Rapeseed Meal is produced in large quantities in South Asia – significantly in the plains of India, semiarid areas of Rajasthan and plains of Pakistan, and in Bangladesh from cultivated (and imported) seed. Together this region produces and consumes over 20% of the global mustard crop. A variety of deoiled cakes needs to be incorporated into poultry feed to provide a balance of cost and nutrients. This, and the availability of large quantities of mustard oilseed cake in this region, point to the economic importance of a suitable technology to allow its largescale use in poultry feed formulations.
Mustard/ Rapeseed meal is a coarse powdery material, produced from rapeseed cake after series of preparatory physical processes followed by multistage extraction under hygienically controlled conditions.
Specifications
| Parameters | Lower Limit | Upper Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Appearance | Free flow coarse granular material. | |
| Moisture | 10% | 12% |
| Protein | 36% | 38% |
| Oil | 1% | 1.50% |
| Sand Silica | 1.5% | 4.0% |
| Fibre | 12% | 14% |
Features:
- is a coarse powdery material, produced from rapeseed cake
- has extremely good amino acid composition, often compared to milk proteins.
- has high nutritive value
Applications:
It is being used in India as an ingredient for cattle and poultry feed.It is also exported to various far East / North East Asia and Mediterranean countries and is well accepted by millers. It has excellent amino acid profile, that has adequate Lysine and Methionine which is very much preferred in poultry feed.
As per various researches, it could be incorporated in broiler diet at 10% during 2-7 weeks of age or at 20% only in week 7 with no adverse effect on carcass quality.
Storage: –
Material in hygienically packed bags should be kept in a place that is well-ventilated, cool and dry, always away from extreme temperatures.
Packing: –
50-60 kgs PP bags (gross weight) for net Non-Uniform packing/ stuffing in 20/40 FCLs