Processes for producing animal feed from peanut feedstocks
AssigneeArcher Daniels Midland Company
InventorMichael J Cecava
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Abstract
A method of producing animal food pellets wherein solid and liquid ingredients of the food are premixed and the resulting mash is extruded in a ring die pellet extruder without steam conditioning and the extruded pellets are cooled and/or dried as may be required. The premixed ingredients will have cohesive properties so that additional pelleting binding agents are not required to form a densified pellet. The resulting product will be a nourishing food that substitutes grain and other ingredients in the diet of animals.
Claims20
A method of making ready-to-consume animal feed pellets without using steam conditioning or pellet binder, the method comprising:
- forming a uniform mixture of a solid peanut ingredient and a liquid peanut ingredient;
- and
- passing the uniform mixture through a pellet mill having a roller and die extruder, thus forming pellets;
- wherein the method does not subject the uniform mixture to steam conditioning.
A method of producing a pellet, the method comprising:
- mixing a liquid peanut coproduct with a solid peanut coproduct, thus producing a mixture;
- and
- compressing the mixture, thus producing a pellet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.