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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 the 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.

Packages are stored in boxes or wrapped on pallets and stored in warehouses ready for distribution to customers.

Packages are stored in boxes or wrapped on pallets and stored in warehouses ready for distribution to customers.

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|date = April 2017

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[[Category:Pet Food Manufacture]]

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