Feed and feed inputs
Protein meals and protein sources
Oilseed meals, by-product proteins and alternative proteins bought on a stated protein and moisture basis.
How do buyers compare protein meal offers?
Compare offers on the same basis: the meal type and extraction process, the analysis basis and test methods on a certificate of analysis for the lot, processing-quality indicators where they apply (for soybean meal, both under- and over-processing tests), contaminant results, origin and the delivery term.
Procurement guidance, not nutritional or veterinary advice · Reviewed
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Product types (8)
- No supplier offer documented
Soybean Meal
The global reference vegetable protein for monogastric diets.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Dairy cattle · Fish & shrimp
- No supplier offer documented
Corn Gluten Meal
High-protein by-product of wet corn milling.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Fish & shrimp
- No supplier offer documented
DDGS (Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles)
Ethanol-industry co-product with balanced protein, fibre and residual fat. Cost-effective mid-protein ingredient for ruminants, swine and poultry.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Dairy cattle · Beef cattle · Fish & shrimp
- No supplier offer documented
Canola Meal
Extracted meal from low-glucosinolate canola/rapeseed.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Dairy cattle · Beef cattle · Fish & shrimp
- No supplier offer documented
Sunflower Meal
Solvent-extracted sunflower oilseed meal sold in grades that vary with dehulling. Buyers should contract the guaranteed analysis, moisture basis, origin, traceability and lot-level contaminant controls.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Dairy cattle · Beef cattle · Sheep & goats
- No supplier offer documented
Cottonseed Meal
Popular ruminant protein in cotton-growing regions.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Dairy cattle · Beef cattle · Sheep & goats · Fish & shrimp
- No supplier offer documented
Palm Kernel Meal
Widely used in Southeast Asian dairy and beef diets.
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Dairy cattle · Beef cattle · Sheep & goats
- No supplier offer documented
Fish Meal
Cooked, pressed and dried fish (primarily anchovy).
Typical uses (guide, not a supplier claim): Poultry · Pigs · Fish & shrimp · Pet food
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General buying considerations from the cited public sources — not supplier claims, nutrition values or advice on feeding animals. Confirm suitability with your nutritionist or veterinarian and with the supplier's documents for the specific lot.
Soybean meal
Best fit when: When the supplier can document that heat processing was adequate, with laboratory results.
Check carefully: Ask for both an under-processing indicator (urease activity) and an over-processing indicator (protein solubility); urease alone does not show over-processing.
Source: University of Georgia Poultry Extension — Soybean meal quality control
Dehulled (decorticated) sunflower meal
Best fit when: When your specification needs a sunflower meal with less hull and fibre.
Check carefully: State the dehulling grade and the analysis limits in the RFQ — fully, partially and non-decorticated meals have no clear separation between grades.
Source: Feedipedia — Sunflower meal
Mechanically pressed (expeller) sunflower meal
Best fit when: When you specifically want an oil-rich meal from mechanical pressing rather than solvent extraction.
Check carefully: Name the extraction process and a residual-oil limit, because pressed and solvent-extracted meals are different products.
Source: Feedipedia — Sunflower meal
Source notes: each row paraphrases the linked page (University of Georgia Poultry Extension — Soybean meal quality control; Feedipedia — Sunflower meal). Sources checked .
What a supplier must document
FeedMatch asks for these before an offer is presented to you. Anything a supplier has not documented stays marked as missing — it is never estimated.
- Certificate of analysis per lot (protein, moisture, fibre, fat)
- Origin and processing route
- Contaminant results where relevant (e.g. mycotoxins)
- Health or phytosanitary certificates where the route requires them