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US 12,256,760 · App. 16/716,758 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Method and apparatus for production of high meat content pet foods

Inventors: LaVon Wenger (Sabetha, KS); Allan C. Spellmeier (Fairview, KS); Philip B. Wiltz (Sabetha, KS)
Assignee: Wenger Manufacturing, LLC
A23K10/20A23K10/26A23K20/158A23K20/163A23K40/25A23K50/42
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Patent No.
US 12,256,760
App. No.
16/716,758
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

High meat content extruded pet feeds and methods of preparation thereof, make use of relatively high meat contents which include quantities of previously dewatered meat. In an embodiment, the total meat content of the feeds consists essentially of dewatered emulsified poultry meat or other meat sources commonly used in the pet food industry. In the methods, mixtures containing starch, fat, and meat, the latter including dewatered meat, are passed through an extruder followed by staged drying. The extruder may be of twin screw design having hollow core screws permitting introduction of steam or other heat exchange media into the screws.

Claims (24)

1. A method of making an animal feed product comprising the steps of:

a) dewatering a meat source by passing said meat source through a pair of counter-rotating, tapered, helically flighted, intermeshed screws to produce a dewatered meat product having a moisture content 45-60% by weight, based upon the total weight of the dewatered meat taken as 100% by weight;

b) adding at least one additional ingredient to the dewatered meat product from step a) to form an extrudable mixture; and

c) extruding the extrudable mixture from step b) through an extruder to create an extruded product, the total meat content of the extruded product being from about 40-60% by weight, based upon the total weight of the extruded product taken as 100% by weight.

2. The method of claim 1 , said meat content of said extruded product having a dewatered meat amount of from about 50-100% by weight, based upon the total weight of the meat content of the extruded product taken as 100% by weight.

3. The method of claim 2 , said total meat content of said extruded product consisting essentially of said dewatered meat.

4. The method of claim 1 , said total meat content of said extruded product including an amount of emulsified meat.

5. The method of claim 4 , said amount of emulsified meat being from about 1-50% by weight, based upon the total weight of the meat content of said extruded product taken as 100% by weight.

6. The method of claim 4 , said emulsified meat comprising emulsified poultry meat.

7. The method of claim 1 , said at least one additional ingredient comprising sources of starch and fat, said extruded product having a starch content of from about 5-50% by weight, and a fat content of from about 3-12% by weight, all of the foregoing percentages based upon the total weight of the extruded product taken as 100% by weight.

8. The method of claim 1 , said extruded product having a moisture content of from about 6-12% by weight.

9. The method of claim 1 , said extruded product having a bulk density of from about 22-40 lb/ft 3 .

10. The method of claim 1 , said extruded product having a cook value of at least about 85%.

11. The method of claim 1 , said extruder having a pair of helically flighted, intermeshed, hollow core screws, said method including the step of directing a heating medium into the interior of said hollow core screws during said extruding step c).

12. The method of claim 1 , said extruder having a barrel equipped with jackets, said method further including the step of directing a heating medium into said jackets.

13. The method of claim 1 , including the step of carrying out said extrusion without injection of moisture into the interior of the extruder.

14. The method of claim 1 , said meat source comprising a meat emulsion.

15. The method of claim 1 , including the step of passing said dewatered meat product through a preconditioner, prior to step c).

16. The method of claim 1 , including the step of passing said extrudable mixture through a preconditioner, prior to step c).

17. The method of claim 1 , including the step of adding emulsified meat to said extrudable mixture.

18. The method of claim 1 , including the step of drying said extruded product to a moisture level of from about 6-12% by weight, based upon the total weight of the extruded product taken as 100% by weight.

19. The method of claim 18 , said drying step comprising the steps of first passing the extruded product through a pre-dryer using heated air at a temperature of from about 100-240° C., and then passing the extruded product through a final dryer using heated air at a temperature of from about 70-140° C.

20. The method of claim 1 , said extrudable mixture having a moisture content of from about 25-48% by weight, based upon the total weight of the extrudable mixture taken as 100% by weight.

21. The method of claim 1 , including the step of heating said extrudable mixture to a temperature of at least about 70° C. during said extrusion step c).

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: WENGER MANUFACTURING INC.
To: WENGER MANUFACTURING, LLC
Reel/Frame 060329/0188 →
Continuity (5)
Division 16024351 · Jun 29, 2018
Continuation In Part 15840926 · Dec 13, 2017
Continuation In Part 15699642 · Sep 8, 2017
Provisional Application 62645301 · Mar 20, 2018
Related Publication 20200120955A1 · Apr 23, 2020
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