A method of rendering nutrient constituents of foods and animal feeds more readily assimilable

摘要

Artificially dehydrated forage crops are treated with water below 100 DEG C. and redried to substantially their original state of dryness in order to re-actuate and to render more readily assimulated the nutrient constituents which were inactivated by the dehydration. Grasses, alfalfa, clover and legunnes are referred to. In an example 3 1/2 parts of water are used with one part of grass at 60 DEG C. and allowed to stand for 5 hours then redried at 80-90 DEG C. Grass treated in this manner and untreated grass were fed to chicks with a complex basal ration. In other examples grass was treated with water at 80 DEG C. for periods from 5 minutes to 24 hours, and also subjected to the action of a proteolytic enzyme.ALSO:Artificially dehydrated forage crops, for human consumption are treated with water below 100 DEG C., and dried to substantially their original state of dryness in order to re-activate and to render more readily assimilable the nutrient constituents which were inactivated by the dehydration. Grasses, alfalfa, clover and legumes are referred to. In an example, 3 1/2 parts of water are used with one part of grass at 60 DEG C., and allowed to stand for 5 hours then redried at 80-90 DEG C. In other examples grass was treated with water at 80 DEG C. for periods from 5 mins. to 24 hours, and also subjected to the action of a proteolytic enzyme.