PET FOOD PRODUCTION LINE
0.5-50 t/hour pet food production line solutions (customization supported).
We can provide a full set of pet food production machine and turnkey projects pet food production line.
INTRODUCTION TO
PET FOOD Production LINE
This production line excels in efficient operation, stable performance, and flexible configuration. No matter what kind of pet food pellet you want to produce, it can be flexibly adjusted according to the formula and market demand.
Whether you’re building a new feed mill or upgrading an existing line, RICHI can provide you with a cost-effective complete production line solution, making your production smoother, costs more controllable, and profits more stable.
Application
Cats, dogs, turtles, hamster, fox, kitten…
Raw Materials
Corn, wheat, rice, fish meal, chicken, beef, vitamins, minerals and other additives…
Capacity Range
0.5-50 T/H
Pellet Size
1-8 mm
pet food production LINE PROCESS DESCRIPTION
RICHI has always been at the forefront of feed pelleting and extrusion technology, and attaches great importance to the innovation of pet food production technology.
After communicating with many customers and continuously improving technology, we now have a complete set of production processes in the field of pet food production:
Complete pet food production process
pet food production Line – EXTRUSSION Process: Detailed Overview of Two Machines
For those investing with a limited budget, a single screw extruder is sufficient for producing economical, general-purpose pet food.
But for manufacturing premium, high-functionality, or specialized pet diets, a twin screw extruder is highly recommended. Its superior technology can achieve more complex processes, resulting in a pellet of significantly higher quality.
Characteristics of pet food production line
This pet food production line is specifically designed for pet food factory. From process configuration to equipment structure, it fully considers the requirements of pet food pellet for stability, palatability, and nutrient retention.
Utilizing advanced extrusion technology, this complete system ensures that pet food pellets maintain their ideal form and balanced nutrition, making it the perfect production solution for professional pet food manufacturers.
Customized Design
The pet feed mill plant can be customized according to the size of the plant and specific needs.
Modular Design
The entire process of the pet food production line is modular in design, and the production sections can be increased or decreased according to the raw materials used and special needs.
Automation
Fully automated, semi-automated, and manual production processes can be selected according to demand.
Rich Variety of Raw Materials
Can process raw materials with high oil and high moisture content, enriching the variety of raw materials.
One Line for Multiple Uses
It can be used not only to produce pet food, but also various fish feeds as well as poultry and livestock feeds.
Turnkey Projects
We provide full-process services from the design of pet food production line to the production and installation of equipment.
pet food production PLANT ENGINEERING DRAWING
RICHI can build pet food pellet line and pet food pellet mill with different capacitys to meet the production needs of customers in different regions.
The most common solution is the turnkey project solution of 0.5-50 tons pet food pellet line, but if you have any special needs in terms of capacity, please contact us directly!
0.5 T/H Pet Food Pellet Line
This equipment is designed for small businesses or startup brands, ideal for initial trial production and local market testing.
It’s compact, easy to operate, and requires no complex technical background, making it an excellent entry-level solution for entering the pet food industry.
1-2 T/H Pet Food Pellet Mill
Perfect for building regional supply capacity, meeting the daily demands of nearby pet stores or breeders.
The formula is flexible and can be adjusted to meet nutritional standards for different species (like dogs and cats) and life stages. This offers a fast return on investment and low operational risk.
3-5 T/H Pet Food Pellet Plant
Utilizing mature and stable extrusion technology, this line is widely used by many small and medium-sized pet food companies.
The equipment is reliable, has a low failure rate, and minimal downtime, making it suitable for manufacturers seeking stable daily output and planning for future expansion.
6-8 T/H Pet Food Production Line
Integrates processes like grinding, mixing, extrusion, drying, and coating into a highly efficient, continuous automated workflow.
It can mass-produce pet food pellets with high palatability, digestibility, and various shapes, significantly boosting supply capacity and market responsiveness.
9-10 T/H Pet Food Pellet Factory
The overall layout is scientifically designed, balancing production efficiency, maintenance convenience, and room for future upgrades.
Incorporating energy-saving concepts and cost-optimization designs, it’s perfect for establishing a brand with regional influence or a national distribution network.
11-12 T/H Pet Food Pellet Production Line
Equipped with an intelligent control system that provides real-time monitoring and automatic adjustment of key parameters like temperature, moisture, and pressure.
This ensures high consistency in product hardness, expansion, and nutritional uniformity, guaranteeing stable quality between batches.
13-15 T/H Pet Food Production Solution
Offers a complete, one-stop production line from raw material pre-treatment and extrusion to cooling, flavoring, and packaging.
Supports modular configuration to flexibly adapt to premium pet food formulas, such as grain-free, high-protein, high-fat, or functional foods (e.g., for coat health, probiotics).
