NEWS 10 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE June 2023 Dutch pet food supplier, Vobra Special Petfoods, enhanced the safety and quality of their product with the new addition of a Sortex FB machine to bring the highest quality kibble to the pet food market. The rising quality demands for the pet food market require innovative approaches to meet and surpass customer and regulatory standards. One company that has always been ahead of the game when it comes to quality is Dutch pet food supplier Vobra. Operating since 1932, the company supplies quality dog and cat food to Vobra-owned brands and private labels and is active in over 35 countries. Recognizing the need to stay ahead of the market, Vobra invested in a Sortex FB machine, the leading optical sorter for kibble quality. The pet food market requires a homogeneous and uniform kibble size and shape, combined with zero tolerance for foreign materials. Vobra’s kibble is made of natural ingredients and processed to the markets required specifications using a Bühler Extruder and checked by Bühler’s Sortex FB optical sorter. With a throughput of 5 tons per hour, Vobra needed a sorter that could ensure the quality of every kibble, even with the demands of 180,000 kilos of dog and cat kibble daily. With Sortex they got exactly that. he high-definition cameras inspect every single kibble, removing defects like cross-contamination, oversized/undersized kibble, and small pieces of bone as well as any foreign material with pinpoint accuracy. Read more>> Vobra chooses Bühler Sortex to help ensure pet food quality Cargill expands retail feed operation with new facility Cargill will build a new facility in Granger, Washington, US, solely focused on producing feed for current and potential ag retail locations in the region. “The new Granger retail feed facility expands our existing retail feed footprint, enabling us to better service our retail customers and their farm and ranch customers in the Pacific Northwestern region,” said Mariano Berdegue, Regional Managing Director for Cargill Animal Nutrition – North America. “As we seek to serve the needs of consumers where and when they shop, we are growing with retailers who are meeting those needs both in-store and online.” The new Granger retail feed operation is a standalone facility that will sit on the same site as Cargill’s bulk dairy feed mill. The facility will house pellet mills, packaging lines, a spacious warehouse, office space, breakrooms and locker rooms for employees. Initially, the facility will be capable of producing more than 125,000 tons of feed annually, which will be packaged and sold under Cargill’s Nutrena brand and many customers’ brands. Cargill broke ground on the new facility in early May 2023 with an anticipated operating date of fall 2024. “We value our long-standing relationship with Cargill because they understand our business, our values and our priorities,” said Mark Schmitt, D&B Supply President. Read more>>
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