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The present invention relates to a dog-food dressing, a
process for its preparation and its use to improve the
taste of dog-food and other foods.
This stands in contrast to common commercial animal food.
In general the commercial term animal food refers to the
usual food for carnivorous animals, preferably dogs and
cats. Particularly it involves commercial animal food
based on vegetable and/or animal by products, which are
used in dry or semi-moist form or as wet food, for
instance in the form of canned food.
Dry food, for example pellets or biscuits, is generally
under less demand than the semi-moist and wet, which
resemble more the shape and appearance of that food,
which represents the animal's natural source of food.
Normally semi-moist food has a shelf life of years.
However in many cases it is not long-lasting because, as
a rule to save costs, such food is packaged only in
paper-wrappers, sacks or similar containers with more or
less good seals.
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Wet foods represent real preserves. They must be
sterilized, packaged in sealed containers and heated at
125C for some time. Wet foods are offered as
morsel and are made of meal-containing substances,
bowels, mineral salts, vegetables and water. These
compounds are mixed together in such ratios to provide
the animal with a food comprising of all the nutrients
necessary for a fully-balanced food. These foods may be
supplemented by other concentrated nutrients.
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The very high costs of preparing ~fully-balanced~ foods
represent a disadvantage and also strongly diminish the
popularity of such food with the consumers.
Therefore it is object of the invention to provide a
dressing for food that is very well suited as admixture
to leftovers and cheap or low grade kinds of food, so
that animal owners need not buy expensive brands to
provide their animals with a healthy and well-tasting
food.
Object of the invention is a dog-food dressing which
contains 5 to 20 % by weight raw proteins, 2 to 5 ~ by
weight sugar-containing nutrients, 3 to 8 ~ by weight
edible oils with a high amount of linolic acid, 0.5 to
1.5 ~ by weight flavouring agents and/or aroma substan-
ces, 0.5 to 8 ~ by weight minerals and/or trace elements,
1000 to 10000 I.U. vitamin A per kg dressing, 100 to 1000
I.U. vitamin D3 per kg dressing, 0.005 to 0.2 ~ by weight
further vitamins, 0.1 to 5 ~ by weight preservatives,
0.01 to 0.05 ~ by weight antioxidants, and 52.250 to
88.885 ~ by weight water.
One preferred embodiment of the dog-food dressing
according to the invention contains 11.75 ~ by weight raw
proteins, 4.34 ~ by weight sugar-containing nutrients,
7.23 ~ by weight edible oils with a high amount of
linolic acid, 0.72 ~ by weight flavouring agents and/or
aroma substances, 1.636 ~ by weight minerals and/or trace
elements, 4400 I.U. vitamin A per kg dressing, 350 I.U.
vitamin D3 per kg dressing, 0.007 ~ by weight further
vitamins, 5 ~ by weight preservatives, 0.015 ~ by weight
antioxidants, and 69.302 ~ by weight water.
Another preferred embodiment of the dog-food dressing
according to the invention contains 11.75 ~ by weight raw
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proteins, 4.34 % by weight sugar-containing nutrients,
7.23 ~ by weight edible oils with a high amount of
linolic acid, 0.72 ~ by weight flavouring agents and/or
aroma substances, 5.34 ~ by weight minerals and/or trace
elements, 8800 I.U. vitamin A per kg dressing, 700 I.U.
vitamin D3 per kg dressing, 0.0107 ~ by weight further
vitamins, 5 ~ by weight preservatives, 0.015 ~ by weight
antioxidants, and 65.594 ~ by weight water.
The raw proteins are in the form of meals and/or powders
and/or coarse meals and/or liquids. Suitable are for
example meat-meals and meals of animal bodies, blood-
meals, bloods, fish-meals, soya-meals, skim milk-powders,
casein, gelatine, egg-powder, nut-meal, extracts of
waters of swollen maize and cooked potatoes, feather-
meals, horn-meals, meals of bone food, meals of poultry
waste, drippings, meals of meat bone, coarse meals of
feedable bones, meals of animal liver, meals of fish
liver, powders of sweet and sour whey, toasted extracted
coarse meals of oil fruits, flours of protein-rich
legumes e.g. peas, beans, lentils, and the like,
microbial biomasses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and
Candida utilis as dry powders, meals of brew remains and
fish concentrates.
One preferred composition of the dog-food dressing
according to the invention contains gelatine, meat
dripping meal and blood meal as raw proteins.
