SOYBEAN MEAL MANUFACTURERS SECRETS

Soybean meal is made up of oligosaccharides including raffinose and stachyose that cannot be digested by monogastric animals, mainly because of the insufficient a specific endogenous alpha-galactosidase. Raffinose and stachyose could potentially cause flatulence and diarrhoea that will boost the digesta passage rate, and reduce digestion and absorp