General Mills. has filed a patent for a pet dental treat designed to improve oral health in dogs. The treat features a tooth-shaped outer shell with a soft, chewy inner core that helps remove plaque and tartar. Additionally, the treat includes a pocket for adding functional additives like vitamins or medicine. GlobalData’s report on General Mills gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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A patent application (Publication Number: US20240024225A1) describes a method for producing pet dental treats with a unique design. The method involves forming a body with a soft, chewy, porous inner core and an outer shell that is tooth-shaped in cross-section. The outer shell includes in-turned retaining elements at the entrance region of a longitudinally extending slot, creating a pocket within the slot. An edible insert can be inserted into this pocket, with the retaining elements preventing the insert from falling out. The edible insert can include medicinal items, vitamins, supplements, palatability enhancers, digestion additives, or mouth surface effective compositions, in forms such as pills, capsules, gummies, or paste.
Additionally, the method includes applying coatings containing bio-active compounds to the inner core's exposed surfaces. These bio-active compounds can include probiotics, enzymes, antioxidants, antimicrobials, vitamins, calcium sources, flavorings, calcium chelating agents, plant compounds, and plant extracts. The body of the pet dental treat is formed using ingredients like rice flour, potato flour, potato starch, gelatin, glycerin, pea starch, cultured whey, cellulose, citric acid, and salt. The resulting pet dental treat combines a unique design with functional elements to provide oral health benefits to pets while offering a variety of options for customization based on the specific needs of individual animals.
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