Clextral - Breakfast Cereals Production Lines Machine
Our twin-screw extrusion lines produce expanded ready-to-eat breakfast cereals which are natural, coated or filled with a wide variety of recipes and shapes.
Twin-screw extruder is at the core of this very flexible and scalable manufacturing process. To meet market demand and manufacture new products, our food production lines are easily changed and adapted using simple add-ons, making it possible to manufacture bicolor or filled cereals, as well as flakes.
How does breakfast cereal production line work?
After preparation, controlled quantities of raw materials and liquids are premixed and then dosed before being fed continuously and uniformly into the extrusion platform. This mixture is then cooked at the right temperatures using the thermo-mechanical energy provided by the twin-screw extruder. Texturing and shaping of expanded products are determined by the final design of the insert, while the expansion ratio is influenced by temperature of the extrudate, the types of ingredients used and moisture content.
The shaped products are then conveyed directly to the sugar coating system. The coated cereals are dried and cooled down to ambiant temperature to retain crispness, as defined in the recipe. The products can also be filled when the unit has a co-extrusion add-on.