Inventors:
Bill L. Miller - Fort Dodge IA
Mary R. Higgins - Fridley MN
Paul Casey - New Brighton MN
Assignee:
Land Oâ²Lakes, Inc. - Arden Hills MI
International Classification:
A23C 916
US Classification:
426285, 426 96, 426289, 426293, 426302, 426443, 426453, 426588, 426807
Abstract:
A method of producing a milk replacer product that includes creating a pattern of air flow in a mixing zone of a mixer, gravity feeding a powdered nutritional composition into the mixing zone, applying an agglomerating aid to the particles of the powdered nutritional composition in the mixing zone, where the agglomerating aid, in combination with the pattern of air flow, is effective to cause particles of the powdered nutritional composition to stick together and form agglomerates, and drying the agglomerates to form the milk replacer product.