An apparatus and process for naturally recycling poultry carcasses for use
as a nutritional supplement, the apparatus generally consists of four
modules: an enzymatic digest medium mixing assembly that self adjusts for
pH; a mobile grinding assembly mounted on a truck trailer; a digesting
and emulsifying assembly which includes a heated tank and separator; and
a drying system. Carcasses are loaded into the grinder, and the ground
carcasses are pumped into a storage tank with the enzymatic digest medium
to produce a protein soluble mixture. The particle size of this mixture
is then further reduced, and transported to a centralized and stationary
processing plant for digesting and emulsifying. The remaining emulsified
proteins are then dried. The resulting pellet-like pieces are uniformly
sized for packaging.