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A closer look at extrusion and its benefits for the food industry

Posted: 19 June 2013 | | No comments yet

We talk to Brian Plattner, Process Engineering Manager at Wenger Manufacturing, about extrusion and its benefits for the food industry for the creation of products with nutritional fortification and dietary supplementation.

Founded in Kansas, USA, in 1935 by two brothers who designed the first extrusion cooking system, Wenger Manufacturing now offers a range of premium single-screw extruders, twin-screw extruders, dryers/coolers, flavour coating and enrobing systems and control systems. The basic technology used in the first extrusion cooking systems is still used in commercial extruders today. Brian Plattner, Process Engineering Manager at Wenger Manufacturing Inc., takes a closer look at extrusion and its benefits for the food industry.

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