Extruded Pellet Products
Extruded Pellet Products
Expansion Options
Our domestic and global customers enjoy the economies of shipping shelf-stable pellets across the country and the world before expanding them into a variety of great tasting food products through an assortment of expansion options.
- Deep frying; a classic snack manufacturing and food service preparation approach
- Forced air popping; from traditional popcorn equipment to fluidized air jet popping systems
- Pressure puffing; high speed, high heat, die and piston expansion systems
New developments; ask us about the possibility of microwave expansion
Deep frying for 20-30 seconds is one method of expanding our pellets into a great tasting finished snack or dessert. After frying, the expanded pellets are commonly tumbled in a topical seasoning, sweet for dessert applications and savory for snacks. When deep fried, pellet based snacks generally have a lower fat content than traditional chips. 
Pressure puffing expands and fuses several small circular pellets into a single relatively flat piece with heat and pressure. The fused pellets take on the shape of the die, frequently a circle as shown here, and can be a variety of thicknesses from cakes to crisps. When puffed the 'crisps' are virtually fat free and low calorie. The 'crisps' are commonly lightly sprayed with oil and tumbled with a topical seasoning.