Abstract: A snack food is prepared from an extrudable mixture, containing dehydrated potato, baking powder, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids and water, which is extruded as a flat sheet through a sheeting die with a narrow opening, cut into pieces of predetermined size and shape and baked, the composition of the dehydrated potato, the proportion of the baking powder, the size of the opening in the sheeting die, the cutting of the sheet and the temperature and time of baking being controlled to produce a shaped, hollow potato snack in which the sides are entirely enclosed, with the top and bottom being formed from the top and bottom of said cut sheet, and a cross section of said top and bottom being approximately one-half of the thickness of said cut sheet.

Abstract: Animal feeds for herbivorous animals from the group consisting of cattle, pigs, horses, sheep, goats and fowl are provided containing the feed ingredients normally eaten by such animals and sodium diacetate intimately mixed therewith in sufficient amount to serve as an attractant and to enhance the taste thresholds of said feeds.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for inhibiting mold growth in a cereal grain having a seed coat by contacting such grain with sodium diacetate in such amounts and under such conditions that the sodium diacetate penetrates the seed coat and inhibits the growth of mold in said grain. The invention is especially useful in the treatment of high moisture corn.

Abstract: Beef cattle are fed with a synergistic mixture of sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in sufficient amounts to increase feed efficiency.

Abstract: Dairy cattle are fed with a synergistic mixture of sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in sufficient amounts to increase milk production and butterfat production.

Abstract: Mixed feeds used in feeding pigs are improved by adding sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in proportions sufficient to enhance feed efficiency.

Abstract: Mixed feeds used in feeding turkeys are improved by adding sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey in proportions sufficient to enhance feed efficiency.

Abstract: Sodium diacetate is used in feeding herbivorous animals.

Abstract: Hemorrhagic enteritis in turkeys is controlled by adding to the drinking water used in feeding turkeys an effective amount of sodium diacetate.

Abstract: Partially dried forage crops such as perennial grasses and partially dehydrated alfalfa containing at least 10% moisture are treated with sodium diacetate and stored in the form of bales or other consolidated form using a sufficient amount of sodium diacetate to reduce the rise in temperature which normally occurs on storage under such conditions while simultaneously inhibiting mold growth. The resultant products are especially useful in feeding beef and dairy cattle and other ruminants.

Abstract: A sourdough composition is provided in the form of a flowable powder for the introduction of acetic acid and lactic acid into bread doughs and other bakery products. The composition is preferably stabilized against premature loss of acetic acid by intimate dispersion with a minor quantity of a normally solid edible fatty material.

Abstract: Animal feeds for herbivorous domestic animals are prepared containing sodium diacetate as an attractant.

Abstract: Forage crops such as perennial grasses, alfalfa, corn and sorghum in the wet or moist state are chopped into small pieces, a quantity of a composition consisting essentially of sodium diacetate and dehydrated whey is added, and the resultant mixture is placed in a storage container such as a silo and allowed to ferment to produce silage which is useful as an animal feed, especially for ruminant animals such as beef and dairy cattle.