Method and Facility for Producing Starch-Based, Fat-Based, or Protein-Based Foodstuff or Feed Having a Defined Bulk Weight

A facility for the continuous production of starch-based, fat-based, or protein-based bulk-type foodstuffs or feed or technical intermediate products made of a starch-based, fat-based, or protein-based compound having water, the facility having the following sequential areas, along which the compound is conveyable;

• a first area (2;
• 1, 7a) having a first processing chamber (7a), in which the compound is mixed and mechanical and/or thermal energy is introduced into the compound;
• a second area (4;
• 7b) having a second processing chamber (7b), in which a pressure buildup in the compound occurs;
• and
• a third area (6) for receiving the compound ejected from the second area (4;
• 7b);
• a reshaping unit (5) being situated between the second area (4;
• 7b) and the third area (6), using which the pressure-impinged compound may be reshaped into a specific form of bulk product before it is ejected into the third area (6);
• characterized in that the facility has an adjustable barrier (3) which inhibits the conveyance of the compound between the first area (2;
• 1, 7a) and the second area (4;
• 7b), and a measuring device (S) is assigned to the third area (6), using which a product parameter may be determined, which is related to the bulk density and/or density of the bulk-type finished foodstuff or feed or technical intermediate product in the third area (6), the measuring device (S) being connected via a data transmission link (L) to a barrier activation device (A1), to adjust the adjustable barrier (3) as a function of the product parameter which may be determined by the measuring device (S).