Syrups, and/or other semi-liquid water-soluble hexoses
resp. disaccharides containing hexoses without or with a
small amount of galctose and/or crude and refined sugar
are usable as sugar-containing nutrients. Above all there
are used beet syrups and raw sugar syrups, treacles, malt
syrups, malt extracts, herb syrups e.g. fennel syrup,
fruit syrups made of fruit-juice, syrups made of sugar-
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containing plants e.g. maple and date syrups, starch
syrup products of the hydrolytical cleavage of starch,
bee honeys, artificial honeys, jams and stewed fruits,
preserves, jellies, runoff syrups of the extraction of
sugar, and liquid sugar by solving mono- or disaccharides
in water.
The acceptance of the food is considerably promoted by
the well-balanced addition of saccharose (beet syrup and
others) in connection with sodium monophosphate,
potassium chloride and glutamine. The high amount of
water multiplies the efficiancy of acceptance of the
compounds in dressings according to the invention.
The edible oils used according to the invention possess
a high amount of essential unsaturated fatty acids and a
low amount of saturated fatty acids with high or medium
chain length. The content of linolic acid is between 3
to 6 ~ by weight.
The edible oils used are especially oils of plant seeds
or oil fruits e-g- flax oil, rape oil, Sunflower oil,
cotton seed oil, rice bran oil, maize oil, sesame oil,
apricot stone oil, olive oil or nut oil and animal oils
or semi-solid fats e.g. fish oils, liver oils, train
oils, goose-fat, duc~-fat or lard as well.
~nlm~ls, especially domestic ~nlmals prefer a certain
food. Thereby the aroma is the decisive. For this reason
the aromatisatio~ o~ food is of special importance.
The flavouring agents and/or aroma substances, which are
used in dog-food dressing according to the present
invention emphasize the acceptance of food by the dog
contain glutamic acid. The aromas used are above all
powdery, liquid oily or pasty aromas for food usual in
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trade and the flavouring agents used are viscous brothes
and bouillon concentrates with flavours as for instance
hamspice, poultry, lamb, rabbit, fish e.g. salmon,
herring and others and meat e.g. game, entrails, beef
and others.
The dog-food dressing contains minerals and/or trace
elements according to the invention in the form of their
soluble or insoluble salts. The amount of every single
component depends on the physiological requirements.
There is a close connection between the daily requirement
of raw protein per kg dog and the amount of minerals
and/or trace elements needed. This physiological relation
is already taken into consideration by the composition of
the dog-food dressing. According to the invention the
dressings contain 0.5 to 8 ~ by weight inorganic salts
added individually in the form of so-called "premixes"
that are prepared special mixtures or mixtures of mineral
salts, trace elements and vitamins.
The additive dosage of salts also depends on their
natural occurence in the nutrients, mainly in the raw
protein sources. For example if meat or blood meals are
used as sources of raw proteins, the addition of Fe-salts
is not necessary. On the other hand it is necessary to
add Fe-salts when other sources of raw proteins are used.
The inclusion of gelatine and linolic acid in the dog-
food dressing according to the invention represents a
prophylaxis agai~st the premature wear of the supporting
and ligament apparatus (bones, joints, tendons) of the
dog. Additionally the claw growth and the coat of hair
are positively influenced, the animals get a bright coat.
The following minerals and/or trace elements are used in
the form of their pre-mentioned salts: Ca as CaCO3, P as
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NaH2P04-2H20, Mg as MgO, K as KCl, Na as NaCl, Fe as
FeS04-7H20, Cu as CuS04 5H20, Zn as ZnCl2, Mn as
MnS04-5H20, J as KJ, F as CaF2, Se as Na2SeO4, Co as
CoS04 7H20, V as Na3V04, Mo as Na2MoO4, Cr as K2Cr207
Ni as NiS04 7H20, Pb as PbS04, As as Na3AsO4 and Si as
Na2Sio3 -
Fluorine leads to a better development of teeth and bones
and prevents against caries. Molybdenum as a trace
element is included in essential enzymes which are
imperative for metabolic functions (xanthine oxidase).
The same applies to vanadium (metabolism of lipids),
nickel (formation of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase)
and chromium (promotion of glucose tolerance). Silicon
promotes the development of the structure of cartilage
and of the connecting tissue, while arsenic and lead
stimulate growth and hematopoiesis.
