A METHOD FOR THE MODIFICATION OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE IN FINISHSHAPED FEED PELLETS, BALLS OR THE LIKE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SHAPE STABILITY,AND FEED MASS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE METHOD

摘要

A method for producing feed for forming into pellets, and the feed therein referred to. The addition of the enzyme transglutaminase (EC 2.3.2.13) to a feed specially intended for carnivorous fish will catalyse a reaction between the amino acids glutamine and lysine which form part of the protein chains in the raw materials of the proteins of the feed, such that a covalent chemical bond is formed between them, which results in shape permanents in formed, dried, finished pellets, with the result that they do not lose their shape before their time of use.