JPH0838069A - Pet food - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a pet food containing powder and/or extract of Grifola frondosa and capable of improving brilliancy of hair of a pet and keeping the improved brilliancy. CONSTITUTION:This pet food contains powder and/or extract of Grifola frondosa. Preferable content of the powder of Grifola frondosa is 0.06-0.15wt.% and that of the extract of Grifola frondosa is 0.025-0.085wt.%. A pet food to be incorporated with the powder and/or the extract of Grifola frondosa is preferably a canned food made of meats together with potato, green peas and carrot in view of prevention of obesity. Further, the green peas and the carrot are each used preferably in 50wt.% based on the potato and the vegetables are preferably used in 20-25wt.% based on the meats.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pet food, and more particularly to a pet food suitable as a feed for animals having hair such as dogs and cats.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various pet foods have been developed and put to practical use, but a satisfactory one has been obtained in regard to the brilliance of hair, that is, improvement and retention of hair gloss. The reality was that there was no

[0003]

Under these circumstances, the present inventor has conducted earnest studies for the purpose of providing a pet food capable of improving and maintaining the brilliance of the coat of a pet, and as a result, maitake powder or / And it is found that extremely good results can be obtained by blending Maitake mushroom extract, and further, if potatoes, green peas and carrot are used together as raw materials, obesity is prevented even in pet foods mainly made of meat, The present invention has been completed.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, the present invention is a pet food characterized by containing maitake powder or / and maitake extract.

In the present invention, the maitake powder may be obtained by freeze-drying and pulverizing the maitake mushroom, regardless of its specific preparation method. By the way,
As a commercially available product, “Maitake Powder No. 1” (trade name) manufactured by Maitake Sales Co., Ltd. is preferably mentioned.

In the present invention, as the Maitake extract,
It does not matter what the specific preparation method is, but those prepared by using, for example, water, ethanol, glycerin or liquid edible oils and fats as the extraction solvent are used.

[0007] Usually, an extract obtained by distilling the solvent from the extract is used, but the solvent used in the extraction treatment is water,
In the case of ethanol, glycerin, or liquid edible oils and fats, a mixture of these oils, Samurai bamboo extract, can be used as it is.

The content of such Maitake powder is 0.05 to 0.17% by weight, particularly preferably 0.
It is preferably set to 06 to 0.15% by weight. When the content is less than 0.05% by weight, sufficient brilliance of the coat cannot be obtained, while when it exceeds 0.17% by weight, the palatability of pets is unfavorably affected. Moreover, when using a Maitake extract, the content rate is 0.025-0.0.
When it is 85% by weight, almost the same result as that of Maitake powder is obtained.

In the present invention, the pet food to which Maitake powder or / and Maitake extract is added and blended includes
Canned foods containing vegetables as the main ingredients together with meat are preferred. Examples of the meat include beef, chicken breast, chicken liver, fish meat, etc., and the combination of potato, green peas and carrot as the vegetables gives particularly good results in terms of preventing obesity.

The mixing ratio of the whole vegetables is preferably 10 to 30% by weight, and more preferably 20 to 25% by weight of the meat. The mixing ratio of vegetables is 40-60% by weight of green peas and carrot for potato,
Particularly, it is preferable to set the content to about 50% by weight.

The pet food of the present invention is particularly effective for dogs and cats.

[0012]

The present invention will be further described with reference to the following examples.

Example 1

[Table 1] Beef (cut into dies of 20 × 20 × 20 mm) 80.0 parts by weight Maitake powder [Maitake powder No. 1 (trade name) manufactured by Maitake Sales Co., Ltd.] 0.06 parts by weight Coagulant (carrageenan) 0.5 parts by weight Food salt 0.3 parts by weight Water 19.14 parts by weight Total 100 parts by weight

[0014] Of the above raw materials, maitake powder, a coagulant and salt are first added and mixed with water to prepare a seasoning solution, and then the resulting seasoning solution is added and mixed with beef. Thereafter, this raw material mixture is subjected to a conventional method. Therefore, 160 g of each can can be filled, canned, heat-sterilized, and cooled to obtain a canned pet food. When this dog was fed to a dog for 3 months, it had a slightly shiny coat, and when it was fed for another 3 months, it had a distinctly shiny coat, which was retained during feeding.

