Appearance | Yellow |
Protein | 40 % to 45 % |
Moisture | 12% Maximum |
Ash | 7% Maximum |
Fibre | 9% Maximum |
Aflatoxin | 50 ppm Maximum |
Peanut meal is the by-product obtained after the extraction of oil from peanut seeds. It is a protein-rich ingredient that is widely used to feed all classes of livestock. Peanut meal is the sixth most common oil meal ingredient produced in the world after soybean meal, rapeseed meal, sunflower meal, cottonseed meal and palm kernel meal, Peanut meal is generally considered as an exnt feed ingredient due to its high protein content, low fiber, high oil and relative absence of anti nutritional factors.
Peanut meal is produced by mechanical extraction only (Expeller) or by mechanical followed by solvent extraction.