SOYBEAN MEAL is a by-product from the residues left after oil extraction. The oil part is mostly used in food but also for industrial oils and Biodiesels and etc. Usually Soybean meal is heat-treated during production process to denature the trypsin inhibitors to not to interfere with digestion of the proteins.

Soybean oil has found many food uses due to its excellent nutritional qualities and its widespread availability. This oil is also important in industrial products like plastics and biofuels.

This animal feed commonly used as a starter ration during creep feeding of the lambs. It's the most important protein source used to feed farm animals. Top producers in the world are the United States, Brazil, Argentina, China and India.

As mentioned soybean meal is rich in protein resources and represents two-thirds of the total world output of protein feedstuffs. Its protein is the standard to compare the protein value in other sources and is classified by its crude protein content for marketing.

There are different ways to extract soybean meal and soy oil from soy beans and the most used way worldwide is solvent extraction. The soybean meals are extracted usually with hexane which is extremely flammable and poses health risks.

Soybean meal is used as an alternative protein source in fish and shrimp diet because of its highly digestible protein and amino acids content. However it is low in met .The large supply of soy oil relative to the demand has kept prices low.