16-20 T/H Pet Food Production System
Designed for large-scale pet food manufacturers or export-oriented enterprises, supporting custom-built entire lines based on factory conditions and capacity goals.
It integrates green, energy-saving, and smart technologies to increase output while reducing unit energy consumption, helping businesses achieve efficient, low-carbon, and sustainable development.
pet food Production Line Cases
Different countries, different scales, but they all chose the same thing: using RICHI machinery’s reliable equipment to build their shrimp feed businesses! Your market may well be the next success story.
These success stories are no coincidence; they stem from RICHI Machinery’s commitment to “localized adaptation + global reliability.” No matter where you are or how big your operation, if you’re serious about pet food pellet production, we have a battle-tested solution for you.
2.5 t/h pet food production line in Germany
Feed types: Mainly used to produce cat food, dog food and other pet food
Features of pet food production line:
2.5 tons per hour pet food production line was exported to Germany. The equipment required for the entire pet food production line is made of stainless steel and can produce high-quality pet food.
5 t/h pet feed mill plant in China
Feed types: Cat feed, dog feed, chicken feed, pig feed, etc.
Features of pet feed mill plant:
The fully automatic pet food production line is mainly used to produce pet food for cats, dogs, turtles, etc., but it will also produce some feed suitable for poultry and livestock such as chickens and pigs according to market demand. Therefore, we specially design the entire feed production line according to this customer demand.
This food production line is a turnkey food production project. We complete everything from the design of the production line to the planning of the plant and the installation of equipment.
3-5 t/h pet food production line in Canada
Feed types: Dog food, cat food
Features of pet food production line:
The raw materials for this pet food production line are various grains such as corn, barley, oats, as well as chicken, beef, etc. that contain fat and protein.
The entire pet food production line is equipped with automated equipment, from raw material receiving to finished pet food packing. Therefore, the entire pet food production line has a high degree of automation, which can greatly save labor in the subsequent production process, reduce the number of staff as much as possible, and improve production efficiency.
5 t/h pet feed mill plant in Russia
Feed types: Cat food, dog food and other pet food
Features of pet feed mill plant:
After the customer contacted us, he visited our poultry feed production project in Russia and was quite impressed with feed pellet machine, so he came to our factory to inspect our production workshop and the existing equipment in the workshop. After that, we had a face-to-face meeting and reached this cooperation.
True success isn’t just about selling a pet food production line—it’s seeing your factory run smoothly every day, with steady output and a constant stream of customers.
After all, your success is our true showcase.
Customized shrimp feed pellet line design
There is no “best” production line, only the “most suitable” solution for you.
Customized solutions can help different customers meet their unique business needs, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.
All of RICHI’s pet food production lines are custom designed. We customize pet feed mill plant to meet the needs of customers based on the different raw materials, site size and height restrictions, automation requirements, and production requirements.
1-2 t/h pet & poultry food production line
Type of Feed Produced: Pet food, chicken feed, pig feed, etc.
Process flow: Crushing and mixing section – extrusion (pelleting) section – cooling and packing section
Main equipment used: Hammer mill, mixer, feed extruder machine, feed pelletizer, belt dryer, sprayer, cooler, packing equipment
3 t/h pet food & 5-6 t/h poultry feed production line
Type of Feed Produced: Pet food, extruded fish feed, chicken feed, etc.
Process flow: Crushing and mixing section – extrusion (pelleting) section – cooling and packing section
Main equipment used: Hammer mill, feed mixer, feed pelletizer, pet food extruder machine, drying machine, spraying equipment, cooler, packing equipment
5 t/h pet feed mill plant
Type of Feed Produced: Cat food, dog food and other pet food
Process flow: Receiving of raw materials – crushing section – batching and mixing section – ultrafine crushing section – second mixing, extrusion, drying section – packing section
Main equipment used: Hammer mill, silo, batching scale, ultrafine grinder, pet food extruder machine, belt dryer, cooler, rotary grading screen, high square screen, packing equipment
10 t/h pet & fish feed production line
Type of Feed Produced: Cat food, dog food and other pet food, extruded fish feed
Process flow: Receiving of raw materials – crushing section – mixing section – ultrafine crushing section – second mixing section – extrusion and drying section – packing section
Main equipment used: Hammer mill, ultrafine grinder, mixer, pet food extruder machine, belt dryer, rotary grading screen, packing equipment, steam boiler, dust removal equipment
How to choose a suitable pet food production line?
When choosing a pet food production line, you should consider several key factors to ensure the equipment configuration matches your production goals:
2. Identify the Type of Pet Food You’ll Produce
The process requirements vary significantly for different products:
Standard extruded dry kibble can be made with a single-screw extrusion system.
