Fish Mince Extrusion Process

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Preparation of Fish Mince: Sea bass (underutilized fish) procured from local market was de-scaled and beheaded using a fillet knife. Intestines were removed by open the belly and washed with ordinary water. The flesh was then deboned using a knife and ground in a laboratory mixer.
Preparation of Rice Flour -Fish Blend: Rice flour, fish mince, water and salt were used for the preparation. The ingredients were weighed and mixed properly to a desired level of fish mince content (FMC) and moisture content of feed (MCF) viz. 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% and 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% (wb) respectively. Then the blend was placed in a close vessel at room temperature for 2 hours to equilibrate before extrusion. The mixtures were then sieved using 0.5 mm mesh screen.

Extrusion Process: Extrusion was performed with a co-rotating twin-screw extruder (Model BTPL-1, Basic Technology Pvt. Ltd. India). The extruder screw and ply cutter were driven by 5 hp motor and a variable speed DC motor respectively. The barrel sections viz., feed zone, compression zone and metering zone was fitted with a gasket to prevent ...

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