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EQUIPMENT
extrusion
innovation
Extrusion technology has adapted to complex
formulations and stringent food safety standards.
By Jordan Tyler | jtyler@sosland.com
In today's increasingly niche pet food and
treat market, the versatility and flexibility of
processes is crucial to keeping up. The influx
of complex formulas, coupled with strict standards for food safety, has called for innovation to perhaps the most popular method for
cooking traditional kibble, baked treats and
long goods alike - extrusion technology.
Dry kibble alone, which is typically produced on extruders due to the equipment's
ability to efficiently produce a high capacity of consistent product, makes up 72%
of the US pet food market, according to
Packaged Facts' Pet Food in the US, 14th
Edition. Considering many pet treats are also
extruded, this processing method is crucial
to the growth of the industry.
"As processors develop more sophisticated
products and complex recipes, they typically need an extruder that provides intensive
mixing (both dispersive and distributive),
with specific shear rates and mechanical energy input," says Alain Brisset, EPT business
development manager, feed extrusion expert,
Clextral, Firminy, France. These are just a few
examples of the innovations extrusion suppliers have developed in recent generations.
Pursuing productivity
Today, the flexibility offered by extrusion
equipment is unprecedented even in the
face of complex formulations. "Recent generations of extrusion equipment have been
able to blur, and in some cases remove, the
line between extruders being pegged for
only certain types of products and recipes,"
says Galen Rokey, director, process technology, pet food, Wenger Manufacturing, Inc.,
Sabetha, Kansas.
High-meat kibble, baked treats and long
goods are just a sample of products that can
be produced on an extruder and, thanks to
recent advances, can even be manufactured
on the same extruder. "Each of those three
categories requires its own ancillary equipment, but the most modern generations of
extruders have this capability," Rokey says.
Additionally, innovations in preconditioners, a process used to hydrate, mix and begin
the cooking process, have supported the proliferation of extruded pet food formulas by
increasing the consistency of product entering the extruder. "More homogenized products entering the extrusion barrel can allow
for increased throughput while decreasing
extrusion wear costs, product clumping,
operational downtime and discoloration of
Modern extrusion technology is capable of producing a wide variety of formats, shapes and formulations of pet food and treats with relative ease.
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CONTENTS
OFF THE LEASH - FEAR FREE
TRENDS - IN THE HOUSE
PLANT PROFILE - THE MEAT OF THE METRICS
FOOD SAFETY - VERIFIED ACCOUNTABILITY
INGREDIENTS - DEFINING CHELATION AND ENCAPSULATION
FORMULATION - FULL DISCLOSURE
EQUIPMENT - EXTRUSION INNOVATION
ON THE MOVE
OPERATIONS - CONTROL ISSUES
PACKAGING - MEDLEY OF MEALS
BEST IN SHOW
PATENTS TO PONDER
EVENTS
SIT, STAY, READ
AD INDEX
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - CONTENTS
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - OFF THE LEASH - FEAR FREE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - TRENDS - IN THE HOUSE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PLANT PROFILE - THE MEAT OF THE METRICS
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - FOOD SAFETY - VERIFIED ACCOUNTABILITY
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - INGREDIENTS - DEFINING CHELATION AND ENCAPSULATION
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - FORMULATION - FULL DISCLOSURE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - EQUIPMENT - EXTRUSION INNOVATION
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - ON THE MOVE
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - OPERATIONS - CONTROL ISSUES
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PACKAGING - MEDLEY OF MEALS
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - BEST IN SHOW
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - PATENTS TO PONDER
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PET Food Processing - June 2019 - EVENTS
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - SIT, STAY, READ
PET Food Processing - June 2019 - AD INDEX
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