Processing-extrusion

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Comment by Alex Chernolikhov on June 8, 2010 at 2:39pm

Hello everyone, I am new to this site, but I am in need of a contact or interested manufacturer to help assist us in putting together a manufacturing facility for a fee or partnership. Additionally we are in need of formulas and process integration; we are willing to pay franchise, licensing fees or share in profit under contract. We are currently in the beginning stages of construction for a manufacturing center in RU. The market there is worth $1.5b and growing. Need any help I can get or contacts, I prefer to work with a US manufacturer or company. Please contact me on me gmail account at chernolikhov@gmail.com with any information or help you think I can get. Thanks in advance!

Comment by Debbie Phillips-Donaldson on June 2, 2010 at 7:42am

Welcome, Brett. Whether to use meat meals or fresh meat really depends on what the manufacturer wants to market--e.g., premium or superpremium diet, a certain type or shape of kibble, the moisture content, etc. The Pet Food Institute has a brief overview of the extrusion process on its site. We have also published several articles in the past in Petfood Industry that might help; see "Controlling ingredient interactions."

Comment by Brett Sher on June 1, 2010 at 7:53pm

Why must it seem like dry foods must have meals but some can use fresh meats? Can some describe the process of making dry food.

Comment by Jeffrey Michael Bond on September 30, 2009 at 10:47am

Last week Pulse Canada assembled an extrusion workshop for feed industry professionals in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. A number of guest speakers were assembled to highlight nutrition and market analysis as well as a hands on period to extrude diets with and without peas and look at functional attributes of the finished product. If you see a benefit to your individual organization or to the pet food industry as a whole and know of an event at which something like this could be held, please let me know and I would be happy to look at the feasibility of hosting such an event.

Comment by Jeffrey Michael Bond on September 29, 2009 at 10:21am

Good morning. I have recently posted on white paper through the pet-food forum that highlights some research that was completed recently on the extrusion characteristics of pea fractions in dog food. I hope that it might be of benefit to those looking to capitalize on the benefits of peas while understanding how it will effect the final product.

Comment by Zachary Heskett on September 29, 2009 at 9:57am

Good Morning Group Members,
I was in pet food manufacturing operations and ingredient purchasing for ten years prior to joining The Food Source as Sourcing Specialist and Techinical Sales Representative. If I can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact me or post a question...

Comment by carl Eidsforth on September 23, 2009 at 1:58am

hi there, i hope i can help out, i have 16 years service experience with Wenger Mfg. Ihave experience from all over the world but currently concentrating in Turkey, Greece Spain and U.K.

Comment by Mukund Parthasarathy on September 19, 2009 at 8:06am

I want to introduce myself to this group. I have been in the pet food industry for along time. My expertise is in the creation, development of highly palatable pet foods through extrusion and non extrusion technologies. My significant strength is in cat palatability. Some of my creations are out there in the market- Most recently I created and helped to launch Friskies Party Mix( best palatable dry cat treat),

Comment by Simon van Dalsem on April 23, 2009 at 8:04am

I hope to my 35 plus years of experience in this industry useful to this group.