Process Flow: Corn Soya Blend
May 27, 2021
Corn soya blend (CSB) is a well-recognized fortified blended food used all around the world to support the eradication of malnutrition. This product is in high demand for…
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The Importance of Nutrition Begins Before Birth – High-Shear Dry Extruded Flax
March 18, 2021
We focus a lot on improving the feeding of animals through the various stages of production. It’s not hard to see why – the costs of feeding animals…
How Does High-Shear Dry Extrusion Create Rumen By-Pass Fat in Soy?
March 11, 2021
We know that high-shear dry extrusion from Insta-Pro® is used to improve raw materials. Our philosophy has not changed since the early 1970’s – let the animals tell…
Top 5 Read Blogs of 2020 You Didn’t Want to Miss
January 14, 2021
From DDGS shortage, supply disruption due to COVID and processing quality control; there was alot to discuss in 2020. Extruded Corn: A Highly Digestible Alternative to DDGS Scott…
2020 Wrap up! Looking forward to 2021
December 31, 2020
We made it! I think everyone would agree that we are excited to see 2020 end and, more importantly, looking forward to seeing what 2021 brings. This is…
EU Chicken Success: What Are They Doing That You Should Do Part 2
December 24, 2020
Europe is the second-largest organic food market in the world, with retail sales worth over $40 billion each year. There are some 250,000 organic farms in Europe today.…
EU Chicken Success: What Are They Doing That You Should Do Part 1
December 17, 2020
It’s no secret to Insta-Pro blog readers that the ways in which food animals are raised are changing. We’ve long blogged about food companies sourcing meat from animals…
4 Nutritional Points to Consider When Purchasing an Extruder
December 10, 2020
High-shear dry extrusion from Insta-Pro® International allows the production of nutritionally superior ingredients from oilseeds like soy. This is by design – high-temperature, short-time cooking with dry extrusion…
Measuring Moisture: It’s Easy and Greatly Affects Ingredient Prices
November 12, 2020
We often get asked about ingredient quality measurements and what can be done to improve them. Thankfully, there is a lot that can be done. Using animal experiments…
Is Silicon an Essential Nutrient? Implications for Processing
October 10, 2019
It’s well known that dozens of nutrients are essential for health and well-being. Deficiency symptoms of many nutrients have been well-documented over the years. The shocking outcomes of…
Research Behind Success. Part I: Poultry
July 25, 2019
For many years, Insta-Pro International has been a global leader in the development of processing technologies for food and feed, providing value-added innovations according to market needs. This…
Changing the future in 1,000 days
March 7, 2019
The first 1,000 days between conception and a child’s 2nd birthday are critical for shaping each child’s development. This is the period when the foundations of good health,…
Evaluating Ingredients Part 7: Extruded Corn
March 22, 2018
We at Insta-Pro periodically provide you with tips for a better understanding of how to evaluate ingredients and diets. The whole idea here is to provide you with…
Quality Controls: Self-Evaluation Can Be Tough, Do It Anyway – Here’s Why
March 8, 2018
I’ve worked in various settings where quality controls were used. I’ve also developed diagnostic tests that would be used in quality control testing protocols. As a result, I…
Go Beyond the “Buzzword” Amino Acids
February 15, 2018
In the world of animal nutrition, people like me create complete diet formulations that will strive to achieve some end goal with animals raised for food production. In…
Versatility in Extrusion – Using the MS3000 Extruder for Various Applications
January 25, 2018
One of the questions we get asked the most, in the Latin American market, is how many applications our extruders can produce. When investing in Insta-Pro equipment, this…
Evaluating Ingredients – Pelleting vs. Mash in Poultry Diets Part 4
October 19, 2017
In part 4 of the How to Evaluate Ingredients series, I’m switching back to poultry. Parts 1 and 2, focused on poultry and how changes in the levels…
What Is Express® Soymeal?
September 14, 2017
Soybeans consumed by livestock and poultry animals worldwide are processed through solvent or mechanical extraction then converted to soybean meal. As the inventor of high shear, dry extrusion,…