Extruders are used in the savory snack industry to either produce directly expanded snacks (Extruded snacks) or dry intermediate products that still need to be expanded in a final processing step (snack pellets).
 

Market for Food Extrusion

The food extrusion market, by food product and extrusion equipment, is projected to grow at CAGRs of 4.26% and 2.41% from 2017, to reach USD 68.38 billion and USD 7.11 billion, respectively, by 2022.

Source: Food Extrusion Market by Extruder (Single Screw, Twin Screw, and Contra Twin Screw), Process (Cold and Hot), Food Product (Savory Snacks, Breakfast Cereals, Bread, Flours & Starches, and Textured Protein), and Region - Global Forecast to 2022