Food & Drink Processing & Packaging Issue 52 2024 | Page 32

Better quality control in dried pet food

Vibratory linear screens harness nutrients in kibble production lines
Around 160 million tonnes of seafood are harvested and processed each year globally , according to the American Chemical Society ’ s Turning Food Protein Waste into Sustainable Technologies study . Astonishingly , only 20 to 50 per cent of this vast quantity is recovered as edible food . The rest is classified as byproducts or waste — and rich in unused protein . Here , Stephen Harding , managing director at the material handling specialist Gough Engineering , explains how vibratory linear screens support pet food manufacturers in yielding protein ’ s benefits and harnessing waste sources of protein .
Like many byproducts of the meat industry , seafood waste is incredibly rich in collagen — one of the most abundant proteins in the body . Fish skin , scales , fins and bones are all rich sources of protein , which the American
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