Table 31. Specifications and indicative price of commercial shrimp feeds available in the Philippines

Feed Type		Shape and Size (diameter x length, mm)	ABW Range (g)	Proximate composition (%)					Declared ingredients used (taken from feed label)	Packing (kg)	Price/kg (US$)
				Dry matter min.	Protein min.	Fat min.	Fiber max.	Ash max.
Aquaprime (AA-Solid Corporation)
Fry # 1		Fine crumble	0.1- 1.0	87	40	3	3	17		5	1.35
Fry # 2		Coarse crumble	1.0- 3.0	87	40	3	3	17		5	1.35
Junior		Pellet	3.0-6.0	87	39	3	3	17		10	1.27
Small		Pellet	6.0-15.0	87	39	3	3	17		20	1.21
Medium		Pellet	15- up	87	38	3	3	17		20	1.10
B- Meg (San Miguel Foods, Inc.)
CE-90 w/astaxan thin	Pre-starter	Fine Crumble	< 1	90	39	4	2.5	13	wheat flour, ground cereals, vegetable oil, molasses, copra meal, rice bran D1, wheat pollard, imported fish meal, US soybean meal, tri-calcium phosphate, vitamin, mineral pre-mix, anti-mold and anti-oxidant	5	1.61
	Starter I	Crumble		90	38	4	3	13		25	1.45
	Starter II	Pellet		90	38	4	3	13		25	1.45
	Grower	Pellet	6 - 15	90	37	4	3	14		25	1.35
	Finisher	Pellet	16 - up	90	37	3.5	4	15		25	1.28
CE-90 Plus w/astaxan thin	Starter	Crumble	1 - 5	88	40	6	3	12	wheat flour, ground cereals, vegetable oil, molasses, copra meal, rice bran D1, wheat pollard, importeed fish meal, US soybean meal, tri-calcium phosphate, vitamin, mineral pre-mix, anti-mold and anti-oxidant	25	1.60
	Grower	Pellet	6 - 15	88	40	6	3	12		25	1.50
	Finisher	Pellet	16 - up	88	40	6	3	12		25	1.40
Anti-stress w/astaxan thin	Starter	Pellet								25	1.70
	Grower	Pellet								25	1.66
Chuen-Shin (First El Presidente Manufacturing Inc.)
Fry size 1		Crumble (0.1- 0.3)	0.02 - 0.2	87	38	3	3	16	flour, lecithin, shrimp meal, squid meal, white fish meal, fish soluble paste, mineral pre-mix, vitamin pre-mix, vitamin C, cholesterol, soybean oil meal	2	1.38
Fry size 2		Crumble (0.6-0.8)	0.2 - 1.5	87	38	3	3	16		2	1.38
Fry size 3		Crumble (1.0- 1.5)	1.5 - 5	87	37	3	3	16		10	1.38
Small shrimp size		Pellet (2.2 x 2 - 3)	5 - 12	87	37	2.8	3	16		10	1.35
Growth shrimp size		Pellet (2.2 x 3 - 5)	12 - 20	87	36	2.8	3	16		20	1.31
Adult shrimp size		Pellet (2.2 x 5 - 7)	20 - up	87	36	2.8	3	16		20	1.27
Hoc-po (Hoc Po Feeds Corporation)
Starter # 1		Crumble	0.05 - 1.5	88	40	4	3	17	fish meal, shrimp meal, yeast, calcium phosphate, soya bean meal, wheat flour, cassava meal, squid meal, shrimp minerals, limestone, binders, shrimp’s vitamins, trace elements, attractants, anti-oxidant, mold inhibitor	10	1.26
Starter # 2		Crumble	1.5 - 5.0	88	38	3.5	3	17		10	1.26
Grower # 3		Pellet	5.0 - 10.0	88	37	3.5	3	17		25	1.19
Grower # 4		Pellet	10.0 - 20.0	88	37	3.5	3	17		25	1.15
Finisher #5		Pellet	20.0 - up	88	36	3	3	17		25	1.29
Supreme Plus	Supreme 3	Pellet	5.0 - 10.0	88	37	3.5	3	17	fish meal, shrimp meal, yeast, calcium phosphate, soya bean meal, wheat flour, cassava meal, squid meal, shrimp minerals, limestone, binders, shrimp’s vitamins, trace elements, attractants, anti-oxidant, mmold inhibitor, fortified with vitamin C	25	1.29
	Supreme 4	Pellet	10.0 - 20.0	88	37	3.5	3	17		25	1.25
