Petfood Forum 2016

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New processing methods for complete extrusion-baked pet food diets (Room Pet Food Processing & Safety Learning Center, Exhibit Hall E)

20 Apr 16
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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Galen Rokey, director of process technology for Wenger Manufacturing’s Companion Animal Division, discusses recent developments that make it possible to produce complete diets and treats with baking technologies at very high line rates, including a continuous process for dough development and baking using automated control systems. These new methods allow for much higher throughputs compared to conventional baking lines and can achieve a broad spectrum of unique textures by incorporating wet and dry versions of meat, vegetable, fruit and other co-products continuously into a dough matrix that is then shaped and baked using a thermal process at throughputs of up to 10,000 kg/hr.