Animal food and method of making the same

Claim 1

A DEFORMABLE AND SHAPE-RETTAINING NUTRITIONALLY BALANCED MEAT-BASED PALATABLE MOIST ANIMAL FOOD COMPOSITION OF SUBSTANTIALLY NEUTRAL PH OF 6.0 -8.0 AND ADAPTED TO BE PACKAGED IN NON-HERMETIC PACKAGING MATERIAL WITHOUT STERILIZATION AND STORED FOR LONG PERIODS WITHOUT REFRIGERATION COMPRISING A PASTEURIZED MATRIX OF PROTEINACEOUS MEATY MATERIALS AND VEGETABLE PROTEIN CONCENTRATE NORMALLY CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING BACTERIOLOGICAL GROWTH AND HAVING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF WATER SOLUBLE SOLIDS INCLUDING SUGAR INCORPORATED IN SAID MATRIX MATERIALS IN BACTERIOSSTATIC AMOUNT, THE MOISTURE LEVEL IN SAID COMPOSITION BEING LESS THAN 30% AND GREATER THAN 15% BY WEIGHT THEREOF AND IMPARTING PLASTICITY TO THE COMPOSITION, THE LEVEL OF THE WATER SOLUBLE SUGAR SOLIDS BEING GREATER THAN 15% AND UP TO 35% BY WEIGHT OF SAID COMPOSITION, THE WEIGHT LEVEL OF SAID WATER SOLUBLE SOLIDS BEING GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID MOISTURE AND THE SUGAR LEVEL CONSTITUTING A MAJOR PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF THE WATER SOLUBLE SOLIDS, A MAJOR PROPORTION BY WEIGHT OF SAID MATRIX MATERIALS BEING IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HYDRATED CONDITION, SAID AQUEOUS SOLUTION BEING UNIFOROMLY DISPERSED THROUGHOUT SAID MATRIX, SAID COMPOSITION HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF ANTIMYCOTIC IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH SAID MATRIX MATERIALS, WHEREBY THE COMPOSITION IS MAINTAINED IN A MOLD-FREE CONDITION.