of chemical adsorption, a problem may occur that the companion animal cannot properly detect the flavor of the feed in the future because chemicals are used.

The form of feed used in the feed adsorption step 140 may be a pellet type, an extrud type, a hay type, or a raw material dry type. In the case of the pellet type, it is usually used for molding high-fiber vegetable raw materials, and may include rabbit feed, guinea pig feed, and the like. In the case of the extrud type, the feed itself is molded with high heat and high pressure, and may include hedgehog feed, meerkat feed, ferret feed, etc., which are companion animals that mainly consume meat. In addition, in the case of hay, feed such as Timothy, alfalfa, and soft veins may be included in a simple dry form of grass, and in the case of the raw dry form, dried apples, mealworms, etc. have.

In addition, in the feed adsorption step 140, evaporation coating method, which is one of physical adsorption, may be utilized. The evaporation coating method is a method in which the feed is placed in a closed space, and the emulsion mixture is heated at 30 to 50°C, preferably 40°C for 50 to 70 minutes, preferably for 60 minutes to adsorb the evaporated flavor molecules to the feed. . In the case of spray coating that is generally used, the intensity value of the feed flavor after coating can be measured high, but due to this, all of the emulsion mixture with a large molecular weight is coated on the feed, and there is a problem that can cause overnutrition to the companion animal ingested. On the other hand, since the evaporation coating method coats only the flavor molecules on the feed, it does not cause overnutrition and has the effect of providing a nutritionally safe, flavor-coated feed.

Referring to Table 5, which compares the intake of general hay and special pets for feed prepared according to the special pet feed coating method according to an embodiment of the present invention, feed for special pets according to an embodiment of the present invention It can be seen that the daily intake for the feed prepared according to the coating method increased by 5% compared to the daily intake of general hay.

Normal hay daily intake (g) Incense-coated hay daily intake (g) 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks Average 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks Average rabbit 1 223 242 220 228 237 255 248 246 rabbit 2 241 250 232 241 253 262 248 252 rabbit 3 239 241 229 236 243 256 237 245 total average 235 247

In addition, referring to Table 6, the experimental results in which the special companion animal was induced to perform the nosewalk activity as in the wild through the feed and general hay prepared according to the embodiment of the present invention, compared to the general hay, Examples of the present invention It can be confirmed that the feed search rate of the feed prepared according to this method is increased by 13%, which is an efficient feed for the nose walk.

Normal hay feeding time (minutes) Incense-coated hay foraging time (min) 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks Average 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks Average rabbit 1 182 198 192 190 212 221 218 217 rabbit 2 172 169 182 174 192 189 201 194 rabbit 3 192 200 209 200 221 223 231 225 total average 188 212

In the case of the feed coated with flavor according to the feed coating method as an embodiment of the present invention, the following effects are obtained.

First, by extracting a highly palatable fragrance according to the subject of the special pet and coating it on the feed, the palatability of the special pet is increased, while maintaining the nutrition of the existing feed and without the addition of harmful substances to feed the special pet. It has the effect of guaranteeing nutritional value through

In addition, there is a beneficial effect on the emotions of special pets as it can perform the animal behavior enrichment action by inducing the special pet to perform the nosewalk activity as in the wild through the fragrance-coated feed.

In addition, by using coconut oil and gum arabic, special pets can safely ingest it, and at the same time, it prevents deterioration or deformation of the coated flavor, thereby preventing the feed from being easily deteriorated even during long-term storage of the feed.

In addition, the chemical method is excluded from the manufacturing process and a natural cooling method or physical adsorption method is used to maintain nutrition in the feed, and there is an effect that special pets can safely ingest because no chemicals are included.

As described above, it can be seen that the basic technical idea of the present invention is to provide a feed coating method capable of increasing palatability and providing nutritionally balanced nutrients by coating a scent suitable for special pets and a feed using the same.

Various modifications are possible by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the basic technical spirit of the present invention, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should be interpreted within the claims written to include various modifications. will be.

Claims (6)

A raw material mixing step of generating a raw material mixture by blending the fragrance raw material, coconut oil and distilled water;
A fragrance extraction step of separating the raw material mixture into a lipophilic fragrance and a hydrophilic fragrance to extract a fragrance material;
an emulsification step of mixing and emulsifying the raw material mixture including the hydrophilic fragrance and the lipophilic fragrance with a surfactant to produce an emulsified mixture; and
and a feed adsorption step of adsorbing and coating the emulsion mixture on the feed,
The raw material mixture is a special pet food coating method, characterized in that it comprises 3 to 5% by weight of the flavoring material, 6 to 10% by weight of the coconut oil, and 89 to 91% by weight of the distilled water based on 100% by weight.
The method of claim 1,
The fragrance raw material is a special pet food coating method, characterized in that it has a powder form of 200 to 500 mesh size.
The method of claim 1,
In the flavor extraction step, cold acupuncture may be used,
In the cooling method, the raw material mixture is a special pet food coating method, characterized in that it is stored at 3 to 5 ° C. for 60 to 600 minutes.
The method of claim 1,
In the emulsification step,
The surfactant includes gum arabic,
Feed coating method for special pets, characterized in that it comprises 3 to 5% by weight of the gum arabic relative to 100% by weight of the raw material mixture.
The method of claim 1,
The feed adsorption step uses an evaporation coating method in which the emulsion mixture is evaporated and adsorbed to the feed,
In the evaporation coating method, the emulsion mixture is heated at 30 to 50° C. for 50 to 70 minutes and evaporated. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
Feed for special pets, characterized in that manufactured according to the method for coating the feed for special pets.

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