Clextral twin-screw extrusion systems give processors the tools to make innovative and creative pet treats that are tasty for pets, appealing to consumers and enhance brand loyalty. Pet treats can aid animal health: for cleaning teeth, fighting bad breath and other veterinary uses. Increasingly, pet food producers are proposing nutraceuticals, which are nutritional supplements with pharmacological virtues.
Clextral twin-screw technology enables pet food makers to control all process parameters to produce exactly the features they require: chewiness, crispiness, color (including multi-color processing), degree of hardness or suppleness, size, shape, airiness, flavor, etc. Recipes can be customized to cater to specific criteria: animal species, size, gender, age, energy requirements, health virtues, etc. Clextral systems integrate a wide range of ingredients into pet treats as well as additives such as texturing agents and flavor enhancers.