Method of Stabilization of Pet Food Palatant and Fat Systems
Adding an antioxidant including an extract of Labiatae species to a fat and palatant coating for pet food significantly reduced the loss of antioxidant and extended the shelf life of the pet food.
1 . A method of limiting the loss of antioxidant from pet food diet coated with fat and/or oil and palatant comprising adding an antioxidant composition containing non-polar antioxidants in combination with either mid-polar antioxidants or polar antioxidants or a combination of mid-polar and polar antioxidants.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said antioxidant composition is added to the palatant.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the non-polar antioxidants are added to the fat and/or oil and the mid-polar and/or polar antioxidants are added to the palatant.
4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising a chelator.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the palatant and the fat and/or oil are mixed prior to coating the pet food.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the fat and/or oil and the palatant are applied separately to the pet food.