diff --git a/crates/dekaf/src/read.rs b/crates/dekaf/src/read.rs
index 92232beb2b..01804b953c 100644
--- a/crates/dekaf/src/read.rs
+++ b/crates/dekaf/src/read.rs
@@ -277,8 +277,6 @@ impl Read {
                 tmp.push(0);
                 tmp.extend(self.value_schema_id.to_be_bytes());
 
-                let mut value_doc = HeapNode::Object(BumpVec::new());
-
                 // Create extractors for key fields and projections
                 let mut projections = self.projections.clone();
                 // Add key fields as projections
@@ -298,20 +296,8 @@ impl Read {
                 )
                 .context("creating field extractors")?;
 
-                let mut value_doc = HeapNode::Object(BumpVec::new());
-
-                // Extract all fields by querying each extractor
-                for (projection, extractor) in projections.iter().zip(extractors.iter()) {
-                    let ptr = doc::Pointer::from_str(&projection.ptr);
-                    let extracted = match extractor.query(root.get()) {
-                        Ok(value) => HeapNode::from_node(value, &alloc),
-                        Err(default) => HeapNode::from_node(&default.into_owned(), &alloc),
-                    };
-
-                    ptr.create_heap_node(&mut value_doc, &alloc)
-                        .map(|node| *node = extracted)
-                        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to project field {}", projection.ptr))?;
-                }
+                let mut value_doc =
+                    doc::Extractor::extract_all_into_node(&extractors, root.get(), &alloc);
 
                 if matches!(self.deletes, DeletionMode::CDC) {
                     let foo = DELETION_INDICATOR_PTR
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/extractor.rs b/crates/doc/src/extractor.rs
index e9e0131035..3037b1a320 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/extractor.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/extractor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{compare::compare, AsNode, Node, OwnedNode, Pointer, SerPolicy};
+use crate::{compare::compare, AsNode, BumpVec, HeapNode, Node, OwnedNode, Pointer, SerPolicy};
 use bytes::BufMut;
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
@@ -220,6 +220,29 @@ impl Extractor {
         self.extract_indicate_truncation(doc, w, indicator)
     }
 
+    /// Applies extractors to a source document, creating a new document with the extracted fields.
+    pub fn extract_all_into_node<'alloc, N: AsNode>(
+        extractors: &[Self],
+        doc: &N,
+        alloc: &'alloc bumpalo::Bump,
+    ) -> HeapNode<'alloc> {
+        let mut output = HeapNode::Object(BumpVec::new());
+
+        for extractor in extractors.iter() {
+            let extracted = match extractor.query(doc) {
+                Ok(value) => HeapNode::from_node(value, alloc),
+                Err(default) => HeapNode::from_node(&default.into_owned(), alloc),
+            };
+
+            extractor
+                .ptr
+                .create_heap_node(&mut output, alloc)
+                .map(|node| *node = extracted);
+        }
+
+        output
+    }
+
     /// Compare the deep ordering of `lhs` and `rhs` with respect to a composite key.
     pub fn compare_key<L: AsNode, R: AsNode>(key: &[Self], lhs: &L, rhs: &R) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
         use std::cmp::Ordering;