Abstract: A stick candy package includes a transparent plastic clip having stiff arms embracing the candy with a tag and bow being attached to the attachment clip member for ornamental effect. In a first embodiment the tag and bow are attached by adhesive means to the attachment clip while in the second embodiment they are attached to the attachment clip by a twist-tie member embracing a length of ornamental ribbon arranged to have the appearance of a bow but which has not been pre-tied.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment this invention provides an animal feed block which has a high content of C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt and nutrient carbohydrate.An invention feed block is suitable for free choice consumption by ruminants and other animals such as horses and house pets.

Abstract: In one embodiment this invention provides an improved process for the production of fatty acid calcium salt. An important feature of the process is the utilization of a residual effluent byproduct stream from a sodium bicarbonate manufacturing plant as the aqueous medium of the fatty acid calcium salt-forming reaction process.A product of the invention process is a fatty acid salt dietary supplement composition which contains one or more additional biologically active nutrient or medicament ingredients.

Abstract: A feed composition for breeding pigs contains about 70 to 90% by weight of an n-3 fatty acid source, about 10 to 20% by weight of a carbohydrate source, about 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of an agent for promoting a decrease in the level of cholesterol, and about 0.1 to 1.0% of an antioxidant.

Abstract: A variety of different food products, prepared from edible roots, seeds, and starchy fruits including potatoes, arrowroot, water chestnut, jicama, buckwheat, legumes, millet, milo, barley, oats, corn, teff, rice, cotton seed meal, bread fruit, pumpkin, winter squash, white squash, plantain, banana, and jack fruit are substitutes for wheat and other grains, milk, eggs, and a partial substitute for nuts. A variety of starches, soluble fibers, and insoluble fibers may be combined to provide products that are substitutes for wheat and other grains, milk, eggs, and a partial substitute for nuts.

Abstract: A method of producing milk-fermented food, wherein a bifidobacteria or a lactic acid bacteria or a combination of these two bacteria are inoculated into and cultured in a culture medium composed mainly of milk, and an isolated soybean protein or a yeast extract or a combination of these substances are added to the culture medium or a culture obtained by cultivation of the bacteria. The bifidobacteria is one or two species selected from Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium bifidum, or Bifidobacterium infantis.

Abstract: A fish feed additive is used which contains .beta.-carotene containing Dunaliella algae powder stabilized against oxidation and migration into the water. The fish feed is prepared by mixing 100 parts by weight of a Dunaliella algae powder with 15-50 parts by weight of a cyclodextrin while stirring. The final fish feed is obtained by blending 10 parts by weight of this additive with 200-500 parts by weight of a common fish feed. The fish feed additive is in the form of dry fine granules. The fish feed additive effectively promotes growth and delivers .beta.-carotene to the fish.

Abstract: A coated vitamin C preparation for animal feed comprises a particulate core containing vitamin C and a coating material composed of one or more fine powdery lipids having a melting point of at least 40.degree. C. and containing vitamin E. The coating material is present as an agglomerated coating layer surrounding the entire circumference of each particle of the particulate core.The coated vitamin C preparation is produced by a process, which comprises a step of bringing particles of a particulate core containing vitamin C into colliding contact with particles of a coating material composed of one or more fine powdery lipids having a melting point of at least 40.degree. C. and containing vitamin E, so as to form a coating layer of agglomerated particles of the coating material surrounding the entire circumference of each particle of the core.The coated vitamin C preparation is useful as a supplement to feeds for animals, such as, livestock, poultry and marine animals, by admixing same with the feed.

Abstract: A livestock feed containing meat and bone, bloodmeal, soy hulls, corn and about 20% by weight liquid animal fat. The invention further relates to a process for making a livestock feed including the steps of mixing together meat and bone, bloodmeal, soy hulls, corn and a first portion of liquid animal fat; extruding the mixture into pellets; and then spraying the extruded pellets with a second portion of liquid animal rat. All of the fat used in the livestock feed and in the process for making the livestock feed is liquid animal fat.

Abstract: The invention is a method for preparing a bran from wet distiller's grain (WDG) or distiller's dried grain with solubles (DDGS). In the method sodium bicarbonate, amino acid and potato starch are added to the wet, solid residue from the fermentation of grain. Then, the residue-additive mix is blended and dried to produce a bran which may be utilized on a 50-50 weight basis with wheat flour, for example, in the manufacture of noodles and baked goods.

