Description:
Soybean Meal is one of the major by-products of Soybean processing. Soybean Meal is an irregularly shaped flakes, pale-yellow or light brown colored and smells like roasted soybeans. Soybean meal is avery good source of protein for livestock and poultry. It is also used in health supplements, cosmetics manufacturing and developing antibiotics. In addition, Soybean Meal can also be put to a wide number of other uses.
Soybean meal is usually classified on the basis of its crude protein content. High-protein types are obtained from dehulled seeds and contain 47-50% protein and 3% crude fiber (as fed basis). Other types of soybean meal include the hulls or part of the hulls and contain less than 47% protein and more than 6% crude fiber. In solvent-extracted soybean meals, the oil content is typically lower than 2% while it exceeds 3% in mechanically-extracted meals.
Soybean meal is high in protein and energy and is one of the most commonly used protein supplements in North America. It is a palatable feedstuff and may be used as the major protein supplement in rations for dairy cattle.