Extruded dog food with improved breaking stability

摘要

A dog treat food product is disclosed which is extruded from a nutritionally balanced mixture of carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The dog treat food product exhibits improved resistance to breakage on impact by drying pieces of the extrudate under controlled conditions of humidity to a moisture level of between 6-10% by weight at a relative humidity of about 5 to about 25%, a dry bulb temperature of about 150 to about 250 DEG F, a wet bulb temperature of about 105 to about 150 DEG F and for at least 15 minutes. IMAGE