Patent ID: 11950565
Assignee: PIONEER PET PRODUCTS, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of making granular extrudate comprising:
(a) providing a single screw extruder having an extrusion die, and a starch-containing admixture;
(b) pressurizing the starch-containing admixture in the single screw extruder to an extrusion pressure of at least 2500 pounds per square inch gelatinizing at least some of the starch of the starch-containing admixture and modifying at least some of the starch of the starch-containing admixture into a water-soluble binder; and
(c) extruding under pressure the starch-containing admixture from the extrusion die of the single screw extruder producing an extrudate discharged from the extruder having at least 10% by weight of the water-soluble binder formed of the at least some of the starch modified while under pressure in the extruder.