Top Blogs of 2024 – Maximizing Corn Ingredients
December 18, 2024
In recent years, we’ve invested more in and researching the promising applications of our high-shear dry extruded corn ingredient, Hi-Gel™ corn. Materials that are high in starch have…
Author: Janeth Colina
Consistent, Quality Ingredients Are Key
August 7, 2024
In commercial animal production, the primary goal is to enhance feed efficiency due to the significant and continuous feeding expenses. That’s why providing the necessary nutrients to meet…
Author: Janeth Colina
Corn with More Energy Makes More Milk
July 31, 2024
If you have followed Insta-Pro for any length of time, you understand the importance we place on dietary energy, the useable energy by animals for productive purposes, and…
Author: Dave Albin
Hi-Gel™ Corn Used with ExPress® Soy Improves Broiler Feed Conversion
July 24, 2024
The poultry industry measures feed conversion ratio (FCR) – the relationship between kg of feed consumed compared to kg of body weight gain – as a performance indicator…
Author: Janeth Colina
How Hi-Gel™ Corn Improves Diet Formulations
July 17, 2024
Often used as a source of energy in a diet formulation, the starch of corn is broken down into glucose in the intestine (glucose is the most common…
Author: Dave Albin
Hi-Gel™ Corn Extrusion Operating Tips
July 10, 2024
Through rigorous development and internal testing, we have refined a set of best practices that ensure a stable and efficient extrusion process for extruding corn. Typically, extruding corn,…
Author: Kinoti Kaburu
Part 2: Hi-Gel™ Corn for Swine – Particle Size
April 24, 2024
In the previous blog covering the use of Hi-Gel™ corn for nursery diets, pigs demonstrated that there were no differences in growth performance when ground corn was substituted…
Author: Janeth Colina
Part 1: Hi-Gel™ Corn for Swine
April 17, 2024
Corn is the most common cereal grain used to supply dietary energy to swine diets. This is due to the starch content in corn is approximately 60 to…
Author: Janeth Colina
Hi-Gel™ Corn – Particle Size for Broilers
April 10, 2024
Hi-Gel™ corn, the product of high-shear dry extrusion from Insta-Pro, is an improved version of the commodity ingredient. Corn starch in this ingredient is thoroughly gelatinized (90% or…
Author: Dave Albin
Maximizing Corn Ingredients
April 3, 2024
In recent years, we’ve invested more in and researching the promising applications of our high-shear dry extruded corn ingredient, Hi-Gel™ corn. Materials that are high in starch have…
Author: Dave Albin
Quality Extrusion Supports Sustainable Food Aid
February 7, 2024
Welfare relief programs worldwide play a crucial role in providing food assistance to those affected by negative political situations and war zones, forcing them to flee their homes.…
Author: Dave Albin
Top Blogs of 2023: Process Flow of Corn Soya Blend
December 27, 2023
To finish off an exciting and productive 2023, we want to share with you one of our most viewed and most shared blogs of the year! Process…
Author: Scott Carroll
How to Optimize Your Hi-Gel™ Corn Extrusion Process
February 22, 2023
As you have read this month, over years of continuous technological advancements and market demand, Insta-Pro has developed an innovative processing solution for corn extrusion. This has been…
Author: Kinoti Kaburu
Hi-Gel™ Corn with Insta-Pro Extrusion: Tips for Use in Formulations
February 15, 2023
If you’ve followed us here over the past few years and weeks, you have read how Insta-Pro International has been developing high-shear dry extrusion procedures for extruding corn…
Author: Dave Albin
4 Reasons You SHOULD Extrude Maize
October 14, 2021
A poultry producer in East Africa phoned last week with a question: “Should I extrude maize?” “Will extrusion reduce mycotoxins?” he asked too. He buys maize that is…
Author: Michael Martin
Are Your Animals Getting All They Can Out of Corn?
July 22, 2021
On LinkedIn a few years ago, in a post, I asked “Have we gotten all that we can out of corn?” I also said that we intended to…
Author: Dave Albin
Process Flow: Corn Soya Blend
May 27, 2021
Corn soya blend (CSB) is a well-recognized fortified blended food used all around the world to support the eradication of malnutrition. This product is in high demand for…
Author: Scott Carroll
No DDGS? Now What?
June 11, 2020
The ethanol industry in the U.S. has faced many challenges in the last few years. So far in 2020, there has been a sharp drop in oil prices,…
Author: Kathleen Mayo