Table 13b. Some nutritional interests, deficiencies and processing restrictions in selected raw materials.
Ingredients % Max.(Min.) Main nutritional interests Main nutritional deficiencies Processing restrictions
Various plant proteins   Alternate protein source Low palatability, anti nutritional factors, low HUFA, 17low lysine & methionine Fibre content sometimes high
Fishmeal e.g. menhaden 16(6)�40 Protein, HUFA Possibly low phenylalanine, Freshness important, milling difficult
arginine, histidine, and lysine4
Herring fishmeal6 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Anchovy fishmeal6 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Peruvian fishmeal8 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Squid meal8,10 1�3 Protein, HUFA   High cost
Shrimp meal8,10 1�10 Protein   High cost
Shrimp head meal8,10 3�15 HUFA, chitin   High fibre content
Cottonseed meal <914   High fibre, lysine4 <1100ppm of free gossypol4
9Canola meal (rapeseed, Brassica napus, B. campestris)       High fibre content
Soybean meal8,13 6218,3015, 45.516 High lysine1 Low methionine1 High fibre content2
Soybean meal Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto
Pea meal8 42.3      
Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius)7 25 High arginine Low methionine Variable anti�nutritional content between cultivars
Corn gluten meal 1013   Low arginine, lysine12  
Wheat flour8 35 Binding properties; Rich in methionine1,19 low methionine, arginine, tyrosine, threonine19,  lysine1 Cost
Wheat gluten 5 Binder   Cost
Rice bran (de�oiled)8       High fibre content2
Soybean lecithin crude (liquid)10,11 1�2.0 higher growth rate & better nutrient digestibility3    
Soybean lecithin (deoiled powder)10,11 0.5�1.0    
Cholestrol10 >0.1     Expensive, high melting
Crystalline amino acids No   Very low rate of incorporation5  
1Fox et al. (2006) (but still low relative to fishmeal (Watanabe, 2002)).
2Hertrampf (2006)
3Kumaraguru Vasagam, Ramesh and Balasubramanian (2006)
4Lovell (2002)
5Deshimaru (1982)
6National Research Council (U.S.), & NetLibrary, Inc. (1993)
7Smith, Tabrett, & Glencross (2007)
8Bautista�Teruel, Eusebio & Welsh (2003)
9Su�rez et al. (2009)
10Hunter and Chamberlain (2006)
11Hertrampf (1991)
12Ahamad Ali, Syama Dayal and Ambasankar (2004)
13FAO (1997)
14World Conference on Emerging Technologies in the Fats and Oils Industry and Baldwin (1986)
15Sara, Gous & Bureau (2009) (Fenneropenaeus indicus)
16Su�rez et al. (2009) (Litopenaeus vannamei)
17Watanabe (2002)
18Biswas et al. (2007)
19Slattery and Palmer (2008)