Pet food
Dry Pet Food
On a market where customers increasingly demand products as similar as possible to the ones for humans from a nutritional and production quality point of view and for the variety of formats, our many years of experience in developing food processing technologies allow us to offer futuristic solutions able to set new standards on the market.
Our philosophy leads us to work alongside our customers, supporting them in creating and developing innovative products, helping them define the formulations, forms, consistencies, weights, flavors and colors that best satisfy the demands of the final consumer. We share their goal of obtaining an innovative and high-quality industrial production based on collaboration that starts with research and is embodied in the provision of the most advanced processing technologies.
GEA dry pet food applications
Kibbles
Thanks to a detailed study of the formulations and formats that both satisfy energy and nutritional needs and whet the pet’s imagination, kibble is considered the basic food in pet diets. The ingredients and format can vary according...
Pillows
These are intended as snacks whose main purpose is to be tasty and reward the pet for positive behavior. Through our extrusion technology, we can combine grains with a flavorful and nutritious filling according to requireme...
Dentl Sticks
Designed and developed specifically for use in cleaning dogs’ teeth. Their unique star shape gets into hard-to-reach areas to clean teeth, protecting the animal’s health while also providing it with the nutrients it needs.
R&D and pilot plant
We feed our success through constant and thoroughly organized Research & Development activities performed by a team of 30 people that includes process technicians, analysts and mechanics. They have at their disposal 2000 sq. m of facilities equipped with a completely new pilot plant capable of developing new products in all respects and a laboratory equipped with all types of instruments for chemical, chemical-physical and rheological analysis and nutritional/organoleptic testing.
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Tailor made solutions
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Products & Technologies
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Bag/Sack Powder Fillers
Our range of multi-wall bag/sack fillers is designed to pack powdered products at rates of less than 1 tonne/h up to more than 12 tonnes/h with an accuracy better than 10 g (0.35 oz). Our extensive experience with a wide range of powdered products and packaging types means that we can provide a solution to meet the most demanding powder filling r...
Control tops
The T.VIS® control top is an optimal system for controlling and monitoring GEA valves of the series VARIVENT®, ECOVENT® & T-smart.
GEA Scan-Vibro Sifters
GEA manufactures a wide range of vibrating sifters that have been designed for use in the food, dairy, beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, animal feed and pet food industries.
GEA xTru Former
The single-screw cooking-extruder that can transform any raw materials into high added value products.
Other applications
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