Abstract: A method of making cheese with milk obtained from animals which have received feed supplemented or complemented with an amino acid in a protected form. The amino acid is preferably lysine and/or methionine.

Abstract: The present invention provides products, processes and/or methods for treating or preventing the clinical symptoms of an infant suffering from colic. Products and/or methods which reduce or eliminate the level of bovine IgG in food products are also useful to treat patients experiencing clinical symptoms related to ingesting bovine food products.

Abstract: In one embodiment this invention provides an improved process for the production of fatty acid calcium salt. An important feature of the process is the utilization of a residual effluent byproduct stream from a sodium bicarbonate manufacturing plant as the aqueous medium of the fatty acid calcium salt-forming reaction process.A product of the invention process is a fatty acid salt dietary supplement composition which contains one or more additional biologically active nutrient or medicament ingredients.

Abstract: A composition and method thereof for increasing milk production in dairy cattle by balancing the essential amino acids via a particular complete feed, concentrate, or blender or base mix form of the composition which delivers essential amino acids post ruminally, wherein the composition generally comprises wheat middlings; corn; soybean meal; corn gluten meal; distillers grains or distillers grains with solubles; blood meal; fat; macro-minerals, which include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, chlorine and sulfur; trace minerals, which include cobalt, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, selenium and zinc; and vitamins, which include vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E.

Abstract: A process for preparing a complete ration for confined animals is disclosed. The ration is in solid form and supplies the animals water requirements and nutritional requirements. The ration is prepared by adding an edible gum to water, heating the combined water and edible gum to a temperature effective to solubilize the edible gum, combining the water and gum with a basal feed composition containing the animals nutritional requirement and with a carbohydrate, maintaining the combined materials at a temperature below the gelatinizing temperature of the carbohydrate, dispensing the heated combination into portions and cooling the dispensed portions to form a water containing gelled solid food article.

Abstract: A PET bird feed additives in the form of fine granules obtained by mixing 100 parts by weight of a Dunaliella alga powder with 15 to 50 parts by weight of cyclodextrin under stirring and to 100 parts by weight of the mixed adsorbate thus obtained adding an antioxidant and a binder; a PET bird feed obtained by blending 5 to 15 parts by weight of the granules thus obtained with a common PET bird feed; and processes for producing them. In the PET bird feed additive of the present invention, the Dunaliella alga powder is in the form of a mixed adsorbate together with cyclodextrin and thus .beta.-carotene contained in the Dunaliella alga can be stably sustained and effectively utilized. Further, the offensive odor characteristic to the algae can be removed. Furthermore, the PET bird feed additive of the present invention, which is in the form of fine granules, can be easily blended with a common PET bird feed.

Abstract: An additive for aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish, which contains L-ascorbic acid-2-glucoside as an active ingredient, an aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish containing said additive, and an aquaculture feed for fish and shellfish, which has been added with said additive and granulated. The additive for feed of the present invention, namely, L-ascorbic acid-2-glucoside 1) does not have reducing ability by itself, and extremely stable, 2) can be decomposed into L-ascorbic acid and D-glucose when taken in fish and shellfish, and can exhibit physiological effects inherent to L-ascorbic acid, and 3) is greatly improved in heat resistance and light resistance in comparison with L-ascorbic acid, and shows markedly small loss of L-ascorbic acid activity during the production and storage of feed.

Abstract: In one embodiment this invention provides a process for preparing a deodorized fatty acid salt feed supplement. Alkali metal bisulfite is added to a process medium in which C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acid with a content of malodorous carbonyl compound is converted into a deodorized C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty acid alkaline earth metal salt product.

Abstract: Low or non-fat ice cream contains less than about 5% by weight fat and comprises (by weight except where otherwise stated) from about 5 to about 15% milk solids non-fat, from about 5 to about 20% sweeteners, from about 0.1 to about 0.5% stabilizers and, at a temperature in the range of from about -12.degree. to about -10.degree. C., from about 45 to about 60% frozen water in the form of ice crystals, at least about 40% (by number) of said ice crystals having a diameter less than about 45 microns, and from about 10 to about 20% unfrozen water.

Abstract: The present invention includes a whey permeate-derived dry sweetener made from a condensed whey permeate and a method of feeding animals the dry whey permeate sweetener. The condensed whey permeate is at least partially caramelized and has a protein level of less than approximately 8% and a lactose level of at least approximately 79% on a dry matter basis.