Feed Design Lab is a leading practical research and education centre for innovation and sustainability in the animal feed sector. More than 100 companies from across the sector, based both in the Netherlands and abroad, are partners in Feed Design Lab and participate actively in our network.
Feed Design Lab has three primary activities: renting out our test plant, providing training and developing projects. Feed Design Lab is unique in this ¬– nowhere else in Europe do research, training and trial feed production all take place within the same institute.
Test plant
Our test plant can be used for technological testing, demonstrations and production of test or trial feeds. The test plant is similar to a modern compound feed plant, but on a smaller scale. Plus it is modular in design: all parts of the plant can be used separately. This means we can conduct tests using either a single part or the whole line.
Feed Design Lab produces feeds that are GMP-FSA assured. The different parts of the test plant are explained (in Dutch) in the brochure below. Demonstration of the test plant
Examples of tests carried out in the test plant:
- Heat stability
- Powli en vacuum coater
- Blend uniformity
- Pelleting test with quality parameters
