This invention in the companion animal, being the constituent and manner for maintaining or promotion the healthy body composition, the tonnage which is effective to the maintenance or promotion of healthy body composition 1 or it includes the process which gives for food constituent which includes the pill bait which is more than that in the said animal, maintenance or promotion of healthy body composition, control of animal weight, for example includes the decrease of weight or the body fat or the augmentation of fat-free muscle mass percent here, the aforementioned constituent and manner are included.< Choice figure >It is not本発明は、コンパニオン動物における、健康な体組成の維持または促進のための組成物および方法であって、該動物に、健康な体組成の維持または促進に有効な量の1またはそれより多いピルベートを含む食用組成物を与える工程を含む、ここで健康な体組成の維持または促進が、動物体重の制御、例えば体重または体脂肪の減少、あるいは除脂肪筋量パーセントの増加を含む、前記組成物および方法を含む。【選択図】なし