Grain-free, high-meat content, high-protein formulas, or functional pet foods (like those with probiotics or joint-care ingredients) usually require a twin-screw extruder for more precise cooking control and uniform mixing.
3. Assess Formula Complexity
If your recipes are mainly based on high-starch ingredients like corn and wheat, a basic production line will run stably.
However, if they contain high-fat, high-fiber, animal by-products, or novel alternative proteins (such as insect or algae), you’ll need an advanced production line. This line must have stronger shear force, higher temperature control precision, and self-cleaning capabilities to prevent blockages, uneven gelatinization, or nutrient loss.
4. Consider Your Budget and Automation Needs
Your investment budget should align with your long-term operational goals.
A fully automated line has a higher upfront cost but significantly reduces labor needs, improves batch consistency, and minimizes human error.
If you’re just starting, you can opt for a semi-automated configuration. This controls costs while ensuring core process quality and allows for future upgrades.
5. Match Equipment to Factory Conditions
Installation depends on actual factory conditions—including workshop area and height, power supply (e.g., 380V/50Hz), steam/gas availability, ventilation/dust systems, and local environmental emission standards.
Providing detailed factory parameters to your equipment supplier early on helps create a logical layout, preventing delays caused by retrofitting later.
FAQ about pet food production LINE
If you have any questions about pet food extruder machine or pet food production line, you can first take a look at these answers.
1. I want to produce pet food, fish feed and poultry feed. Is this possible on one feed production line
Of course, as a professional feed production machine manufacturer, we can design a feed production line for you that can produce a variety of feeds according to your actual production needs.
Many of the equipment on the feed production lines used to produce pet food, fish feed, and poultry feed overlap, such as grinders, mixers, dust removal machines, etc., so these equipment can be shared, but in order to meet the production needs of various feeds such as pet food and poultry feed, it is necessary to equip feed pelletizer and food extruder machine at the same time.
The composite feed production line we designed can not only meet the needs of customers to produce a variety of feeds, but also save investment costs. It is very suitable for customers with a variety of feed production needs.
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2. What are the benefits of using extrusion equipment to produce pet food
The pet food production line designed by RICHI specifically for the production of pet feed is equipped with feed extruder machine, including single-screw extruder machine and twin-screw extruder machine.
Nowadays, people prefer to use feed extruder machine to produce pet food, mainly for the following reasons:
- Extrusion equipment can improve the palatability of pet food. After extrusion, the pet food becomes crispy and tastes better;
- Extrusion can improve the nutritional value of pet food. Many nutrients in the raw materials used to produce pet food need to be cooked and extruded to achieve the best nutritional value, otherwise pets will have symptoms such as diarrhea after eating;
- During the extrusion process, various molds and other harmful substances in the raw materials are killed by high temperature and high pressure.
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3. Please can i have a quotation for pellet machines for animal feed
The first question many customers ask us is the price. As a professional pet feed mill plant manufacturer, we have professional quotations, but the prices of different feed pellet machine are different. For example, the prices of feed production machine with different capacitys are very different.
So if you want to know the price of feed pellet machine please tell us your specific needs, such as capacity, raw materials, etc.; if you are not sure about your specific needs, you can directly leave your contact information and the price you want to know. Our professional sales manager will contact you within 24 hours to communicate with you about the equipment you need, and give you professional advice and quotations.
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4. If I want to produce both floating fish feed and sinking fish feed pellet, do I need to purchase two feed production lines to meet my production needs
No. Some feed mills only produce a single type of feed, such as sinking fish feed, floating fish feed, shrimp feed, chicken feed, cattle feed, etc.; there are also a large number of feed mills that produce multiple types of feed at the same time, which is what we call a compound feed pellet mill.
A compound feed pellet mill does not need to be equipped with two completely different feed production lines, because many equipment can be shared, such as grinders, mixers, coolers, packing machine, etc., as well as auxiliary equipment on the feed production line, can all be shared.
Therefore, you only need to equip different feed pellet machines, feed extruders, etc. according to specific production needs to achieve the purpose of producing a variety of feeds, without the need to purchase two complete feed production lines.
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RICHI MACHINERY
Our business centers on aquatic feed machinery. We don’t just research, develop, and manufacture core equipment like fish feed extruders, fish/shrimp feed pellet machines, and pet food extruders. Plus, we offer complete feed production solutions, helping you set up fully integrated plants for producing fish/shrimp feed or dog & cat food.
We offer our related services to so many feed producers worldwide. Our feed pelletizing equipment has been sold to more than 140 of the more than 200 countries and regions in the world.
If you’re not interested in shrimp feed pellet production, feel free to explore the fields below.
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