After the oil was squeezed out of the seeds of oilseeds , a certain substance remains - cake. What it is? This processing product is rich in useful trace elements and proteins. Cake is a valuable additive to animal feed, one of the components of animal feed. For pets, such a product is indispensable, as it has great energy value. Cake is obtained from sunflower seeds, cedar, rape, soy and other plants.
Sunflower Seed Processing Products
Sunflower oil is a very common product in our country. Not a single housewife can do without it, many food enterprises also use such oil in their own production. After pressing the seeds, a certain mass remains - cake. What is it and what are its beneficial properties? The composition of sunflower meal is quite rich: proteins (up to 40%), fats (10%), fiber. Also, the mass has almost all the same useful minerals, trace elements that are part of the seeds. Therefore, all these components make sunflower cake extremely useful for pets. Their immunity is significantly increased, their metabolism is accelerated. This food is great for chickens: they carry eggs much better.
Meal
Another product that can be obtained after processing sunflower seeds is meal. In fact, this is almost the same as the cake. However, there are differences. Extraction, that is, the production of oil by certain chemical reactions, affects the composition of the processed products. Meal is rather poor in fats, they make up no more than 2% of the total mass. However, the protein content is high - about 43%. The scope of the meal is the same as the cake. This is the main component of animal feed, especially for young animals. Thanks to him, young animals gain good weight, grow, have stronger immunity.
Pine nut processing products
Cedar cake is very rich in vitamins and minerals. Cold pressing ensures that the oil content in the processed product reaches 35%. Useful properties of oilcake are almost the same as pine nuts. In appearance, it resembles muesli, the taste is pleasant, sweet, but due to the extraction of the oil, the product is dry. The most widely used cedar oil cake in cooking, medicine. You can use it in its pure form, but you can add it to baking, curd mass, main dishes. Very often, such a cake is introduced into the composition of ice cream, halva, sweets, granola. It gives the dish a delicious aroma of pine nuts, and also improves the taste.
The healing properties of cake made of pine nuts
This processing product has a very useful property - it adsorbs slags and toxins remarkably, ensures their effective removal from the human body. After processing, the cake contains only a small amount of sucrose. In view of all these properties, it is widely used for large physical exertion, recovery after prolonged treatment, nervous disorders, tuberculosis and pneumonia, and reduced protective functions of the body. In addition, gynecologists recommend using this product to increase lactation.
Useful cedar cake and children. There are practically no contraindications to its use. Possible variant of individual intolerance and allergies. It is also important not to exceed the allowable dose, as the product is quite high-calorie and can contribute to weight gain.
Soybean meal. Areas of use
After squeezing the oil from the soybean seeds, cake also remains. What is it and what is its scope? In terms of biological value, such a product is equated with animal proteins. Therefore, it is indispensable in the production of animal feed. When this mass is added to food, cows significantly increase milk yield, and milk fat content also increases.
Soybean cake is used to feed valuable breeds of fish, exotic animals. Often it is introduced into the feed for fur animals. Compared with other types of oilcake (sunflower, rapeseed), it has the richest composition. The amount of vitamin B also exceeds the performance of other varieties of feed. However, soybean meal contains little fiber.
It is best stored (like other varieties) in well-ventilated areas, avoiding heat sources and direct sunlight. If you buy a cake, its price will depend on whether a wholesale batch or retail. In the first case, you can save money, but it is worth remembering that storage periods are limited. After 3 months, the nutritional properties of the feed deteriorate significantly. A ton of oilcake costs about 12-15 thousand rubles.
Oilseed rape. Application area
Another culture that is widespread in our latitudes is rape. After its processing and obtaining oil remains cake. The main scope of its application is the manufacture of feed for cows. Less commonly used to add pigs and chickens to food. The composition of the cake is quite rich: fats, proteins (up to 38%), vitamins, phosphatides.
The only restriction on the use of such feed is the content of sulfur compounds. They can harm the animal, so buying such a product is only from trusted manufacturers who are responsible for the quality of their goods. Another disadvantage is that the final product of the breakdown of protein meal is ammonia. It easily enters the bloodstream and does considerable harm to livestock. First of all, ammonia affects the reproductive organs, the mortality rate of embryos, spontaneous miscarriages increases. Therefore, when introducing rapeseed meal into the diet, it is necessary to use ammonia inhibitors.
Flaxseed cake. Beneficial features
Flax possesses unique properties, as well as its cake. What it is? After receiving oil from flax seeds, a product remains that is very useful for the digestive system. Flax mucus soothes the gastric mucosa, relieves inflammation, and fiber helps to eliminate toxins. Also, cake contains iron, magnesium, potassium and other trace elements.
Like oil, this by-product contains alpha-linolenic acid. It is rich in vitamins of group B, E, folic acid. Such a cake for feed horses is widely used. A feature of this product is the content of lignans. These are phenolic compounds that have estrogenic properties. Thanks to lignans, you can increase the life span of the animal. They make flour from oilcake, it is well absorbed by the body. Such a product is used for baking bread, in recipes for raw food, cosmetology (for the preparation of face masks).
Oilcake and fishing
Cake is also widely used for bait fish: carp, crucian carp, roach.
The main purpose of its use is to keep the fish in the place where fishing occurs. A cloud of feed is created on the surface of the water, which has a very attractive smell. Add cake to the porridge for feeders, and to the spring (donka).
You can buy it in almost every fishing store. There is a cake both pressed and in powder form. You can cook this bait yourself. To do this, the seeds are fried (thus enhancing the aroma) and passed through a meat grinder. Then you can compress it and dry well in the oven. The drier the cake, the longer it can be stored. However, it should be remembered that such a product also attracts moles. Therefore, it is better to store such a mass for a short time and in closed jars or boxes.