Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Animal derived material is an ingredient other than extract...
Patent
1995-05-12
1997-04-08
Kepplinger, Esther
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Animal derived material is an ingredient other than extract...
426 2, 426805, A23L 131, A23K 118
Patent
active
056185740
ABSTRACT:
Fish foods and food supplements are provided that comprise an amount of preserved immature insects, e.g., dried housefly or soldier fly larvae or pupae, effective to improve the growth, feeding efficiency, or coloration of fish, including, but not limited to, koi, trout, bass, catfish, and tropical aquarium fish. Also provided are related methods of improving the growth, feeding efficiency, or coloration of fish.
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Clearwater Fish & Pond Supply, Inc.
Kepplinger Esther
Koh Choon P.
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