Waste to plate: Fish feed from soya bean processing run-off spells hope for cheaper fish

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A research team cultivated a protein using soya bean processing wastewater from F&B chain Mr Bean.

Professor Stefan Wuertz of NTU's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering feeding Asian sea bass with pellets comprising equal parts regular fishmeal and single-cell protein.

“And so the idea is to find a sustainable source of protein in the feed, so that the aquaculture industry can grow,” said Professor Stefan Wuertz, lead investigator of a study published in the journal Scientific Reports in January. Dried soya beans, soya beans that have been soaked in water before processing, soya bean wastewater, and single-cell protein in powder form. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

The scientists found that after 24 days, both groups of Asian sea bass had grown the same amount by the end of the experiment.

 

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