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== Cooking and Cooling ==
== Cooking and Cooling ==
[[File:Extruder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Animation of an extruder [[Video:Extruder animation|click here to view this video]]]]
[[File:Extruder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|link=Video:Extruder animation|Animation of an extruder [[Video:Extruder animation|click here to view this video]]]]
The dry mix is combined with wet ingredients, water and steam in a preconditioner, which hydrates the powders, creates a dough and starts the cooking process. The dough then enters a machine known as an extruder, which cooks the dough under pressure. The dough exits the extruder under pressure through a die plate creating ribbons of pre-specified shapes that are then sliced into the pre-specified size using a rotary cutter.
The dry mix is combined with wet ingredients, water and steam in a preconditioner, which hydrates the powders, creates a dough and starts the cooking process. The dough then enters a machine known as an extruder, which cooks the dough under pressure. The dough exits the extruder under pressure through a die plate creating ribbons of pre-specified shapes that are then sliced into the pre-specified size using a rotary cutter.