Cooked Cereals

We recently invested in an entirely new cereal cooking process. The process gives us extremely high levels (over *98%) of starch gelatinisation /cooking. It is currently the one & only animal feed cooking process on the island of Ireland capable of delivering such high starch gelatinisation’s.

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*(See independent Laboratory analyses attached)

It involves a unique steam pressure release treatment that effectively “pops “the grains, making them a lot more digestible. We have found this cooking to be beneficial in the diets of young calves & sheep. The Maize Nuggets that are a signature ingredient of all Nugget rations are made using this process.
The greatest benefits to achieving such high levels of starch gelatinisation in a cereal cooking process are to be had in the nutrition of non – ruminants i.e. pig, poultry & pet diets.

Piglet Diets

Cooked cereals are an essential component of the diet of piglets in the pre weaning and early post weaning stages. Conventional steam cooking processes typically deliver maximum starch gelatinisations in the order of 60%. When compared to the 98% + we are achieving, with our “popping” process there is obviously great potential for improved performance.

We plan to develop this area of our business aggressively over the next few years

Pet Foods

“Popped” cereals are proving to be particularly popular in the pet food market. We are currently manufacturing & packaging a specialist product for one of the major players in the entire Irish pet food sector & hope to expand further in this area in the near future