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Black Soldier fly larvae (BSF or BSFL), also known by its scientific name, <em>Hermentia Illucens</em>, offer great nutritional values, making them an excellent alternative protein source for animal feed and pet food. Black soldier fly technologies have evolved sufficiently to turn the insect into a viable food ingredient. But there is no official authorization for human consumption yet and you are unlikely to find them at a restaurant anytime soon.

Black soldier fly protein

Crickets are better known for their nighttime serenades than for their nutritional notes, but their serious protein content as well as vitamin B12 content and iron, moves them into the category of superfoods. With a light brown color and a nutty taste, cricket protein powder is a versatile dietary ingredient that makes it difficult to go off-tune with your recipes.

Cricket protein

Mealworms are a classic angling bait, but their high protein content makes them more than just a snack for fish. The fresh larvae of the insect have long been consumed in Southeast Asia and, in 2021, the European Commission approved dried yellow mealworm as an edible product.

Mealworm protein

Rose oil is an essential oil extracted from the petals of either Rosa damascena and Rosa centifolia. Also known as liquid gold, rose oil production originated from Greece and is currently manufactured mainly in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Morocco. Studies have shown that rose oil has medicinal properties, exhibiting anti-inflammatory, anti-infective, and wound healing actions.

Rose oil

Cannabis seeds

Hemp, as a plant, can be used to produce textiles, organic compost, fuel, and even food. The main processes of the hemp seed are sieving, grading, and dehulling or removal of the shell that covers the seeds. For these processes to happen, hemp farmers will need suitable processing equipment. These seeds can be used to create an oil with a by-product known as hemp cake or hemp meal. This by-product is used as a base substance for producing hemp protein powder. It is due to these by-products that the hemp industry is constantly growing globally.

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Hemp seeds

Cotton has been used for about five millennia in ancient civilizations in America, Africa, and Asia. But up until the nineteenth century, cottonseed was not considered a product of value. The first cottonseed oil production started in 1833, consequently forming the cottonseed cake. Nowadays, we know cottonseed meal is a useful by-product for the feed industry and the fertilizer sector.

Cottonseed meal

You process flax seeds to produce linseed oil, which is used as a preservative finish for wooden materials like varnishes or paints. People also consume flax seeds as a whole seed or ground. Flax seeds production goes through drying, de-hulling or milling, and separation processes to extract the kernels, which are cleaned and ready for consumption. For oil extraction of seeds, you need to further process the kernels by pressing and refining.

Flax seeds

The classification of sunflower seeds changes according to the pattern of its shell or hull. If the shell is solid black, it is an oilseed sunflower. With these, you produce sunflower oil. If the shell is striped, it is a non-oil sunflower seed or confectionery sunflower seed. These usually become snack food products. Whether to make them as snacks or oil, processing sunflower seeds include steps like drying, screening and cleaning, grading, roasting and de-hulling, flavoring, grinding, pressing, refining, and packing.

Sunflower seeds

Curry powder

In classical Greek, oregano means “mountain adornment,” Indeed, the desiccated herb embellishes many age-old recipes. Traditionally, the fragrant leaves were collected and left to air dry in a shaded area. But that method leaves the plants exposed to open field risks such as pest attacks. Today, dried oregano processing equipment creates a hygienic environment that allows the plant to release moisture faster while retaining more natural compounds.

Dried oregano

Versatility in use combined with simplicity in operation

Easy cleaning and exchange of grinding elements

High fineness with the sharp top cut

Production of end products that are low in fines with good flow properties

Production of powders with a high mass fraction within a defined particle size range

Continuous milling is a flow production method used to grind materials without interruption. It is often used in the production of foods, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and minerals. The material to be processed flows in at one end and the milled output flows out at the other in a continuous process. By choosing the right combination of milling technology and processing power you can obtain the desired particle size distribution in an uninterrupted stream.

Continuous milling solutions

Fine impact mills use a high-speed rotor to pulverize the material as it passes close to a serrated stator. Considerations for choosing the right fine impact mill include the size of the feed material, the desired particle size range, and the hardness of the product.

