Patent ID: 7297356

Claim:
A process for making an animal feed comprising: fracturing a seed and/or grain into pieces; heating said seed and/or grain pieces; extracting crude oil from said seed and/or grain pieces to produce a cake and said crude oil; separating said crude oil into fresh wet gums and a degummed oil; and coating said fresh wet gums on said cake to form the animal feed, wherein coating is performed by adding said flesh gums, said cake, and water to a mixer in which said fresh wet gums are at a temperature above 100° F., the cake is at a temperature of 100 to 115° F., and water is added at a temperature of at least 45° F., wherein the rate at which at least one of protein, amino acid and phosphatidyl-choline of said animal feed bypass the rumen intact and reach the lower gut is increased over that of animal feed made from said cake without coating with said wet gums.