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Heat temprature

Hello!!
Im Wes. I started to have Macaw recently and selecting pellets.
I found below article but what is the unit of the degree??
Is it celsius or fahrenheit??

>Pellets reach a temperature of around 165 degrees when ?formed and are then cooled. Because extrusion generally requires 100% gelatinization of the starches (the starches melt), the food is generally heated to 250 to 275 degrees

I understand that production temprature is very important to
know about the nutrition loss on pellet so I would like to understand the accurate information.

Hi Wes,

These temperatures would be in Fahrenheit. Our pellets are true pellets which are processed at lower temperatures. Extruded diets are processed at higher temperatures which causes a significant loss of nutrients, that must then be added back in various forms. So a true pellet will be more natural and need fewer added nutrients than an extruded diet.

Thank you for asking Lafeber,

Brenda