Fine impact mills

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Industrial Grinder Equipment

Grinders use a spinning blade or rotating abrasive elements to reduce the size of various materials. The specifications, RPM and grit of the engineered grinder, will result in various particle sizes. As a result, what you want to make will determine the type of grinder you need. Grinding is used for improving the texture and flow properties of various products and to enhance the flavor of food products such as coffee, spices, sugar, nuts, sesame, poppy seeds, lentils, wheat, and rice. Choosing the right rotational speed, grinding elements, and processing power allow the grinding and shredding of a wide range of materials into coarse or fine powders. Popular types of heavy duty grinders in food processing include angle grinders, bench grinders and meat grinders.

Grinding

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We continuously talk to suppliers of feed processing technologies that have important know-how on how to create the smarter, better, and greener feed products we need to kickstart a better tomorrow. Are you into making animal feed or pet food and looking for ways to improve your production process? Let’s navigate the world of feed production technologies together!

Feed

Our food chain starts in the soil, growing crops and livestock. But between the fields and the stores, there is a line of industrial food processing equipment. Processes may be as minimalistic as cleaning fruit and as complex as homogenizing milk alternatives made from pressed legumes. In each case, processing technology is an important link in the food production chain.

With the increase in the world population and rising concerns for environmental sustainability, the market for suitable new protein sources is expanding rapidly. Traditional agricultural methods alone can’t deliver sufficient protein to meet the projected food demand over the next decades. Insects provide an alternative source of nutrients. But insect protein does not mean direct insect consumption. Extracting protein and amino acids from farmed insects is more sustainable and efficient. Specialized insect protein processing technology is driving the transformation toward new protein sources.

Insect protein

Protein

<span style="font-weight: 400">Spice manufacturing is one of the world's oldest trading products. The word spice refers to any dried part of a plant other than the leaves and is used for seasoning and food coloring. Spices are made from dried barks, roots, berries, and twigs, while green leafy parts of plants are considered herbs. Well-known examples include cinnamon, chilies, star anise, ginger, garlic salt, turmeric, cumin, or pepper, as well as pre-mixed blends such as Masala, Five-Spice Powder, or Old Bay.</span>

Spices

Process

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Milling machines are used to reduce the size of material by cutting, crushing, or grinding it. The choice of industrial milling equipment depends on the industry and the materials to work with. Besides, there is a significant difference between those aimed to remove layers from metal or other materials workpieces and those designed to reduce particle size for materials that come in bulk.

Milling

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The Fine Impact Mill Ultraplex UPZ from Hosokawa Alpine is a versatile size-reduction system with exchangeable grinding elements.

Universal in operation for the size reduction of soft materials in the range 50 µm to 5 mm. Most applications are to be found in the chemicals industry,

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Food powder is the result of drying and pulverizing food. It has been around since the astronauts when out to space. Fruits have a short shelf life and are difficult to preserve due to their high water content.  Fruit powder processing allows you to keep the nutrients of the fruits for a longer time, even off-season.

Fruit powder

Calcium carbonate makes up almost one-twentieth of the earth’s crust. But the abundant mineral is found in many living things, including the human body. However, processing calcium carbonate extracts the multi-purpose material from inorganic sediments, namely limestone, chalk, and marble.

Calcium carbonate

Kaolin, also called china clay, is made from natural rock composed of aluminosilicate clay or kaolinite. Kaolin has wide applications in different industries. Moreover, their classification depends on their industrial use, which includes film formation, fiber extension, polymer extension and chemical composition. Choose a kaolin processing machine to help you make kaolin for beauty products, paper filler, coating, ceramics and even medicine.

Kaolin

Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral that serves many purposes, with the United States producing the largest crude gypsum in the world. Cover walls, ceilings, plasters, fertilizers, cosmetics and some foods: gypsum’s vast applications granted it the recognition of "wonder mineral". Gypsum making equipment helps in making gypsum powder or board for industrial use.

Gypsum

Cement

Bentonite is a clay derived from the alteration of volcanic ash. Bentonite is solid, so after extracting it from the deposits, it has to be crushed and dried to reduce its moisture content up to 15%.

Bentonite

Everything tastes like porridge, the saying goes. That may be an exaggeration, but in theory, reaction flavors could make everything taste the same. Thankfully, flavorists and chemists in the flavor industry are more inventive than that, and colorful process flavors treat our taste buds to a broad palette of sensations, flavors and aromas.