The dog-food dressing according to the invention contains
vitamins, partly included in the individual nutrients,
partly added as supplements in the form of individual
vitamins, mixtures of vitamins or mixtures of minerals,
trace elements and vitamins to balance the physio-
logically required amounts . There is a close connection
between the daily need of raw protein per kg dog and the
amount of vitamins required as well, so that this
physiological relationship is already taken into
consideration in the composition of the dog-food
dressing.
According to the invention the vitamins A, D3 E, B1 B2
B6 B12 biotin, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, and
folic acid are used.
The preservatives employed are only those products
admissible by law e.g. Na2S03 Na2S20s NaN02,
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propionic acid and their alkali salts, sorbic acid and
their alkali salts, fumaric acid, acetic acid, lactic
acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, formaldehyde, and 1.2-
propanediol.
Antioxidants coming into question are gallates, ascorbic
acid, butylhydroxianisole and/or butylhydroxitoluene.
The water to be used may include tap water and/or well-
water and/or demineralized water.
Another object of the invention is a process for the
production of the pre-mentioned dog-food dressing. This
process according to the invention is characterized by
dissolving and/or suspending the required amounts of raw
proteins, sugar-containing nutrients, edible oils with a
high amount of linolic acid, flavouring agents and/or
aroma substances, and minerals and/or trace elements with
the required amount of water plus 1 to 2~ surplus of
water, then sterilizing the mixture at a temperature
between 120 to 130C for 20 to 30 minutes, subsequently
cooling to 50C, adding the vitamins and antioxidants
dissolved and/or suspended in the preservative and
filling in the obtained dressing in sealable containers
which were pre- sterilized according to known methods.
The sealable containers used are glasses, tins, plastic
bottles and/or tubes.
The production of the dressings according to the
invention is much more economic compared to other known
foods because of the use of cheap raw material.
A further object of the invention is the use of the
above-mentioned dog-food dressing to improve the taste of
dog-food and other foods. At room temperature the
dressings are semi-liquid viscous and can be selectively
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added to other foods rich in bulkage e.g. leftovers,
vegetables, potatoes, cereals and cereal products, etc.
taking into consideration the animal's age, weight and
living conditions. The supplemental dressing is poured on
the food and mixed in.
After opening the container the dressing should be stored
at a cool temperature. The application of the dog-food
dressing depends on the content of raw protein. The
dosage of the dog-food dressing, via a screw cap or
dosage spoon, should be carried out as to provide
3 g raw protein/kg dog/day.
The dog-food dressing according to the invention may
added to the food in concentrated form as well.
The protein requirement for the individual phases of life
of the dog are listed in the following tables.
Table 1:
A~ult dog (for maintenance)
dog live weight raw protein
kg g
17
28
20 , 47
72
108
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Gravi~;ty and lactation
gravidity lactation
dog live weight raw protein raw protein
kg g g
180
115 310
185 510
The nutrification of the puppies with raw protein depends
on the expected live weight of the adult animals.
Table 3:
live weight of 3th and 4th sth and 6th 7th to 12th
the adult dogmonth month month
raw protein raw protein raw protein
kg g g g
18 19 17
29 32 30
48 49 50
100 140 120
The invention is further characterized by the following
examples.
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F.X~ m~ 1 e 1:
Composition of dog-food dressing in g components per kg
dressing:
Water 693.00 g
Beet syrup 43.40 g
Hamspice 7.20 g
Sunflower oil 72.30 g
Gelatine 9.00 g
Meat dripping meal72.30 g
Blood meal 36.20 g
1.2-propanediol 50.00 g
Butylhydroxitoluene0.15 g
(Buthylhydroxianisole)
CaCO3 2.21 g
NaH2PO4 2H2o 7.52 g
MgO 0.85 g
KCl 4.65 g
NaCl 0.98 g
FeS04 7H20
CuSO4 5H2O 0.011 g
ZnCl2 0.073 g
MnSO4-5H2O 0.014 g
KJ 0.002 g
CaF2 0.003 g
Na2Seo4 0.0002 g
CoSO4-7H2O 0.0002 g
Na8V4 0.0002 g
Na2MO4 0.0002 g
K2Cr2O7 0.0001 g
NiS04 7H20 0.0001 g
PbSO4 0.0001 g
Na3ASo4 0.0001 g
Na2SiO3 0-05 g
Vitamine A 4400 I.U.
