Food preparation through extrusion is a multi-functional thermo-mechanical method that has exploded in popularity in the food processing industry in recent years. It's one of the most tried-and-true strategies that has stood the test of time. The extrusion process has...

Extrusion, a commonly used feed, and food processing technology, involves pushing food items through small slots using a series of screws (or a single screw), which are then baked at high pressure and temperature before being enclosed inside a barrel. Most snack and...

The food extrusion industry was valued at $60.4 billion in 2019, before the pandemic, and is expected to rise to 81 billion dollars by 2027. It's time to invest in a food extruder machine if you want to boost your food manufacturing company's productivity and...

Food processing has come a long way in the last several decades. Food plants are now designed to improve their ability to mass-produce food, transport it over large distances, and make it considerably safer. However, as the world's population grows, efficiency and...

Food extrusion entails a bioreactor system that pushes several mixed ingredients through a narrow, shaped opening, known as a die (Lisch and Launay 1893) to form various products, referred to as extrudates (Berek, 2009). Hot, cold, co-extruded, and steam-induced...

Thanks to the advancements in the field of pet food extrusion, consumers around the world are becoming far more specific with what they want. Over the past many years, terms like natural and organic have been increasingly common among pet food buyers. However, pet...

Food extrusion involves processing several ingredients, forcing them to flow under a predetermined pressure through various conditions, such as shear, mixing, and heat application. The melted mixture passes through a ‘die’ or perforated plate which is typically...

Food and feed processing are vast processes that entail many different complex pieces of equipment that have their own distinctive uses and provide their own unique advantages. One such important processing equipment is a hammer mill. Let’s find out exactly what a...

If you’re in the food processing business, you’d know how much important it is to make sure that your products are always top-quality and your business doesn’t have any lapses in quality control during the processes. For food manufacturers that deal in rice, seeds,...