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Gelatinisation, preconditioning, and aquarium feeds
A number of topics for this month are energy efficiency in petfood production, starch gelatinisation, preconditioning and in general aquarium feeds. Discussion below can be considered for both extrusion of pet and aqua products.
Energy...
From the Editor of International Petfood: April Edition
The April issue has a number of interesting articles on petfood and horse feeds. Concentrating on the petfood topics and having been involved in the industry for years it always amazing me the new...
From the Editor of International Petfood magazine: flexibility, vacuum coating, extrusion, and baked treats
The year is continuing with a fever regarding attendance at trade shows. Already this year having attended the IPPE in Atlanta and the GEAPS show in Kansas City it appears the attendance is up...
From the editor: Aquaria feed for fish and freeze-dried petfoods
Aquaria feed for fish is in my mind considered a petfood. They must have a complete diet for long and healthy life. The process differences between aquaria and commercial aquatic feed for farmed fish...
Mixing, dosing, plant design, standard petfoods, raw materials test for verification
by Joseph P Kearns, Editor, International Petfood Magazine
Happy New Year to all as we hope 2023 is a spectacular year for all of our readers. Since we are at the beginning of the year...
Baked Petfoods
by Joe Kearns, Editor, International Petfood Magazine
Baked petfoods and or treats, temperature confirmation for bacteria kill step, treats and snacks, dies and zoo feeds are all interesting topics and the ones we close out...
From the editor: Weighing, bacteria control, soft bites, and water activity
There are many important processes in petfood production and weighing or ensuring the formula is correct is a big one.
The list of nutrients on a finished bag are minimums or maximums and usually...
From the editor of International Petfood Magazine
Topics of the month include hammermills, unadulterated products, the extruder barrel and organic and/or functional petfoods – quite a range, so let’s get started with hammermills.
Grinding petfoods is typically done with hammermills as some...
From the editor: dog food
Dogs are by far the most acquired pet in the world. It is estimated that there are near 900 million dogs worldwide with the USA having 10% at 90 million. As a note there...
From the editor: bird feeds
Spring is here and along with the improving weather, while I was attending the Petfood Forum in Kansas City it was obvious that everyone else also is feeling the need to get out and...