	Supreme 5	Pellet	20.0 - up	88	36	3	3	17		25	1.25
Interfeeds (Interfeeds Philippines Incorporated)2
Gold-coin Regular	Postlarvae		< 0.5						white fish meal, high protein fish meal, shrimp meal, wheat products, binders,mold inhibitor, attractants, anti-oxidants, dicalcium phosphate, fortified with vitamins and minerals
	Starter		0.5 - 3.0
	Grower- A		4.0 - 7.0
	Grower- B		8.0 - 18.0							25
	Finisher		19.0 -up							25
Saline Gold	Postlarvae	Crumble	< 0.5						white fish meal, high protein fish meal, shrimp meal, wheat products, binders,mold inhibitor, attractants, anti-oxidants, dicalcium phosphate, fortified with vitamins and minerals	5	1.44
	Starter	Pellet	0.5 - 3.0	90	38	3.5	4.5	17		5	1.40
	Grower- A	Pellet	4.0 - 7.0	90	36	3.5	4.5	17		25	1.37
	Grower- B	Pellet	8.0 - 18.0	90	36	3.5	4.5	17		25	1.33
	Finisher	Pellet	19.0 -up	90	36	3.5	4.5	17		25	1.29
Gold Forte Plus	Postlarvae	Crumble	< 0.5	90	39	3.5	4.5	17	white fish meal, high protein fish meal, shrimp meal, wheat products, binders,mold inhibitor, attractants, anti-oxidants, dicalcium phosphate, fortified with vitamins and minerals	5	1.38
	Starter	Pellet	0.5 - 3.0	90	38	3.5	4.5	17		5	1.34
	Grower- A	Pellet	4.0 - 7.0	90	38	3.5	4.5	17		25	1.30
	Grower- B	Pellet	8.0 - 18.0	90	38	3.5	4.5	17		25	1.26
	Finisher	Pellet	19.0 -up	90	36	3.5	4.5	15		25	1.22
Goldstar (Goldstar Feeds, Inc.)2
Oversea (Oversea Agri-Aqua International Development Corporation)2
Nursery Feed									fishmeal,soybean meal, shrimp meal, fish soluble, wheat flour, cassava meal, corn, squid liver meal, calcium phosphate, binders, rice bran, vitamins, minerals, trace elements, mold inhibitors, additives
Starter No. 1			< 1
Starter No. 2			1.0 -5.0
Grower No. 3			5.0 - 15.0
Grower No. 4			15.0 - 25.0
Finisher No. 5			25.0 - up
Prince2
No. 1 Post larva I			0.002 -0.03	87	38	2.8	3	17	white fish meal, soybean meal, gluten, wheat flour, seaweed meal, fish soluble, yeast, liver meal, vitamin and mineral premixes	10
No. 2 Post larva II			0.03 - 0.10	87	38	2.8	3	17		10
No. 3 Post larva III			0.10 - 1.3	87	38	2.8	3	17		10
No. 4 Juvenile I			1.30 - 5.30	87	37	2.8	3	17		20
No. 5 Juvenile II			5.30 - 10.00	87	37	2.8	3	17		20
No. 6 Sub-adult			10.00 -18.30	87	36	2.8	3	17		20
No. 7 Adult			18.30 - up	87	35	2.8	3	17		20
Ram (Ram Aquafeed Corporation)
Anti-blue		Pellet									1.31
Robina (Universal Robina Corporation)2
CF#1 Starter					45					25	0.78
CF#2 Grower/Finisher					42					25	0.75
Tateh (Santeh Feeds Corporation)
PO 1 (pre-starter)		Fine crumble	<1.0	90	37	4	3	15	fish meal, soybean meal, shrimp meal, wheat pollard, flour, gluten, squid paste, soya oil, vitamin and mineral premixes, antioxidant, mold inhibitor	30	1.46
PO 2 (pre-starter)		Coarse crumble	1.0- 3.0	90	37	4	3	15		30	1.46
PO 3 (starter)		Pellet (2.2 x 2.4 - 3.6)	3.0- 8.0	90	36	4	3	15		20	1.38
PO 4 (grower)		Pellet (2.2 x 4.4 - 6.6)	8.0 - 18.0	90	35.5	4	3	15		20	1.31
PO 5 (finisher)		Pellet (2.2 x 7.2 - 10.8)	18.0 -up	90	35	4	3	15		20	1.23

¹ US$ 1= PP26.00
² no data available/did not respond to survey