Animal feed can be made from cocoa pod husks. The husks provide high fibre, low protein and moderate energy feedstuff. One limitation to the use of cocoa pod husk in animal food is the high fibre level.
Some animals have difficulty digesting it.
One solution is to keep the percentage of cocoa pod husk in the feed to a level that the animals can tolerate. Alkali or urea treatment of the cocoa pod husks can also improve digestion for some animals. Animals fed cocoa pod husk tend to drink more water and are leaner. To produce the feed the fresh cocoa pod husks are sliced into flakes. It can be used as wet feed for pigs, mixed with corn and other ingredients.