Application of Corn Gluten Meal in Feed

The protein content of corn gluten meal is as high as 40% to 60%, and its protein content is 21% and 3.7% higher than that of bean cake and fish meal respectively. In the feed market where bean cake and fish meal are in short supply, it can be used to replace protein feed such as bean cake and fish meal; the fat content is relatively high, and because the pigment mainly exists in the endosperm in corn, corn gluten powder contains a large amount of yellow pigment, carotene, Various pigments such as zeaxanthin are beneficial to the pigmentation of livestock products.

In chicken production, corn gluten meal-based compound feed for laying hens can increase egg production rate, prevent chicken rickets and other diseases, play a role in health care and growth promotion, and help improve egg protein quality. Corn gluten powder contains linoleic acid, which can promote the lipid metabolism of chickens, promote the polymerization of essential amino acids, and corn gluten powder can improve the coloring degree.

In pig production, the protein content of corn gluten meal is directly related to the apparent digestible energy of pigs. Raw materials with an appropriate ratio of energy to protein or a balance of essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids have higher energy digestibility. Adding 32% corn gluten meal to the basic feed, the digestibility of pigs is higher.

In the cattle industry, using corn gluten meal as concentrated feed can make part of the protein that is not digested by the rumen better digested and absorbed in the small intestine.