A vitamin and/or mineral and/or herbal enriched molded animal chew toy. The vitamins,
minerals and/or herbal additives are incorporated into the molded chew toy under
conditions that minimize thermal degradation of such additives. Suitable resins
include starch, casein, denatured and partially hydrolized casein, thermoplastic
polymers and mixtures thereof. In related embodiment, animal chews comprising primarily
denatured and partially hydrolized collagen are disclosed, as well as such denatured
and partially hydrolized collagen in mixture with vegetable matter, rawhide, animal
meal, peanut bits/flour, casein, starch and mixtures thereof.
