November 2, 2022
High-shear dry extrusion has been used for decades to sterilize and stabilize various by-products and create value-added ingredients for both the feed and food industries. Rice bran is…
October 26, 2022
Project Feasibility You have seen the great studies and want to explore purchasing an extrusion facility, but don’t know where to start. This quick read outlines how to…
October 19, 2022
Edible oils obtained from oilseeds such as soybeans and canola are used during the frying foods, and as ingredients in the preparation of pastries and condiments. Edible oils…
October 13, 2022
In Part 1 we discussed the basic design components of an extruder. In Part 2, we will dive deeper into the importance of extrusion cooking technology essentially combining…
October 5, 2022
Cooking of foods is an everyday operation that finds usefulness in both domestic and commercial settings. In cooking, heat is used to prepare food for consumption. There are…
September 28, 2022
An interesting thing happened when soy oils were used to fry food in USDA testing – the oils behaved differently when they were derived from different processes. One…
September 21, 2022
Back in 2017, I wrote about the shelf life of soy ingredients made with Insta-Pro equipment, such as Full Fat Soy, ExPress® Soymeal and Express® Soy Flour. As…
September 14, 2022
The high-shear dry extrusion process, followed by mechanical pressing for oil extraction, is a decades-old, globally accepted set of equipment and processes. Oilseeds, most commonly soybeans, are used…
September 7, 2022
Back in 2013, in the very first blog I published on the Insta-Pro website, I wrote about how extrusion processing, especially high-shear dry extrusion from Insta-Pro, was a…
August 31, 2022
We’ve previously discussed high-shear dry extrusion of corn and how this process can be used to form highly-gelatinized starch that is quickly degraded in the rumen. Among other…
August 24, 2022
A stable supply of feed ingredients is a concern due to the difficult logistics situation in the world and insufficient production of feeds in Uzbekistan. Under these current…
August 17, 2022
There are several varieties of corn with different colors. In this blog, I will be presenting an overview of how you can improve digestibility in your animals which…
August 10, 2022
Today I would like to discuss the basics of how an extrusion facility works and how to calculate if the facility will be financially feasible. In this scenario,…
August 3, 2022
With every ingredient, there is a certain total amount of nutrients and energy. Based on the composition and total weight of each ingredient, there is simply a point…
July 27, 2022
ExPress® soybean meal processed from raw soybeans is a novel feed ingredient in many parts of the world. Nutritionists know they need soybean meal, but solvent-extracted meal is…
July 20, 2022
The ExPress® process, using equipment and know-how from Insta-Pro International, is unique; but why does this matter? First, it does not involve the use of chemicals, like solvents…
July 13, 2022
As we engage with producers and feed mills interested in establishing an ExPress® soy processing facility, we hear common, yet logical questions: What is the space requirement to…
July 6, 2022
As our 2022 rolls on, here in the Midwest, our poultry producers have already encountered a steady dose of unusually high ambient temperatures. In the month of June,…
