Food and Feed Extrusion Technology 2025

THE FOODBOWL
Event Date: 25th August 2025 – 27th August 2025

This 3-day course (25th August 2025 – 27th August 2025: 09:00AM-5:00PM) covers the principles of extrusion, the design of extrusion processes and the formulation of extruded human food products. The program provides training on general extrusion technology its use in manufacture of products such as breakfast cereals, snacks, TVP, pasta and pet foods.

The course applies to both single and twin screw extrusion technology and covers topics from the basics of extruders and their configuration, through what is happening chemically and physically inside the extruder
barrel, to an understanding of extruder dies and the causes of extruder instability.

Topics to be covered include:

• Principles of extruder configurations (single and twin screw)
• Role of rheology in extrusion
• Die types and effects – die design
• Extrusion ingredients – design of formulations for extrusion
• Preconditioning for extrusion
• Product density control
• Causes and effects of extruder instability
• Screw, barrel, and die-plate wear
• Extrusion troubleshooting

The course is run in person at the FoodBowl by Dennis Forte and Associates of Australia.

For more information please contact al.baxter@nzfin.co.nz or click here