Fermented formula feed, its production, and uses

• US 6,090,416 A
• Filed: 09/12/1997
• Issued: 07/18/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kaguku Kenkyujo
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kaguku Kenkyujo
• Inventors: Sato, Yoshinori, Miyake, Toshio, Chaen, Hiroto, Iritani, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Smith, Lynette F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zeman, Mary K.
• Application Number:
  US08/927,816
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 426/18, 426/39, 426/442, 426/53, 426/807, 426/21, 426/49
• US Class Current: 426/53
• CPC Class Codes: A23B 7/10 Preserving with acids; Acid fermentation
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/12 by fermentation of natural products, e.g. of vegetable material, animal waste material or biomass
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/14 Pretreatment of feeding-stuffs with enzymes
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 11/33 using enzymes; Enzymatic transformation of pulses or legumes
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 11/37 using microorganisms
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 11/50 Fermented pulses or legumes; Fermentation of pulses or legumes based on the addition of microorganisms removing undesirable substances A23L11/30; soy sauce A23L27/50
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 426/807 Poultry or ruminant feed

Abstract

A highly digestible, good preference, relatively high-quality fermented formula feed which is obtainable by mixing a soybean feed material and a wheat splinter capable of decomposing phytin in an amount of not less than that of the soybean feed material, d.s.b., and subjecting the mixture to a lactic acid fermentation under humid conditions.

Claims

1. A method for feeding livestock, which comprises feeding said livestock a fermented formula feed obtainable by mixing a soybean feed material with a wheat splinter which is capable of decomposing phytin in an amount of not less than 1.5 times that of the soybean feed material, on a dry solid basis, and subjecting the mixture to a lactic acid fermentation under a humidity of about 40-90% for about 2-5 days.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said soybean feed material is one or more members selected from the group consisting of a defatted soybean, a soybean broth, a bean curd refuse, a bean curd waste fluid, a waste soybean milk, a waste bean curd, and a soybean milk serum, and said wheat splinter is one or more members selected from the group consisting of a press-ground wheat, a wheat flour, a low-grade flour, and a wheat flour bran.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the total content of said soybean feed material and said wheat splinter is more than 50 w/w % of the fermented formula feed for livestock, on a dry solid basis.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the lactic acid fermentation, the formula feed is dried to lower the moisture content below 40%.