Marc L. Wenger;Galen J. Rokey;Allan C. Spellmeier;LaVon Wenger
发明人:
LaVon Wenger,Marc L. Wenger,Galen J. Rokey,Allan C. Spellmeier
申请号：
US13664230
公开号：
US20130059053A1
申请日:
2012.10.30
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Improved extruders and methods for the extrusion cooking of comestible products such as human foods or animal feeds are provided wherein the products may be produced with very low specific mechanical energy (SME) inputs as compared with conventional processing. The methods preferably involve introduction of very high levels of steam into the extruder barrel during processing, which concomitantly reduces necessary SME inputs required to achieve desired cook and expansion levels in the products. In accordance with the invention, fully-cooked pet foods can be fabricated with SME inputs of up to about 18 kWhr/T, whereas aquatic feeds can be fabricated with SME inputs of up to about 16 kWhr/T.
