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Research Project: Improvement and Maintenance of Peanuts, Peanut Products and Related Peanut Product Flavor, Shelf Life, Functional Characteristics

Location: Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit

Title: Influence of extruded soybean meal with different fat contents and varying oleic acid content on floating fish feed quality and composition

Author
item PATINO, DANNY - North Carolina State University
item Toomer, Ondulla
item Vu, Thien
item OVIEDO-RONDON, EDGAR - North Carolina State University
item Mian, Rouf
item FRINSKO, MIKE - North Carolina State University
item HALL, STEVEN - North Carolina State University
item KELLY, RYAN - North Carolina State University
item MANN, JOSEPH - North Carolina State University
item JOSEPH, MICHAEL - North Carolina State University

Submitted to: Animal Feed Science and Technology
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/9/2024
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food sectors globally. Annually, tons of wild fish, and other marine sources are caught, collected, and processed for use as feed ingredients in farm-raised aquaculture species, leading to the environmental concerns related to overfishing. Thus, the use of sustainable feed ingredients for fish and aquaculture production has become of major interest in the commercial production of fish. This literature review aims to investigate the use of alternative plant sources of proteins as alternative fish feed ingredients.

Technical Abstract: Aquaculture is an enormous industry, and it plays an important role in contributing to worldwide food production. Aquaculture production is highly dependent on nutritionally complete fish feed formulations and use of high-quality feed ingredients. Therefore, providing adequate macronutrients - protein, carbohydrate, and lipids in the finished fish feed is critical for maximized production. To provide these nutrient requirements, fish meal (FM) has been routinely utilized within the fish feed industry. However, due to the high cost and low sustainability of FM, there has been increased interest to identify low-cost and sustainable sources of high-quality protein as an alternative ingredient in fish feeds. Amongst the plant-based protein sources, soybean meal has a comparable amino acid profile as FM at a lower cost. In that context, the objective of this paper is to provide a literature investigation regarding the use of plant-based and other sources of proteins, their benefits, economics, and sustainability when used as an alternative ingredient in fish feeds.