Method of making animal food

Claim 1

PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A PALATABLE MOIST ANIMAL FOOD COMPRISING PROTEINACEOUS MEATY MATRIX MATERIAL, ADDED SUGAR SOLIDS, AND AS A WATER ADSORBANT A BEGETABLE MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF SUBJECTING SAID MATRIX MATERIAL, A SORBIC ACID COMPOUND AND SAID ADDED SUGAR SOLIDS TO HEAT AND MIXING TOGETHER WITH SAID VEGETABLE MATERIAL IN THE PRESENCE OF 16-17% TO 26-27% WATER BY WEIGHT OF THE MIXTURE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SUFFICIENT TO PASTEURIZE THE MEAT TO FORM AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF THE WATER SOLUBLE SOLIDS OF SAID MIXTURE AND TO DISPERSE SAID SOLUTION UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT SAID MEATY MATRIX MATERIALS AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AND HYDRATE SAME AND THEREBY FORM A PLASTIC COMPOSITION WHEREIN SAID SOLUBLE SOLIDS ARE AT A LEVEL IN SOLUTION PROVIDING BACTERIOSTATIC STABILIZTION, THE WEIGHT LEVEL OF SAID SUGAR BEING 20-35% AND THE WEIGHT LEVEL OF SAID VEGETABLE MATERIAL BEING 25-40%; AND FORMING SAID COMPOSITION INTO DESIRED SHAPE BY EXTRUDING THE FINISHED MIXTURE INTO CYLINDERS AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE AND PACKAGING SAID CYLINDERS IN A LOOSE MOISTURE IMPERMEABLE WRAPPER.