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Vitamine D3 350 I.U.
Vitamine E 0.053 g
Vitamine B1 0.0007 g
Vitamine B2 0.0013 g
Vitamine B6 0.0009 g
Vitamine B12 0.00002 g
Biotine 0.00007 g
Nicotinic acid 0.0062 g
Pantothenic acid 0.007 g
Folic acid 0.00014 g
F.xample 2:
Composition of dog-food dressing in g components per kg
dressing for a middle-aged puppy (5th to 6th month):
Water 655.00 g
Beet syrup 43.40 g
Hamspice 7.20 g
Sunflower oil 72.30 g
Gelatine g.o0 g
Meat dripping meal72.30 g
Blood meal 36.20 g
1.2-Propanediol 50.00 g
Butylhydroxitoluene 0.15 g
(Butylhydroxianisole)
CaCO3 24.36 g
NaH2PO4 2H2O 21.28 g
MgO 1.27 g
KCl 6.29 g
NaC1
FeS04 7H20
CuSO4 5H2O
ZnCl2 0.018 g
MnSO4 5H2O 0.027 g
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KJ 0.003 g
CaF2 0.008 g
Na2SeO4 0.0007 g
CoSO4 7H2O
Na3VO4 g
Na2M4 0 0004 g
K2cr2o7 0.0002 g
NiS04 7H2O 0.0002 g
PbSO4 0.0002 g
Na3ASo4 0.0002 g
Na2Sio3 0.1 g
Vitamine A 8800 I.U.
Vitamine D3 700 I.U.
Vitamine E 0.070 g
Vitamine B1 0.0014 g
Vitamine B2 0.006 g
Vitamine B6 0.002 g
vitamine B12
Biotine 0.00014 g
Nicotinic acid 0.013 g
Pantothenic acid0.014 g
Folic acid 0.0003 g
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Preparation of a dog-food dressing
The following ingredients are succesively weighted and
added to 706.9 g water:
Beet root syrup 43.40 g
Hamspice 7.20 g
Sunflower oil 72.30 g
Gelatine g.oo g
Meat dripping meal72.30 g
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Blood meal 36.20 g
CaCO3 2.21 g
NaH2PO4 2H2o 7.52 g
MgO 0.85 g
KCl 4.65 g
NaCl 0.98 g
CuSO4 5H2O 0.011 g
ZnCl2 0.073 g
MnSO4 5H2O 0.014 g
KJ 0.002 g
CaF2 0.003 g
Na2SeO4 0.0002 g
CoSO4 7H2O 0.0002 g
Na3VO4 0.0002 g
Na2MoO4 0.0002 g
K2cr2o7 0.0001 g
NiSO4 7H2O 0.0001 g
PbSO4 0.0001 g
Na3ASo4 0.0001 g
Na2SiO3 0.05 g
The obtained mixture is heated at a temperature of 121C
for 20 minutes in a vapor sterilisator. One cools down to
50C and adds a mixture of the following components while
stirring:
1.2-Propanediol 50.00 g
Butylhydroxitoluene 0.15 g
(Butylhydroxianisole)
Vitamine A 4400 I.U.
Vitamine D3 350 I.U.
Vitamine E 0.053 g
vitamine B1
Vitamine B2 0.0013 g
Vitamine B6 0.0009 g
Vitamine B12 0.00002 g
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Biotine 0.00007 g
Nicotinic acid 0.0062 g
Pantothenic acid 0.007 g
Folic acid 0.00014 g
The ready mixture of the dog-food dressing is filled into
sealable screw cap jars which were pre-sterilized at
121C.
The contents of the glasses should be shaked by the
consumer before adding the dressing to bulkage-rich
foods.
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Application of dog-food dressing as admixture to fully-
balanced dog-food.
The dosaged dressing is poured on the dog-food and mixed
in.
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Application of dog-food dressing as admixture to left-
overs.
The dosaged dressing is poured on the leftovers and mixed
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Feeding of different kind of dogs
weight need of raw need of dog-food
dog-breed protein dressing with 10
raw protein
kg g per day g per day
Dachshund 8 to 1027 to 30 270 to 300
Beagle 15 35 to 40 350 to 400
Golden retriever 25 50 to 60 500 to 600
F.Xample 7:
The dog-food dressing is poured on the leftovers or the
dog-food in a high concentration and mixed in.
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