Abstract: The process of the present invention comprises an animal food composition that is fed to animals and is pro-nutritional, and is convenient to the pet owner. When the pet owner feeds the animal food composition to the animal, the ingested composition promotes a healthy body weight in the animal and is palatable to the animal, provides a highly effective nutritional aid, promotes a means for controlling fecal hair excretion, controlling oral hair excretion, trichobezoar formation, and satiety in an animal. The animal food composition contains a nut shell.

Abstract: The animal food composition of the present invention is pro-nutritional, and is convenient to the pet owner. The animal food composition promotes a healthy body weight in an animal and is palatable to an animal, provides a highly effective nutritional aid, promotes a means for controlling fecal hair excretion, controlling oral hair excretion, trichobezoar formation, and satiety in an animal. The animal food composition contains a nut shell.