Abstract: A co-extruded dual texture animal or human food product with open ends, a harder outer shell component, and a softer inner filling component is disclosed. The inner softer filling component has viscosity characteristics which allow pumping during the manufacturing process yet without leakage from the cut ends of the product during cutting, drying, or storage. The harder outer shell component is at least 75 times harder than the softer inner filling component which has hardness less than about 0.5 kg force. In certain embodiments, the product could be used as a means of delivering medicants to pets where the medicant is held in place and disguised from the pet by the softer inner component, thus inducing the pet to unknowingly ingest the medicant.

Abstract: A peel-apart edible pet treat and method for preparing same is disclosed in the present invention. The peel-apart edible pet treat described is characterized by a plurality of longitudinally oriented individual strands conjoined within in a compressed bundle of conjoined strands. Individual strands may be removed one-by-one in a substantially intact form from the compressed bundle of conjoined strands by pulling one of the individual strands starting at either end of the compressed bundle of individual conjoined strands. When one or more individual strands are removed, the remaining strands are still conjoined to in the bundle to provide protection from drying and flaking.