Scott Morris

US Patent:

20090068316, Mar 12, 2009

Filed:

Jun 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/147184

Inventors:

JOHN PHELPS - South Orange NJ, US
Kent Hemphill - Fair Haven NJ, US
Scott Morris - Chatham NJ, US
Thomas K. Ray - Claremont CA, US

International Classification:

A23K 1/10
B65B 25/06
A23L 3/01
A23L 3/005
A23K 1/16
A23B 4/01
A23K 1/14
A22C 17/10
A22C 7/00
A21B 7/00

US Classification:

426 73, 426392, 426641, 426647, 426243, 426302, 426240, 426383, 99353, 99348, 426 92, 426 74

Abstract:

A pet food mixture, pet food processing system, and process for making the pet food are disclosed. The pet food includes meat pieces formed from a mixture of meat and at least one vegetable, wherein the meat pieces are cooked and coated with a first liquid and color changed to obtain color coated meat pieces, the coated meat pieces providing a balanced nutrition for a pet. The process for making pet food includes forming slugs of a meat mixture, cooking the slugs of meat mixture to form cooked meat pieces, cooling the cooked meat pieces, packaging the meat pieces, and maintaining the meat pieces refrigerated to achive a refrigerated shelf life between approximately 8 weeks and approximately 30 weeks.