Semi-moist snacks: Vestkorn can help with ingredients and parameter settings solving stickiness during production
Semi-moist snacks: Vestkorn can help with ingredients and parameter settings solving stickiness during production
Native pea starch and ColdGel PS70, different functional properties for different product applications
Difference between differently (naturally) processed carbohydrates gives the opportunity to use them in various applications. Bellow, in the video, we would like to illustrate how N – native pea starch flour from Vestkorn and CG – ColdGel PS70 from Vestkorn are acting in contact with cold water. N – Native pea starch flour from Vestkorn:…
Energy conservation during the milling process of main carbohydrates used during dry pet food processing
When purchasing raw materials, we are often focusing only on the final price and nutritional performance. It is our goal to get the minimal price for maximal nutritional uptake. Often, it is forgotten to evaluate possible performance during the processing.
Pea Starch in Pet food
Pea starch natural solution for pet food.
Dry pet food extrusion
Extrusion is widely used in manufacturing industry (food/feed, plastic, etc.) to produce different shapes, all regards to what customer wants. Food extrusion system is much more complexed compared to plastic extrusion system. A simple reason to that is a number of ingredients used for forming an extruded product, known as pellets or kibbles so predicting…
Pea ingredients: Difference between Vestkorn process and wet processing
Peas belong to a legume family. Moreover, peas along with beans, lentils and other pea types (chickpea, cowpea, etc.) are also known as pulses. Pulses are edible seeds of leguminous plants classified from oilseeds as soybean and peanut and fresh peas/beans. Peas usually contain 20-30% protein, 40-50% starch, and 10-15% of fiber as the main…
Pea starch replacing cereals, pregnancy and lactation
During the pregnancy and lactation period, food for any animal species needs to be richer in energy, proteins and digestible, quality ingredients. It is important that pregnant and lactating animal have available concentrated nutrients to transfer first to the fetus and later to the developing litter. Picture 1. Sow litter, picture courtesy of Pixabay Thingnes…
Sales of “Natural” pet food continue to show healthy growth
Natural foods are good for you and your pet The market research company GfK, reported in 2016 that the US market for “natural” pet food was worth around $7.5 billion (equivalent to 58% of the “speciality” pet food sector), with grain-free worth around $3.9 billion. (Natural and grain-free pet food: Serious contenders. http://www.gfk.com/insights/press-release/natural-and-grain-free-pet-food-serious-contenders/ ) In…
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A short history of starch manufacture – From Ancient Egyptian glue to pea starch concentrate
The birth of starch – A “sticky” start in Ancient Egypt to stiff fabrics in the Middle Ages From the times of Ancient Egypt to 21st century society, the starch industry has seen on-going growth and innovation. The early history of starch manufacture is difficult to determine but the use of “starchy” adhesives were recorded…
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