Example 2 A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1, except that the diced beef was used instead of the diced beef. When this was fed to dogs, the same results as in Example 1 were obtained.

Example 3 A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a chicken dairy lever was used instead of the beef. When this was fed to dogs, the same results as in Example 1 were obtained.

Embodiment 4

[Table 2] Beef (the same as in Example 1) 70.0 parts by weight Potato (cut into diced pieces of 10 x 10 x 10 mm) 7.0 parts by weight Green peas 3.5 parts by weight Carrot (10 x 10 × 10 mm die cut) 3.5 parts by weight Maitake mushroom powder (same as in Example 1) 0.06 parts by weight Coagulant (same as in Example 1) 0.5 parts by weight Food salt 0.3 parts by weight Water 15.14 parts by weight Total 100 parts by weight

Among the above raw materials, first, potato, green peas and carrot were mixed with stirring, the obtained mixed vegetables were added to beef and further mixed, and then the seasoning liquid obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 was added to this mixture. Mix, below Example 1
A canned pet food was obtained in the same manner as in. When this dog was fed to a dog for 6 months, it became a brilliant coat without becoming obese, and it was retained during feeding.

Example 5 A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4, except that the diced beef was used instead of the diced beef. When this was fed to dogs for 6 months, the same results as in Example 4 were obtained.

Example 6 A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that a dairy chicken liver was used instead of the dairy beef. When this was fed to dogs for 6 months, the same results as in Example 4 were obtained.

Example 7 Die-shaped beef 5 in place of 70.0 parts by weight of beef-shaped beef
A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 4 except that 5.0 parts by weight and 15.0 parts by weight of diced chicken liver were used. When this dog was fed to a dog for 6 months, Example 4
Similar results were obtained.

Example 8 A pet food was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that a diced bonito was used instead of the diced beef. When this was fed to a cat, it gave a shiny coat, which was retained during feeding.

Test Example 1 Each pet food (Sample Nos. 2 to 8) produced in the same manner as in Example 1 and Maitake mushroom powder were added and used, except that Maitake mushroom powder was added and used at the contents shown in Table 3 below. The pet food (Sample No. 1) produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that it was not fed was continuously fed to 10 dogs each of 3 months old for 6 months, and then the sample N
o. The brilliance of the coat was observed in contrast with the coat of the dog fed with the pet food No. 1 as a control, and the preference was observed.
The results are shown in Table 3. The evaluation was based on the criteria shown in Tables 4 and 5 below.

[0024]

[Table 3]

[0025]

[Table 4] Evaluation Criteria (Brightness of Hair) A: Clearly brighter than that of a control dog B: Slightly brighter than that of a control dog C: Almost different from that of a control dog None

[0026]

[Table 5] Evaluation Criteria (Preference) ○: Preference is good △: Preference is somewhat good X: Preference is poor

Test Example 2 The pet foods obtained in Examples 1 and 4 and Test Example 1
No. used in No. After feeding 1 pet food to 10 dogs of 1 year old each for 6 months continuously,
Increased body weight was measured. The results are shown in Table 6.
Incidentally, the measurement result is the sample The increased weight of the dog fed with the pet food of 1 was set as 100 and displayed as a comparison.

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[Table 6]

[0029]

By using the pet food of the present invention, it is possible to improve and maintain the brilliance of the fur of a pet and prevent obesity of the pet.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A pet food characterized by containing a maitake mushroom powder and / or a maitake mushroom extract. 2. The content of the maitake mushroom powder is from 0.05 to 0.
The pet food according to claim 1, which is 17% by weight. 3. The content rate of the Maitake extract is 0.025-
The pet food according to claim 1, which is 0.085% by weight. 4. The pet food according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is a canned food mainly made of vegetables together with meat. 5. The pet food according to claim 4, wherein potato, green peas and carrot are used together as vegetables. 6. The pet food according to claim 1, which is for dogs or cats.