摘要 |
PURPOSE:To produce a feed having good quality, improved preservation quality and palatability and high digestibility, by treating a proteinaceous or starchy raw material which has hitherto not been used with BENIKOJI (fungus of the genus Monascus) and fermenting the resultant product. CONSTITUTION:A proteinaceous raw material, e.g. entrails or edible fish or small fish, etc., or starchy raw material, e.g. oil cake or bean-curd refuse, etc., is added to a solution containing BENIKOJI (fungus of the genus Monascus) and nutrient sources therefor, e.g. a culture fluid of BENIKOJI prepared by cultivating seed fungus of the BENIKOJI at 20-40 deg.C for 1-3 days or solution prepared by adding the seed fungus of the BENIKOJI, ethanol and lactic acid to water and 0.5-10% ammonium salt is preferably added to the resultant mixture. Fermentation is then carried out within a low pH region. The resultant fermented material is then dried at a low temperature, preferably <=60 deg.C.
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