It is important to determine the overall balance of a diet with respect to specific amino acid, fatty acid, mineral and vitamin levels in the diet and how they meet the requirements of the animal that it is being formulated and ultimately fed to. Ca…
Yes, I believe that the progression as well will be to pick off the low bearing fruit such as packaging and manufacturing processes but as time goes on the focus will shift to the ingredients as they are nearly half if not more of the inputs for a p…
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I think I was on holidays when your response came through. Just a curious question, are these clients or customers looking at reducing the carbon footprint of their products through packaging or manufactu…
Vitamin E is a natural antioxidant and I might think that it would be better than vitamin C as a preservative. Whole flax seed would do little and in fact if you are using ground flax seed it will contribute to rancidity as the oil is highly unsatur…
With respect to Ca/P levels as they are expressed as a percentage, if a primary problem in health is obesity directly relating to overfeeding, is the problem the percentage of Ca and P in the diet or is it related to an excess of intake resulting in…
The hands-on component was a component that the participants certainly enjoyed but there is no reason that I could not adapt this to be put online. Excellent idea!
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 wi…
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 wi…
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 wi…
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 looki…
Interesting comments about using beaver and kangaroo and not emu or ostrich. Might have thought initially that getting enough as a meat source would be pretty tough but if they are getting these other rare things then I couldn't tell you why. High P…
Thanks for the reply but unfortunately it was an add that I found through one of my links and is no longer posted. I will keep you in mind if I find any others.
Hi Jeffrey,
Would be glad if you can point me to companies who will do private label manufacturing and also has import permit into these 2 countries
Volumn required per year combined is about 3/4 mio cans.
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