The high mountains of Norway can be cold and windy. This is one of the very few days with the exact opposite. I want to use this lovely day to wish friends, colleagues and customers a Happy Easter from Hardangervidda, Norway. Aslak Lie, CEO, Vestkorn
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 natural solution for pet food.
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…
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…
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…
The history of Vestkorn goes back to 1855, long before anyone of us were born. Businessmen from Stavanger wanted to build a mill and needed power. They found what they were looking for in Tau, and a mill driven by direct water-power was established. Since that time, in 162 years, the renewable energy has been…
