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ency, texture and uniformity of nical Competence Centre in typical extrusion challenges
pet food products are key qual- Rosenberg (Germany), it has such as stickiness, reduced
ity attributes that are important been demonstrated that a fa- throughput or poor product in-
to consumers, but may be diffi- vourable cost benefit can be tegrity. Cellulose fibres can
cult to maintain. Given the varia- achieved by partially replacing therefore be considered the pet
ble nature of ingredients and the conventional binders with func- food technologist’s toolbox for
complexity of the manufacturing tional cellulose fibres. Regard- providing a wide range of func-
process, creating the right con- less of the type of meat ingredi- tionalities across the whole
sistency can be a challenge for ent tested, replacing 2 per cent spectrum of pet food products:
the manufacturer. Well-known SDP with 1 per cent cellulose dry to wet, frozen to sterilised,
binders, such as spray-dried helps to optimise the key pa- and even dietary supplements
plasma (SDP), wheat gluten or rameters in a steam tunnel pro- such as tablets. Special cellu-
egg white/albumen, are com- cess and to improve the textural lose products with a distinct
monly used in so-called restruc- parameters of the chunk before fibre structure and length are
tured meat products like chunks and after retorting. often key to the successful de-
and in all meat applications for Research is also currently velopment of holistic foods and
their high swelling, water reten- underway into capturing prod- treats, and for the newer catego-
tion and emulsion capabilities. uct quality features in dry grain- ries of fresh and frozen pet food.
In a series of long-term, pi- free products with high meat n
lot-scale tests at the JRS Tech- inclusion, in order to overcome
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