Reaction flavors

Limestone

Basically, to make milk powder, you need to remove the water content from the liquid milk and turn it into powder. How to do it? After pasteurizing and homogenizing the milk, milk’s water content is removed through filtration, evaporation, and drying. You have then to cool and sieve it before filling the containers. Here's how you get milk powder.

Milk powder

Cocoa beans

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Any coffee-drinker can agree that a cup of coffee in the morning can brighten up their day. As the most convenient way of making coffee, many people choose to make coffee at home. Whether you want to make Moka coffee or filtered coffee, you need ground coffee that is grind appropriately for the coffee brewing method of your choice. These ground coffee are manufactured by roasting and grinding processes. </span>

Ground coffee

The fishmeal powder market forecast shows that its global market value will reach USD 10.3 billion by 2025. Expanding since 2019, at an annual growth rate of 6.5%. Fishmeal powder production has strong business potential with the increase of applications in animal feed, pet food, and fortified foods.

Fishmeal powder

Chicken manure

Simultaneously used as a dedicated grinder or dryer

Simple to maintain with interchangeable wear parts that are easy to access

Variable internal configurations allow customised designs

Production scale pilot plant for proving trials

Biomass

Metal

Aquaculture feed is used when rearing marine livestock such as fish, shellfish, and algae. Quality nutrition is needed for healthy growth and reproduction and feed usually consists of fats, carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and minerals. Extruded aquaculture feed floats on the water surface and pressure-pelleted feed will sink to the bottom.

Aquafeed

Due to their potential hazardous nature, chemicals are classified for proper identification and safety during production. Chemical classification depends on their properties, structures and functions. In the chemical industry, you can regard them as basic chemicals such as acids, chemical products to produce plastic materials and finished chemicals for use in cosmetology. As a manufacturer or engineer, you want to know their reactivity when using chemical processing equipment.

Chemicals

You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy chocolate; that’s basically the same thing. We were not surprised to discover that chocolate - to be specific, cocoa beans – was so valuable that it was used as a currency in Mayan times. When making chocolate, cocoa beans need to be dried, fermented, and roasted before using chocolate making equipment to turn them into your favorite chocolate product.

Chocolate

Milk can be consumed as a stand-alone product (whole, low-fat or skim) or can be the starting point for food industry products such as cheese, butter, yogurt, condensed milk, and ice cream. In order to process milk and other dairy products, you need specialized dairy production equipment which then encapsulates different processes such as pasteurization, homogenization, and fermentation.

Dairy

Fruit pulp is a mass of pressed fresh fruit not meant for immediate consumption. Production of fruit pulp avoids wasting food and preserves the flavors and nutrient value of the fruit product. Processed fruit pulp is an ingredient in beverages, sauces, baby foods, jellies, smoothies, and bakery products.

Tradition and manufacturing procedures dictate the distinction between fruit juice, puree, and pulp. Still, naming and labeling are complex and depend on regulations, type of fruit, texture, consistency, preservation methods, and sugar or solid content (measured in Degrees Brix). Depending on your desired output, there are various fruit pulper machines for different stages of production that make the process quicker and more efficient.

Fruit pulp

Although not all women use makeup every day, almost all of them own at least one makeup product, be it lipstick or face powder. Most makeup products share the same basic ingredients of waxes, oils, and fillers with pigments like iron oxide used for colors and shades. Makeup manufacturing equipment includes pulverizers, mixers, and mechanical press machines to produce cosmetic products in different forms such as powder, liquid, or mousse.

Makeup

We carry dozens of metals around every day. The ubiquitous smartphone is built with no less than 20 metals, each with specific behaviors and purposes. Metals are a pervasive class of materials that have defined entire eras of human development. It is no exaggeration to say that metal processing equipment is the core of our metallic world. But, paradoxically, this manufacturing technology itself is mainly made of metal.

The nearly 5,000 known minerals on earth share some characteristics to be classified as minerals – they are inorganic, solid, naturally occurring elements and have a particular chemical formula and an ordered internal geometric structure. However, minerals are not all the same. One way to divide them is based on their physical characteristics such as hardness, luster, color, and shape. For example, the diamonds we use to make jewelry are very hard minerals while talc is a soft mineral; gold is a shiny mineral while others are less so.

