PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
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At ExtruAfrica you will witness numerous real-life practical demonstrations where extrusion products will be made on smalle-scale commercial extruders.  You will see, feel, taste, smell and even hear how proper extruded products are being made.

Products to be made are:

• Ready-to-eat foods
• Pet food and aqua feeds
• Breakfast cereals
• Snacks - normal, whole grain and highly nutritional
• Texturised vegetable protein used as meat analogues
• Affordable nutritional foods from locally produced agricultural products
• and many more ...

Extrusion operation and trouble shooting

​On day four delegates will get the opportunity to meet the industry experts and get one-on-one advice on extrusion operating:

That includes:

• Technicality
• Product development
• Pant design and layout,
• Financial feasibility analysis
• Funding of extrusion plants
• How to access incentives
• Flavouring of extruded products
• Packaging and labeling

There will also be practical demonstrations and training on extrusion plant operation and maintenance with questions and answers. The focus will be on how the extruder parameters influences the performance of extruders.

Delegates will witness and experience the variances in products due to these changes:

• Screw speed
  
• Feed rate
  
• Water supply 
  
• Temperature settings 
  
• Type of ingredients, etc. 

The Extrusion process 

Raw materials >>

Pre-processing >>

Extrusion >>

Post processing >>

Final product

Snacks

Normal, whole grain and highly nutritional snacks will be demonstrated. 

Ready-to-eat

The demand for ready-to-eat cereals, porridge from whole grains and locally produced crops is growing

The proof is in the pudding...

See, taste, feel, smell and hear the products being demonstrated