METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEAT-BASED ANIMAL FEED CONCENTRATE, MEAT-BASED ANIMAL FEED CONCENTRATE AND MEAT-BASED ANIMIAL DRINK

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a meat-based animal feed concentrate. The invention also relates to a meat-based animal feed concentrate which can be obtained according to the claimed method, to a meat-based animal drink, to the use of the meat-based animal drink for carnivorous household pets and to a packaging unit for the meat-based animal feed concentrate and/or the meat-based animal drink.

Claims

1. A method for producing a meat-based animal feed concentrate, comprising the steps of: a) a cutter for producing an animal feed precursor with ingredients comprising at least one meat having a temperature equal to or lower than +25 C., b) mincing the ingredients to form an animal feed precursor with a moisture content of between 30 wt % and 60 wt %, c) optionally, drying the feed precursor until a moisture content of 5 wt % to 40 wt % is reached, d) crushing the optionally dried feed precursor into particles having a size between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, and e) mixing the particles of the optionally dried feed precursor with one or a plurality of thickeners, selected from the group consisting of guar gum, carboxymethylcellulose, xanthan, carrageenan, and starch, thus obtaining the meat-based animal feed concentrate.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the mincing according to step b and before the optional drying according to step c, the feed precursor is optionally shaped by extrusion.

3. The method according to claims 1, wherein the ingredients are in a completely or partially frozen form.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ingredients, before being supplied to the cutter, are crushed by feeding them through one or a plurality of perforated disks.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of vegetables, cereal, potatoes and glycerol are added to the ingredients before mincing.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one additive selected from the group consisting of flavoring agents, natural or synthetic dyes, inactivated yeast or yeast extracts, plant extracts and/or concentrates, preservatives, sugars, and functional ingredients is added to the ingredients.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of blending the meat-based animal feed concentrate with a mixture of meat-and-bone meal and sweet whey powder, wherein said mixture is sprayed with fat.

8. A meat-based animal feed concentrate obtainable by the method of claim 1.

9. A meat-based animal drink obtainable by mixing of the meat-based animal feed concentrate produced according to claim 1 with a liquid.

10. The meat-based animal drink according to claim 9, wherein the liquid is water or milk.

11. The meat-based animal drink according to claim 9, wherein the liquid has a pH between 5.0 and 6.5.

12. A method for feeding a carnivorous pet comprising the step of providing to said pet the meat-based animal drink according claims 9.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the animal feed is configured as a complete animal feed or snack.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein said carnivorous pet is a dog or cat.

15. A packaging unit for a meat-based animal feed concentrate according to claim 8 and/or a meat-based animal drink according to claim 9, wherein the packaging unit contains an animal feed for carnivorous pets within a package volume together with the meat-based animal feed concentrate and/or the meat-based animal drink, or separately in an additional compartment of the packaging.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein said fat is poultry fat.

17. The packaging unit of claim 15, wherein said animal feed for carnivourous pets is dry feed.

Description

[0045] FIG. 1, which is the only figure, shows a schematic diagram for producing a meat-based animal feed concentrate according Lo the invention. First, the ingredients of the group meat are placed in the cutter 5. These ingredients are located in containers 2 and optionally 3 (if separate containers, e.g. for meat of different animal species, are provided) and are conveyed from there to the cutter 5. There are also further containers for vegetables 6 or cereal 7 or potatoes 8 or glycerol 9, which can be added to the meat-based ingredients. 4 denotes perforated disks that are upstream from the cutter 5 and are used to crush at least the flesh-based products for producing the feed precursor. After mincing in the cutter 5, the feed precursor is sent to an extruder 10 for extrusion. From the extruder 10, the shaped feed precursor is fed into a dryer, denoted by 11. A mill 12 is connected thereto, which for example grinds the extruded dried feed precursor into particles with an average size of 0.5 mm to 5 mm. For example, by means of a tube (not shown in FIG. 1), thickeners are supplied to the particulate dried feed precursor from a further container (also not shown in FIG. 1). The final product, i.e. the meat-based animal feed concentrate 1, is sent on to processing and/or packaging units, denoted here collectively by 13.