METHOD FOR DERIVING A WELLNESS RELATED INDEX FOR A FOOD COMPOSITION

摘要

A method for deriving a wellness related index for a composition for consumption by an animal by (a) evaluating an effect of the composition, relative to the effect of one or more comparative compositions, on each of a plurality of parameters indicative of the health or wellness of the animal; (b) expressing the relative effect of the composition on each parameter as a numerical score; and (c) computing the wellness related index using an algorithm that takes into account the numerical scores of the composition for the plurality of parameters.