Overview
High moisture extrusion offers a great potential to produce a wide range of meat analogue products from various plant protein sources, such as wheat gluten, soy and pea proteins etc. The extruded products can yield product textures that resemble muscle meat using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder at water contents similar to meat, i.e. between 50 - 80%, and with a cooled slit die attached to the end of the extruder. These intermediate products produced via extrusion technology can be further processed to produce meat analogues or ready-to-eat products using conventional meat processing operations such as slicing or mincing and marinating.
This two- day training will start with an overview of extrusion process, understanding of extruder and its parts. Besides classroom training, participants will also have the opportunity to see the various screw elements and understand their function in the extrusion process of high moisture meat analogue. On the second day, participants will obtain hands-on experience to produce high moisture meat analogue with a pilot plant twin screw extruder. They will be able to visualise the effect of extrusion parameters such as moisture content, raw materials, screw speed etc on the product properties.
What You’ll Learn
Classroom Learning
- Participants will gain a general understanding of the extrusion process, the extruder configuration and the effect of various extrusion parameters on product properties.
Learning by Seeing
- Besides classroom learning, participants will get to see the pilot scale twin screw extruder and different types of extruder screw elements to have a better understanding on different parts of extruder
Learning by Doing
- Participants will have the opportunity to operate the machine with guidance from the trainer and visualise the effect of different extrusion parameters on product properties.
Who Should Attend
- Companies who are interested in high moisture extrusion
- Companies who are interested in entering the meat analogues industry
- Companies who like to set up their own production to produce meat analogues
SITizens Learning Credits (SLC) - Eligible Course
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Certificate and Assessment
A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:
- Attend 75% of the course
- Undertake non-credit bearing assessment (during the course)
Schedule
Day 1
| Welcome and safety briefing |
| Introduction |
| Overview of the extrusion process |
| Tea Break |
| High moisture extrusion cooking |
| Learning by seeing – Extruder and its parts |
| Lunch |
| Understanding extruder configuration |
| Tea Break |
| Learning by seeing – Extruder shafts and screws |
| Running an extruder |
| End of Day 1 |
Day 2
| Running an extruder – safety briefing |
| Learning by doing - Starting up extrusion process |
| Learning by doing - Effect of moisture content and barrel temperature |
| Tea Break |
| Learning by doing - Effect of screw speed and throughput |
| Lunch |
| Learning by doing - Effect of raw material |
| Learning by doing – Shutting down |
| Tea Break |
| Quiz |
| Debrief of Training |
| End of Day 2 |
Fees
| Category |
Full Fee |
After SF Funding |
| Singapore Citizen (Below 40) / Singapore PR |
$1,712.00 |
$513.60 |
| Singapore Citizen (40 & above) |
$1,712.00 |
$193.60 |
| Non-Singaporeans |
$1,712.00 |
Not Eligible |
Note:
- All figures include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.
- You can opt for either SkillsFuture Funding or Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy. Both cannot be combined.
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Terms & Conditions:
SkillsFuture Funding
In order to be eligible for the 70% training grant awarded by SkillsFuture, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
To be eligible for the 90% enhanced subsidy awarded, applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) must:
- Be a Singaporean Citizen
- Be at least 40 years old
- Not receive any other funding from government sources in respect of the actual grant disbursed for the programme
SIT reserves the right to collect the balance of the programme fees (i.e. the potential grant amount) directly from the applicants (and/or their sponsoring organisations where applicable) should the above requirements not be fulfilled.
SIT reserves the right to make changes to published course information, including dates, times, venues, fees and instructors without prior notice.
