pet food Articles
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Partner in Pet Food: Leading market player chooses BESTMIX Recipe Management 4 - Case Study
With almost 3,000 employees, 12 production sites, and a strong position across many European markets, Partner in Pet Food (PPF) is a heavyweight in the pet food industry. The company offers both wet and dry food, as well as snacks, distributed under its own brand name and white label. Innovations and new products launched in the past 24 months represent no less than 45% of the company’s ...
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Hermet Protein for Pets - Case Study
Hermet Protein for Pets is among others used by our entovegan pet food brand YumGrubs. YumGrubs for Dogs boasts a market-leading insect protein inclusion (Hermet Protein for Pets of course) and sustainable local Asian ingredients, resulting in an extraordinarily sustainable, nutritionally balanced (AAFCO-compliant) formulation with demonstrated palatability and attractiveness for dogs. We ...
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Dry food, ST-50E, New York State - Case Study
ST-50E shredding packages of cereal, pet food etc. The vibrating screen seperates the food for reuse as animal feed and the packaging for ...
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Grain case study - Quaker Oats
Elbows Solve Pneumatic Wear Problems Problem It happened again and again. At the Pet Foods Division of Quaker Oats in Rockford, Illinois, the stainless steel elbows in their pneumatic conveying systems were wearing out every three months, or even less. Elbows were wearing through in three different systems: Two of the systems carry grains (barley, soy bean meal, soy bean hulls) from storage ...
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The Benefits of Cooling Ingredients for Pet Food
While meat ingredients used for pet food need to achieve the necessary quality and hygiene standards, the fact remains that for many processors, the meat products used in the production of pet food have come from the waste and co-product streams of meat processing for human consumption. With this in mind it is easy for such pet food ingredients to become treated as waste, or at best a nuisance ...
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Dry food and beverage, ST-75, Ontario, Canada - Case Study
ST-75E shredding dry food products such as pasta, cookies, pet food etc and beverages containers. The vibrating screen separates the packaging from the contents for reprocessing as animal ...
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Capillary GC Analyses of Triazine Pesticides in Dry Pet Food
Based on federal and state regulations for identifying and quantifying low levels of pesticides in food and environmental samples, we selected three capillary columns to screen for triazine pesticides. A nonpolar and two low/intermediate polar phases were chosen to evaluate differences in component elution order and retention times. Low level screening analyses were performed effectively by using ...
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The health-promoting potential of the Black Soldier Fly
A new article in All About Feed reports: “For the first time, the antioxidant effect of insect protein has been investigated in real-time conditions. It appears that black soldier fly protein could have a health-promoting effect when included in animal feed. In a new study researchers have investigated the health-promoting potential of the black soldier fly (BSF) as an ingredient in ...
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Benefits Of Silica Gel Desiccant Packets
How does Silica gel work? Silica Gel is a porous, irregular and amorphous form of silicon dioxide. Because of its irregular shape of molecules, sprouted voids may contain water, gas or other liquids. This structural property makes it a brilliant absorbent of moisture. Silica gel packets are packed with small beads of silicon dioxide in solid form. Technically, it is called silica xerogel but ...
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How can technology create new revenue from animal byproducts? - Case Study
Global, Food Processing and Drying Did you know: Our ANDRITZ Gouda drum drying technology helps meat processors recapture valuable animal byproducts, transforming them into consistent, high-quality powdered protein for a wide range of uses in pet food, feed, and other end products. Delicate nutrients demand gentle treat-ment. And when it comes to transforming animal byproducts ...
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Latest Recipe Specification USA Regulations: What You Need to Know
If you are connected to the US animal feed and pet food business, you know how important it is to stay current on (and compliant with) regulations regarding recipes and recipe specification. But the exact expectations can be a bit murky. The FDA’s guidelines are somewhat ambiguous, and yet a failure to comply can have serious negative effects on your business. If you are looking to stay up ...
By BESTMIX
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Heat Exchangers Improve Petfood Meat Slurry Quality - Case Study
Challenges The client is a leading Australian supplier of poultry products, producing a range of butchered and prepared chicken products and therefore also generates waste in the form of trimmings and material not required for human consumption, such as ground chicken necks, backs and feet. These are produced in the form of such as meat slurry and mechanically deboned meat (MDM). Until now ...
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How to improve quality control efficiency through superior feed formulation software
In November 2018, there were seven different recalls of assorted animal feed and pet food reported by the AVMA website. That's about two per week! As peoples’ attachment to their pets keeps growing and individuals want to feel more connected to their food sources, quality control in feed is becoming more important every day. However, quality control is also the source of a great deal of ...
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Vobra Special Petfoods ready for the future with BESTMIX feed formulation - Case Study
Industries Petfood Locations Europe Products BESTMIX Quality Control In addition to producing its own brands (CaroCroc, CASA-FERA, Impress Your Dog, SANIMED), Vobra Special Petfoods has also been producing high-quality pressed and extruded pet food for many Private Label customers since 1932. Due to the various production processes that Vobra offers (from cold pressing and ...
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Heat exchangers meet the challenges of pet food production
The UK is a nation of animal lovers, with 40% of households owning a pet. A quarter of UK households have a dog, and there are some 9 million canine companions around the country. Our feline friends are only just behind them with 7.5 million British ...
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Pet food producer in the UK, achieved a 95% bird reduction after the installation of the Autonomic - Case Study
Location: Bretherton, Leyland, United Kingdom Application context: Pet food production facility (Food production) Problem definition: Nuisance and production damage Pest bird species: Herring gulls and black-headed gulls (Laridae) Time of year bird presence: All year round Time of day bird presence: From sunrise to sunset No. of birds before installation: 200 No. of birds after ...
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Safety Tips for Avoiding Loading Dock Hazards at a Pet Food Manufacturing Facility
Loading docks are very busy places in both human food manufacturing and pet food manufacturing facilities. Trucks and forklifts, people, and other lifting devices are constantly moving in and out of the dock area. This activity creates an atmosphere ripe for injuries. When dock doors are open, pet food manufacturing facility safety rules require that owners and managers install safety gates, ...
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What Is a Fish Feed Pellet Equipment?
A fish feed pellet equipment is an necessary tool for the aquaculture market. It is a device that is especially developed to produce fish feed pellets that are made use of to feed different species of fish, consisting of tilapia, catfish, carp, as well as salmon. The equipment is created to take raw materials, such as corn, soybean, wheat, and various other grains, as well as ...
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Producer of pet and livestock vitamins and minerals relies on rotary batch mixers
ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of vitamin and trace mineral pre-mixes, ingredients and food additives used in manufacturing pet food products. In addition, about 10 per cent of the company's output is mixes for bovine and swine feed. "We run about 1100 pre-mixes from 400 different powdered ingredients largely for pet food producers," notes Alliance ...
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Fish feed extrusion production process
Fish feed is of great significance worldwide, with steady growth in production and continuous development in processing methods. New equipment and technologies have increased the value of raising fish feed and pet food. Preparation of pellets The most important feature of the pellet is durability, crushing strength and water-resistance. The following factors ensure the stability of a grain: - ...
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