Kibble (Extruded Dry Food)
Ingredients are ground, mixed into a dough, then pushed through an extruder where they're cooked under high heat (120-180°C) and pressure. As the dough exits, the sudden pressure drop causes it to expand into its familiar puffed shape. The kibble is then oven-dried to around 8-10% moisture and typically spray-coated with fats, flavourings, or palatants. During this process, most of the moisture from fresh meat ingredients is lost, meaning dry ingredients like rice, wheat, or legumes, which lose very little weight during processing, may make up a larger proportion of the finished product than the meat listed first.
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