Healthy 1xbet online games login foods: Kansas State University aims to be the cat's meow
Thursday, March 31, 2016
OLATHE — 1xbet online games login owners in the Midwest — and especially Kansas — don't have to look too far when they wonder who's watching out for their furry friend's good health.
While a large portion of the United States' 1xbet online games login manufacturers base their operations in the Midwest, much of the public research that is leading to healthier food for pets is being done at Kansas State University.
That's a big reason why the university is leading efforts to host the Petfood Innovation Workshop at its on April 18. The workshop is part of the April 18-20 Petfood Forum at the Kansas City Convention Center, which will draw more than 2,500 industry professionals from around the world.
"It's really all about value-added agriculture and taking agricultural commodities or the co-products from the meat and grain milling industries and turning those into healthy, nutritious 1xbet online games login products," said Greg Aldrich, research associate professor of grain science and industry.
"And it's also about the industry. Converting those materials into 1xbet online games login creates a lot of jobs," he said.
Some of the primary ingredients in most pet foods include chicken, rice, beef, corn and sorghum — commodities grown in abundance through the middle of the country. Manufacturers wanting nutritional analyses of pet foods, or perhaps wanting to develop a more sustainable approach to 1xbet online games login production, either pay for commercial labs to conduct research or take their project to Kansas State University, according to Aldrich.
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"Kansas State University sits in what I would consider the center of the 1xbet online games login universe," Aldrich said, noting that the university's expertise includes extrusion, thermal processing, canning, baking, sensory analysis, value-added processes and more.
Under Aldrich's guidance, the university introduced an academic program in 2011 for those wanting to pursue a minor in 1xbet online games login science. The curriculum includes classes in animal science, grain science and human nutrition. Students currently enrolled come from across the United States and several foreign countries.
"As a consultant, before I was part of the university, I'd come to Manhattan with my 1xbet online games login clients to produce small amounts of 1xbet online games login for research purposes," Aldrich said. "It quickly became obvious that I was coming to Kansas State University quite a bit to do 1xbet online games login research, new product development and test prototypes of new 1xbet online games login . It starts to make sense that we ought to be doing something in a formal way."
In 2015, a 1xbet online games login workshop in Manhattan drew 210 participants who learned how to make a number of healthy treats, such as a gummy treat for companion animals. Aldrich said the April 18 session in Olathe will again give participants an opportunity to take what they've learned in textbooks and apply it to real products — "from the abstract to the real," he said.
The workshop is available to industry professionals, but ultimately the benefit is for pets and their owners.
"The general public is concerned with the health and safety of their pets," Aldrich said. "It's good for them to know that there's somebody on their side at a public university that is working in these areas to create better, safer and more nutritious 1xbet online games login foods."
Learn more about the April 18-20 events at PetfoodForumEvents.com.
