Rajfishmeal and Oil Company Udupi, Karnataka

Since fish itself is a highly proteinaceous commodity. It’s been preferred on behalf of other food stuffs. Similar to fish the fish meal also imparts proteins of high nutritive value, because of the presence of 22 essential amino acids including the most important amino acid-Lysine, which of course, is rarely present in other feeds/ food stuffs. The fish meal removes the moisture which in turn increases the concentration of proteins available for the growth. The meal is also rich in B-group vitamin namely – Riboflavin, Pantothenic acid, Niacin and Choline. The powdered fish meal is rich in minerals like Calcium, Phosphorus, Iodine etc. Fish meal contains other growth promoting and protein utilization factors that are found to be easily digestible for the poultry and aqua animals. The protein efficiency ratio (PER) has been worked out to find the growth studies in animals and farm grown animals. Unlike other vegetable protein meals, fish meal contains very less fibre content which is useful in getting the food easily digested and also for the energy calculation.

the fish oil being a good source of essential fatty acids shelters two important contents called epa (eicosapentaenoic acid) and dha (docosahexaenoic acid). These two omega-3-fatty acid contents commonly having the pufa nature decrease the cholesterol levels in the arteries and there by reduce the risk of heart disease. Fish oil also is found to be the cheap source of vitamin a, d and e content. Fish oil supports the growth of animals at least equal to that of any other source of fat in the diet. All the membersof essential fatty acids have shown growth promoting factors in animals. fish oil finds its application in feeds and also used for its medicinal value in pharmaceutical and scientific research areas. Fish oil also finds its application as drying oils, varnishes and also in paint industries. Further it is used as a greasing agent and also as water proofing agents.

An inventory product produced from the stick water/ protein water after parting fish oil during the production process by solublizing/ evaporation methods. This has been a very good substitute for the fishmeal for the animal feeds as it contains a larger amount of moisture and contains numerous unidentified growth promoting substances/ nutrients normally aminoacids/ trace elements/ minerals that are essential for the rapid growth of animals/ pets.

Since fish itself is a highly proteinaceous commodity, it's been preferred on behalf of other food stuffs. Similar to fish the fish meal also imparts proteins of high nutritive value, because of the presence of 22 essential amino acids including the most important amino acid- Lysine, which of course, is rarely present in other feeds food stuffs. The fish meal removes the moisture which in turn increases the concentration of proteins available for the growth. The meal is also rich in B- group Vitamin namely - Riboflavin, Pantothenic acid, Niacin and Choline. The powThe powdered fish meal is rich in minerals like Calcium, Phosphorus, Iodine etc.

The stick water that is let out after the separation of oil from the centrifuges is fed into "Multiple effect evaporators" to prepare "concentrated fish soluble" and stored in silos for storage before dispatching to poultry or aqua feed purposes.