Abstract: A natural antioxidant for pet food and/or pet food ingredients to extend the shelf life of the pet food and/or pet food ingredients. The natural antioxidant is a natural smoke antioxidant obtained from fractions of natural liquid smoke. A pet food or pet food ingredient that contains a phenolic fraction of a liquid natural smoke flavor (or “the natural smoke extract”). The phenolic fraction exhibits an antioxidant effect on the pet food or the pet food ingredient, such as delayed oxidation or hydrolysis of fats and oils, whereas fats include animal fat and oils include vegetable oils; or stated differently, the delayed rancidification of the pet food or pet food ingredient.

Abstract: A tubular film for encasing food. The tubular film comprises a material which has been regenerated from a viscose solution. The tubular material is longitudinally stretched by from +8 to +40 percent and transversely stretched by from −20 to +40 percent while wet and the stretch is maintained during drying, said transverse stretch and longitudinal stretch being sufficient to obtain a surface area increase of at least 10 percent from the point of regeneration. In general, the tubular material has a wall thickness of from about 60 to about 90 percent of the same tubular material except without the combined stretch. The invention also includes the method for making the tubular material by stretching the regenerated tubular material while wet and maintaining the stretch during drying.

Abstract: A tubular film for encasing food. The tubular film comprises a material which has been regenerated from a solution of cellulose in a solvent comprising carbon disulfide. The tubular material is longitudinally stretched by from 8 to 30 percent and transversely stretched by from -3 to +10 percent while wet and the stretch is maintained during drying, said transverse stretch being less than 75 percent of the longitudinal stretch, to obtain a longitudinal crystalline orientation. In general, the tubular material has a wall thickness of from 75 to 90 percent of a tubular material which is identical except for being longitudinally unstretched. The invention also includes the method for making the tubular material by stretching the tubular material while wet and maintaining the stretch during drying.

Abstract: A tubular film for encasing food. The tubular film comprises a material which has been regenerated from a viscose solution. The tubular material is longitudinally stretched by from +8 to +40 percent and transversely stretched by from -20 to +40 percent while wet and the stretch is maintained during drying, said transverse stretch and longitudinal stretch being sufficient to obtain a surface area increase of at least 10 percent from the point of regeneration. In general, the tubular material has a wall thickness of from about 60 to about 90 percent of the same tubular material except without the combined stretch. The invention also includes the method for making the tubular material by stretching the regenerated tubular material while wet and maintaining the stretch during drying.