In order to optimally meet the special requirements of the food and pet food industry, our Test Centers around the world are equipped with the necessary special technologies. This allows us to extensively test sophisticated process setups and various process configurations, product behavior and new recipes before investing.
We recently equipped our Food Test Center at the Stuttgart site with a new ZSK 27 Food Extruder in Hygienic Design. The twin screw extruder offers optimum conditions for the extrusion of numerous food and pet food products. It has a modular design and can be individually configured for each application thanks to its unique combination of free screw volume, screw speed and torque.
It is suitable for processing flours and starches as well as for the production of cereals, snacks, flavors, confectionery, pet food, treats, fish food and much more.
For the extrusion of plant-based meat analogues, the ZSK 27 Food Extruder can be combined with various discharge units: For TVP (texturized vegetable protein), the plant protein mass is processed with the ZGF centric pelletizer after exiting the extruder. The new MEGAtex S7 cooling die is available at the Food Test Center in Stuttgart for the production of HMMA (High Moisture Meat Analogues). In the HMMA manufacturing process, protein-rich raw materials are first mixed with water and worked into a homogeneous mass in a ZSK Food Extruder. This mass is then pressed through the MEGAtex cooling die, where the meat-like texture is formed and a solid strand is discharged for further processing.
In addition to various discharges, the Food Test Center in Stuttgart also has a wide range of feeders available - the ingredients can be fed into the process volumetrically, gravimetrically or via weigh belt feeders. In addition, micro feeders can be used for ingredients in particularly small quantities.
The new ZSK 27 Food Extruder has already successfully completed its first internal development tasks as well as initial tests for customers. We are convinced that numerous exciting projects will follow in which our food extruder will reliably prove its performance.