Artificial bully stick of edible pet chew

Abstract

An edible pet chew includes a member of Bully-Stick-Analogue formed from a composition material imitating existing traditional bully stick products, serving as an alternative to traditional bully stick. The imitation includes the structure, and/or appearance, and/or size, and/or color, and/or texture, and/or flavor, and/or durability, and/or palatability of traditional bully stick. It may be an extruded stick processed by an extruder.

1 . An edible pet chew, comprising:
 a Bully Stick Analogue component for imitating a bully stick product, wherein said bully stick product that said Bully Stick Analogue component is imitating is a pet chew product selected from the group consisting of:   a dehydrated beef pizzle, a dehydrated bovine pizzle, a dehydrated bully pizzle, a dehydrated cattle pizzle, a dehydrated swine pizzle, a dehydrated deer pizzle, a dehydrated ovine pizzle, a dehydrated caprine pizzle, a dehydrated sheep pizzle, a dehydrated goat pizzle and a beef bully stick,   wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component is in a form imitating a shape of a bully stick product, wherein said Bully Stick Analogue comprises two longitudinal ridges in shape parallel to each other,   wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component comprises a groove running longitudinally on a surface of said Bully Stick Analogue,   wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component comprises an outer layer and an inner portion, wherein an outer layer surrounds said inner portion, wherein a thickness of said outer layer is substantially homogenous through a material, wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component is formed from a composition material, wherein said composition material comprises an animal ingredient in formula,   wherein said composition material comprises a first composition and a second composition, wherein said outer layer is made of said first composition and said inner portion is made of said second composition.   
     
     
         2 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said first composition and said second composition are co-extruded to form said outer layer and said inner portion respectively so as to have said outer layer surround said inner portion. 
     
     
         3 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component is formed by an extrusion process, wherein said longitudinal ridges and said groove are formed by an extruder die in a pre-designed shape. 
     
     
         4 - 5 . (canceled) 
     
     
         6 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said composition material comprises 20%-90% said plant ingredient by weight. 
     
     
         7 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said animal ingredient is a material selected from the group consisting of: a meat ingredient and a meat by-products ingredient. 
     
     
         8 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said meat by-products ingredient is an animal pizzle material, wherein said composition material comprises at least 3% said animal pizzle material on an as formulated basis by weight. 
     
     
         9 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said composition material comprises 50%-90% said plant ingredient by weight and 5%-25% said animal pizzle material on an as formulated basis by weight. 
     
     
         10 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a cross section of said Bully Stick Analogue component has an outline shape similar to a letter “B”, or a peanut shape, or an Arabic numeral “8”. 
     
     
         11 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said composition material comprises 3%-50% said meat by-products ingredient or said meat ingredient by weight on an as formulated basis. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said composition material comprises 20%-50% said plant ingredient by weight and 10%-50% said meat ingredient by weight on an as formulated basis. 
     
     
         14 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 8 , wherein said composition material further comprises an animal hide ingredient, wherein said composition material comprises 20%-50% said plant ingredient by weight, 3%-25% said animal pizzle material by weight on an as formulated basis and 10%-50% said animal hide ingredient by weight. 
     
     
         15 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said animal ingredient comprises a hydrolyzed animal protein ingredient. 
     
     
         16 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 2 , wherein said at least 20% plant ingredient is a material selected from the group consisting of vegetables, fruit, edible-plant-derived materials, vegetable-derived materials, fruit-derived materials, plant protein, vegetable protein, plant starch, vegetable starch, grains, cereals, corn, sweet potato, gluten-free edible plant, and gluten-free vegetables. 
     
     
         17 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 7 , wherein said composition material comprises 10%-50% said meat ingredient or 10-50% said meat by-product ingredient on an as formulated basis in the formula by weight and a chemical,
 wherein said meat ingredient is a material selected from the group consisting of: animal flesh, animal muscle, poultry meat, chicken, chicken breast, duck, goose, turkey, venison, porcine meat, pork, bovine meat, beef, mutton, lamb, goat meat, fish, meat meal, chicken meal, fish meal, hydrolyzed meat protein, hydrolyzed animal material, hydrolyzed animal protein, meat derived ingredient, and poultry derived ingredient;   wherein said meat by-product ingredient is a material selected from the group consisting of: animal pizzle, porcine meat by-product, poultry by-product, bovine meat by-product, animal viscera, animal stomach, animal tongue, animal kidney, animal blood, animal bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, animal intestines, animal spleen, animal liver, animal lung, animal heart, meat by-product meal, poultry by-product meal, hydrolyzed meat-by-products protein, hydrolyzed meat-by-products material, meat by-product derived ingredient, poultry by-product derived ingredient, animal fat, and animal oil.   
     
     
         18 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component is knotted at first and second longitudinal ends, wherein said first and second longitudinal ends have knots thereat respectively. 
     
     
         19 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said edible pet chew further comprises an edible material component, wherein said Bully Stick Analogue component and said edible material component are assembled together to form a final product. 
     
     
         20 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 18 , wherein said edible material component comprises a second piece and a third piece of Bully Stick Analogue components, wherein a first piece, said second piece and said third piece of Bully Stick Analogue components are woven together to make a final product in a braid form. 
     
     
         21 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 18 , wherein said edible material component is one or more of: an animal hide material and a genuine animal pizzle material. 
     
     
         22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said composition material comprises at least 3% said animal ingredient by weight on an as formulated basis in formula, wherein said composition material further comprises at least 20% plant ingredient by weigh. 
     
     
         24 . The edible pet chew, as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said animal ingredient is a material selected from the group consisting of:
 animal flesh, animal muscle, poultry meat, chicken, chicken breast, duck, goose, turkey, venison, porcine meat, pork, bovine meat, beef, mutton, lamb, goat meat, fish, meat meal, chicken meal, fish meal, hydrolyzed meat protein, hydrolyzed animal material, hydrolyzed animal protein, meat derived ingredient, and poultry derived ingredient,   animal pizzle, porcine meat by-product, poultry by-product, bovine meat by-product, animal viscera, animal stomach, animal tongue, animal kidney, animal blood, animal bone, partially defatted low temperature fatty tissue, animal intestines, animal spleen, animal liver, animal lung, animal heart, meat by-product meal, poultry by-product meal, hydrolyzed meat-by-products protein, hydrolyzed pizzle, hydrolyzed meat-by-products material, meat by-product derived ingredient, poultry by-product derived ingredient, animal fat, and animal oil.