In a highly competitive industry the search for new raw materials processes and product forms to improve cost efficiency cannot be allowed to compromise the nutritional package offered to the animal. For the manufacturer it is self evident that it is in their best interest to ensure that their products satisfy their clients. This effectively covers two customers: the owner and the animal itself. Feed must conform not only to the owners' idea of suitability, but also meet the animal's own nutritional requirements and palate. Especially here, feed processing has a significant application in animal nutrition. For example, expander processing  alters the physiochemical properties of mash feed and may improve the physical and hygienic quality of diets to such an extent that the nutritional value of the material is rendered superior than prior to processing.

"Feed must conform to the owner's idea of suitability as well as the animal's own nutritional requirements and palate."

The WPK Feed Technology Project's investigation on ingredient and feed processing mainly focuses on:

• Investigating the specific degrading properties of feed-ingredients and the additivity thereof in feed formulation.
  

• Determining the potential improvement of feed ingredients by processing and the resulting nutritional effects on performance of single-stomach animals