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India’s edible oil industry in a global perspective

India has gained importance in the world over the last few years by virtue of becoming the world’s number one importer of edible oils and an exporter of protein meals. The relatively cheaper logistics cost of supplying vegetable protein to the importing countries in the Asian area has given India an edge over other exporting countries like from South America. Also its non-GMO protein has been able to attract a premium
By Dr Davish Jain, managing director Prestige Group of Industries, Indore, India Today, China and India are the two countries that the world is scrutinising with very keen interest. This... read more »

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German feedmiller successful in mechanically making bypass protein

Dairy farmers do not want the protein in their cow’s feed to be digested by the microbes in the rumen. This means the protein has to be protected so it can bypass the stomachs and can be absorbed in the intestines. German feedmiller Deuka has experimented for a decade now with protecting protein with a high-temperature short-time extrusion system and gained successful results. read more >

Formulating fish feed using earthworms as a protein source

Formulated feeds are complete feeds which supply all the nutrients necessary for optimal growth and health of the fish in culture practices. In many areas of the world protein sources are scarce and for formulating aquafeeds earthworms as a protein source might provide an alternative to common used raw materials. read more >

Oxidation key issue in use of oils and fats for feed

Oils and fats are essential ingredients in feed formulations used in the poultry, pig and aquaculture industry. A wide variety of different lipid sources are used in agrifoods applications, including vegetable oils. But what about their quality? read more >

Extruding full fat soy for maximum quality

Soybeans prior to oil extraction are referred to as full fat soybeans. Properly processed full fat soybeans are a valuable feed ingredient because of their energy, protein, linoleic acid, vitamin E and lecithin contents. There are a number of different products on the international market being sold as full fat soybean meal. These products are produced by a variety of processes, all of which have a different impact on the nutritive value of the product and its quality in terms of antinutritional factor levels. The focus of this paper is using extrusion technology to process quality full fat soybeans for animal feeding. read more >