Minerals

Pharmaceutical developments walk side by side with health advances to provide new medicines, treatments, and therapies that have increased life quality and extended life expectancy by years. Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment helps deliver products to a great deal of the population, but there’s a significant share that doesn’t benefit from them yet. Over 2 billion people cannot get the medicines they need, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and local production might be a way to provide for these people.

Pharmaceuticals

The building blocks of matter have driven the imagination of philosophers, scientists, and artists for millennia. But, for manufacturers, these elements have a more concrete existence as powders. Powder processing technology conditions these primary materials to create a vast range of products, from chemicals and foods to pharmaceuticals and ceramics.

Powder

Classifying

Industrial drying machines are designed to remove moisture from your product. But the drying process must cater to variations in the state of matter and molecular structure of the input material. Industrial dryer technology exploits the modes of heat transfer (convection, conduction, radiation, evaporative cooling) to control the moisture content.

Drying

Drying and grinding can be an important feature when trying to process products such as raw and refined minerals, organic and inorganic chemicals, food

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It took the scientific community almost 70 years to agree on the name ‘protein’ and discard the popular alternative, proteid. But protein powder processing still needed another five decades to be commercialized in the 1950s. Once extraction and purification could be industrialized, protein powder soon became a basic staple supplement.

Protein powder

Colors present an enduring philosophical problem that generates lofty debates about subjectivism and consciousness. Meanwhile, ink manufacturing equipment turns colors into physical objects. Perhaps paradoxically, digitalization keeps fueling the use of printing ink. From custom clothing to secondary packaging to aircraft livery, inks are everywhere. Indeed, philosophical discussions are also primarily conducted in ink on paper.

Flour processing technology has changed drastically since the days of the millstone pulled by a mule. But demand for more refined flour means that the production process is now slower than with more rudimentary techniques. When mixed with water, protein in wheat flour form an elastic gluten structure, giving bakery products their irresistible fluffiness.

Flour

Only about 6% of the soy produced globally is directly consumed by humans, typically as edamame beans, tofu, or soy milk.  More than three-fourths of global soy production goes to animal feed. The rest is processed by soybean meal technology into oils or used for biofuels and other industrial processes.

Soybean meal

Poultry feed

Painting as an integral aspect of the human tradition dates to thousand years ago. Of the many properties of the product, the drying time is important to consumers. The thickness of the paint and environmental factors like humidity affect this parameter. Paint manufacturing equipment must include a humidity test chamber to assess the behavior of paint under different weather conditions.

Paint

Extruded aquafeed

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All working parts with rotors and liners maintained outside the mill minimise downtime

  Modular construction allows customised designs

Available in hygienic design configuration

Ceramic

Ceramics are defined as inorganic and non-metallic materials. Tthey are typically brittle, hard, and elastic as well as resistant to heat and corrosion; in fact, after shaping them into the desired shape, they are heated in an oven called kiln at very high temperatures (1,000 °C to 1,600 °C). Kaolinite and aluminum oxide are the best-known examples of ceramics.

Ceramics

Pigments are colorants that are not soluble in the host material and scatter light and are therefore opaque. Pigments can be organic or man-made and derive from animals, plants, rocks or minerals and metal oxides, like for example titanium oxide.

Pigment

When you need to produce ultra-fine powders, the milling and drying process employed is what ensures the consistency of your product. To process minerals

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<h3>2 kilograms of organic waste yields a kilogram of insect protein extract</h3>
The energy content of edible insects is similar to traditional fresh meat – around 500 calories for every 100g of dried product. Insects have an excellent protein density (between 45 and 65% protein by mass) and require far fewer resources to breed and rear than other farming practices.

While insect protein processing technology addresses the “protein gap,” insect farming also converts organic waste to a high-efficiency rate. With only 2kg of feed from food waste and a mere square meter of space, farmed insects can produce up to 1kg of protein.

The aquaculture sector has already embraced the potential for insect protein. Protein derived from insects such as house fly larvae is a near-analog of fishmeal protein traditionally used as the base for commercial fish feed.

