Patent ID: 8257763
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: A23K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a feed for aquatic species, wherein the feed comprises protein, binder, lipid, enzyme, vitamin and pigment, and optionally mineral, said process comprising the steps of: (1) producing a storage stable intermediate product at a feed factory by mixing the protein with the binder and optionally the mineral, extruding the resulting mixture into pelletized or granulated porous pellets, and cooling the pelletized or granulated porous pellets, to produce an intermediate product, transporting the intermediate product to a fish farm site, and (2) mixing the vitamin, enzyme and pigment with a gel or emulsion containing water or lipid and absorbing the gel or emulsion into pores of the intermediate product in a vacuum chamber under a vacuum, releasing the vacuum from the vacuum chamber and transferring the resulting final feed to a storage site or a consumption site, wherein the final feed has a total amount of 15-40 weight % water and a total amount of 10-40 weight % lipid, and wherein the final feed has higher mold growth resistance as compared to feed containing the same weight % water not in gel or emulsion.