Centerfilled pet food composition

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AN ANIMAL FOOD COMPOSITION ADPTED TO BE PACKED IN NON-HERMETIC PACKING MATERIAL WITHOUT STERILLIZATION AND STORED FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT REFRIGERATION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A PASTEURIZED DEFORMABLE AND SHAPE-RETAINING SEMIMOIST INNER MATRIX AND AN IN SITU-BAKED OUTER PASTRY SHELL AT LEAST PARTIALLY ENCLOSING THE INNER MATRIX, SAID INNER MATRIX COMPRISING EDIBLE PROTEINACEOUS MATERIAL DERIVED FROM MEAT AND VEGETABLE SOURCES, FROM ABOUT 15 TO 40% BY WEIGHT TOTAL WATER, LESS THAN 15% BY WEIGHT TOTAL WATER-SOLUBLE SUGAR, AND AT LEAST 3% UP TO ABOUT 4% BY WEIGHT TOTAL WATER-SOLUBLE SALT, SAID INNER MATRIX FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY A WATER ACTIVITY OF LESS THAN 0.85, SAID PASTRY SHELL COMPRISING FLOUR, SHORTENING, LESS THAN 20% BY WEIGHT TOTAL WATER AND SUFFICIENT SUGAR TO PROVIDE A WATER ACTIVITY TO THE BAKED SHELL OF LESS THAN 0.85, PROVIDE A WATER ACTIVITY TO THE BAKED SHELL OF LESS THAN 0.85, OF 0.95 TO 1.20. THE RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF INNER MATRIX AND OUTER SHELL CORRESPONDING TO AN OVERALL TOTAL WATER-SOLUBLE SALT CONTENT IN THE RANGE OF 11/2% TO LESS THAN 3% BY WEIGHT.