Processed insect protein is a more sustainable aquafeed ingredient and can replace traditional <a href="https://making.com/fishmeal-powder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fishmeal powder</a> from the feed mix.

Substitute fishmeal powder with insect protein extract

Insect protein from <a href="https://making.com/black-soldier-fly-protein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">black soldier fly larvae</a> (BSFL) is a suitable alternative base ingredient for pet food. Besides protein, BSFL contains fats and oils to make a richer foodstuff for domestic animals.

The high absorbency of insect protein makes it particularly useful as a <a href="https://making.com/products/pet-food" target="_blank" rel="noopener">base for pet food</a> for animals with allergies and sensitive stomachs. Black soldier flies are reared on biomass from other agricultural processes and extract up to 70% of proteins. This makes them a highly sustainable option for animal feed.

Insect protein for use in agricultural animal feed

<h3>Insect protein processing technology can be adapted for food-grade applications</h3>
Protein derived from farmed crickets has been granted novel food status in the European Union. Harvested insects are dried and ground into protein-rich powders.

So-called “<a href="https://making.com/cricket-protein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cricket flour</a>” can be used to make a whole range of foods, including cricket burgers, cookies, and performance products.

Previously produced commercially as fishing bait and pet reptile feed, mealworms are increasingly being farmed as an alternative source of protein. They require only 10% of the land needed for livestock and have a smaller greenhouse footprint.

Mealworms are rich in protein and retain <a href="https://making.com/mealworm-protein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">around 40%</a> of their content when freeze-dried. Mill the insects into a powder to broaden its application in the food and feed sector.

Freeze-dry mealworms to conserve their protein content

<h3>Heat sensitivity is a production challenge for insect processing</h3>
Insect protein processing technology encompasses farming, extraction, and finishing. Typically, the process includes two stages: separation &amp; extraction and drying &amp; milling.

But insect material is temperature sensitive and presents particular handling challenges. Moreover, since insects are often reared on wet feed, processing contends with poor flow characteristics and cohesive tendencies.

Drying is a <a href="https://making.com/products/insect-protein/drying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delicate step</a> in the insect processing line because it can alter the properties of the material. Under-dried insects develop bacteria, while over-drying causes scorching and reduces the protein’s nutritional value.

Two main types of dryers are used: Direct and Indirect drying. Direct drying is when the material is treated with hot air at a temperature of 200-300ºC as it goes through the heat exchange unit. This is quicker, but heat damage is much more likely if the process is not carefully controlled. Indirect drying offers a gentler approach. In this technique, the energy transfer is performed through a heating medium like steam-heated discs.

Apply indirect drying for gentler treatment

<h3>Insect protein powder for human consumption must be milled to a finer grade</h3>
The last step in insect protein processing is <a href="https://making.com/products/insect-protein/milling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">milling or grinding</a>. The material can be milled into powder of different grades according to its final use. Powders intended as insect “flours” for baking and food recipes must be ground very finely. Ingredients for soluble products like protein drink powders require ultra-fine milling.

However, a coarser grade is more appropriate if the final use is for animal feed. Choosing a combined drying and milling solution can give you the edge in terms of efficiency and ROI.

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An industrial vibratory separator machine is multi-purpose, able to carry out a variety of different tasks, like dewatering, recovery, grading, or separation. It can separate unwanted materials within plastic, further grading it to leave a pure fraction for reuse, and as a result it is mostly used for grading materials like plastic pellets e.g., masterbatch.


<h2>Vibrating separator for grading dry or wet materials</h2>
There is a wide variety of separators in the market and picking one can be a tedious task. Making sure to test the product before buying it and checking if it fits your usage area is also one of the key components in the selection of a separator.

The Rusell Finex Separator™ is made with a safety screener that is set to ensure product quality. It removes oversized impurities and leaves clean powder or liquid behind. Depending on the needs of the customer, this product is also highly customizable in terms of its appearance (i.e. if stainless steel is needed for the pharmaceutical industry).

The simple design makes the cleaning process very simple. During the sieving process, there is a thorough check for dust contamination, allowing for greater sieving accuracy and can ensure repeatable and scalable particle size distribution.

High capacity grading sieve

The growth of the world population necessitates the search for alternative protein feed sources. Insect protein powder processing arises as new laws and

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