METHOD FOR PRODUCING BAKED ANIMAL FEED AND BAKED ANIMAL FEED

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing baked animal feed containing an animal feed meat product which is, optionally, in pieces. The invention also relates to baked animal feed obtained according to said method, to the use of the claimed baked animal feed as animal feed for carnivorous animals.

Claims

1. A method for producing baked animal feed containing an animal feed meat product that is optionally in pieces, comprising the steps of: a) charging 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 in the cutter into a feed precursor with a moisture content of between 40 wt % and 80 wt % so that an animal feed meat product is obtained, c) adding the animal feed meat product to a baked product dough, and d) drying the baked product dough containing the animal feed meat product to a moisture content of the baked animal feed between 2 wt % and 20 wt %.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the mincing according to step b) and before step c), the feed precursor is shaped.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the minced feed precursor is heated to a temperature of between 70 C. and 120 C. to obtain the animal feed meat product.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ingredients for producing the feed precursor are rued in a completely or partially frozen form.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the baked product dough contains one or a plurality of the following components: biscuit meal, cereal flour, water, meat-and-bone meal, vegetable flour, and/or vegetable granulate, and/or vegetable flakes, natural lignocellulose, pyrophosphate, and linseed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein before mincing in the cutter, one or a plurality of components selected from the group of phosphate, salt, plasma and gluten are added to the ingredients for producing the feed precursor.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before being added to the baked product dough, the animal feed meat product is optionally shaped into irregular pieces and/or pieces having the appearance of meat.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the baked product dough and/or the feed precursor is mixed with at least one additive selected from the group consisting of flavoring agents, natural or synthetic dyes, inactivated yeast or yeast extracts, plant extracts or concentrates, preservatives, sugars, and functional ingredients.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein before drying into baked animal feed, the baked product dough containing the animal feed meat product is pressed through a die, and is optionally cut by means of a cutting device.

10. Baked animal feed obtainable by a method according to claim 1.

11. The baked animal feed according to claim 10, wherein part or all of the obtained animal feed meat product is present in the baked animal feed in visible pieces, which optionally are irregularly shaped and/or have the appearance of pieces of meat.

12. The baked animal feed according to claim 11, wherein the pieces of meat have a mean diameter of approximately 0.5 cm to approximately 1.5 cm.

13. The baked animal feed according to claim 10, wherein the obtained animal feed meat product is in pieces, which are distributed in the baked animal feed in an essentially even manner.

14. The baked animal feed according to claim 10, wherein said feed is dyed in one or more colors with natural and/or synthetic dyes.

15. The baked animal feed according to claim 10, wherein said feed is in the form of biscuits.

16. The baked animal feed according to claim 10, wherein said feed is sealed in a tubular bag package, a hollow shell package, a can, or a box.

17. The baked animal feed of claim 15, wherein said feed is in the form of cubiods, cubes, or cakes.

18. The method according to claim 2, wherein the feed precursor is shaped by extrusion.

Description

[0047] In the following, the invention is described in further detail with respect to an illustrative embodiment that serves only to explain a possible embodiment and by no means limits the scope of the invention.

[0048] FIG. 1, which is the only figure, shows a schematic diagram for producing a baked animal feed according to the invention 1. 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. 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 6 for extrusion. After extrusion 6, the shaped feed precursor is optionally heated (not shown in FIG. 1) and the animal feed meat product 7 is obtained. This animal feed meat product 7, consisting for example of poultry meat, is then added to a baked product dough produced in parallel (production of the baked product dough is not shown in FIG. 1). After thisbefore drying to obtain the baked animal feed 1the baked product dough containing the animal feed meat product 7 is pressed through a die 8, and this dough is cut e.g. into cubes or cuboids by a cutting device 9 such as a rotating knife. After this, the baked product dough containing the animal feed meat product 7 is dried in the dryer 10 to obtain baked animal feed 1.

[0049] The size of the baked animal feed 1 is selected so that it can be optimally consumed by the respective carnivorous animal species; for example, the diameter for cat biscuits is approximately 1 cm, while it can be approximately 2 to 4 cm for dogs. After drying, the final product, i.e. the baked animal feed 1, is conveyed to processing and/or packaging units (not shown in FIG. 1).