FISHMEAL /FISH OIL

What are Fishmeal & Fish Oil? Fishmeal is a brown powder obtained after cooking, pressing drying and milling fresh raw fish and/or food fish trimmings. Fish oil is normally a clear brown/yellow liquid pressed form the cooked fish (see Production) and normally refined. Fishmeal and fish oil are produced from short-lived, fast-growing harvesting stocks of fish for which there is little or no demand for human consumption and some is manufactured from by-products of seafood processing companies. The whole fish are mainly small, bony and oily such as anchovy, horse mackerel, menhaden, capelin and sandeel. Trimmings, which are also used, now constitute around 25% of the raw material for fishmeal production. This is produced from either white-fish which is low in oil (most of the oil is in their livers) or trimmings from oily fish such as herring, mackerel, etc. Fishmeal contains typically 60% to 72% protein, 10% to 20% ash and 5% to 12% fat, which is high in the health promoting omega-3 very long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids EPA and DHA, often referred to as 'omega-3s' (producers can supply details of the type of raw material used and expected nutrient content). The high quality and concentration of essential nutrients, especially of well-balanced amino acids, essential fatty acids, and energy content makes fishmeal an indispensable ingredient in diets of
most aquaculture species and many
land-
farm
animals.
Fish oil is used mainly
in feed for farmed fish but is also used to make capsules containing omega-3 fatty acids as human health supplements. Because of its high omega-3 content fishmeal is a natural 'functional feed' providing health and welfare benefits to livestock. Meat, milk and egg products from farmed animals fed high omega-3 fishmeal are, in turn, functional foods which benefit human health. The Aquaculture Value Chain is one example of how the fishmeal and oil industry links with other businesses further down the food chain.for consultancy call 08032861326.

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