A feedstock, a process for making a feedstock, use of the feedstock and appparaus for producing feedstock

摘要

A process of making a feedstock for animals comprises the steps of (a) providing olive fruit and (b) caramelising the olive fruit. The olive fruit may be waste material from an olive oil extraction and may comprise any combination of olive flesh, olive stones, or olive seeds. The olive fruit may be dried prior to caramelisation. Stones and seeds may be separated from the olive flesh, crushed, and then recombined with the olive flesh for caramelising. A feedstock for animals comprising caramelised olive fruit is also claimed. Preferably the olive fruit comprises olive flesh, olive stones and olive seeds. The feedstock improves marbling in meat, such as beef, from animals fed with the feedstock. An apparatus for converting olive fruit such as olive waste into feedstock may comprise (i) a separator such as a screen 3 which processes a first olive pomace to separate olive pulp from olive stones and olive seeds; (ii) a miller or crusher 4 for crushing the olive stones and seeds; (iii) a hopper 5 for recombining the olive pulp and the crushed olive stone and seeds to form a second olive pomace, and (iv) a cooker 7 for caramelising the second olive pomace.