Soybean meal also known as Soyabean Oil Cake is a solid residue by-product, flour, created after grinding the soybean to extract soybean oil. It is widely used as a filler and source of protein in animal diets, including pig, chicken, cattle, horse, sheep, and fish feed.
Soybean meal is preferably made from high quality, sound, clean, dehulled yellow beans, since beans with a dark colored seed coat, or even beans with a dark hilum will inadvertently leave undesirable dark specks in the flour. All commercial soybeans in the United States are yellow or yellow brown.
Soyabean Meal holds a very important position in the Indian agriculture and economy. It stands at the fifth position in the list of the leading soybean producing countries with a production figure of around 7 million tons. Madhya Pradesh has the lead among the soybean producing states in India. Regarding consumption of soybean in India, it holds the sixth position in the leading consuming countries. Bumper production of soybean and high overseas demand of soymeal, have resulted in India's oilmeal exports rising at times by more than 116%.
Application
soya meal contains healthful balanced nutrients hence mainly used in making nutritious food like 'SOYA-BARI','SOYA- CHUNKS'and 'SOYA-GRANULE
soya meal contains high quality proteins and rich in macro and micro nutrients, can be used as healthy diet food.
soya meal is the best for extracting 'SOYA PROTEIN ISOLATE' by the treatment of water or mild alkali. 'SOYA PROTEIN ISOLATES, usually having more than 90% protein content, which are equivalent to milk-proteins.
soya meal can be used for defatted soya flour which can be used in nutritious biscuits
soya meal can be used in the healthcare products, since it also contains calcium and is flavones, compounds that may directly inhibit bone resorption.
soya meal contains minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron and folic acid. It can be used in the pharmaceutical industry also.
