Soybean Molasses in Animal Nutrition
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animals Review Soybean Molasses in Animal Nutrition Sladjana Rakita 1,*, Vojislav Banjac 1 , Olivera Djuragic 1 , Federica Cheli 2,3 and Luciano Pinotti 2,3 1 Institute of Food Technology, University of Novi Sad, Bulevar cara Lazara 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia; vojislav.banjac@fins.uns.ac.rs (V.B.); olivera.djuragic@fins.uns.ac.rs (O.D.) 2 Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, VESPA, University of Milan, 20134 Milano, Italy; [email protected] (F.C.); [email protected] (L.P.) 3 CRC I-WE (Coordinating Research Centre: Innovation for Well-Being and Environment), University of Milan, 20134 Milan, Italy * Correspondence: sladjana.rakita@fins.uns.ac.rs; Tel.: +381-21-485-3808 Simple Summary: Soybean molasses is a by-product of the soybean processing industry that is accumulated in large quantities and usually disposed of like liquid manure or in landfills, thus causing severe ecological problems. At the same time, soybean molasses has a promising potential to be included regularly in animal diets because of its high nutritive value and functional properties. It is rich in sugars and is a cheap energy source for animals compared to other energy-rich feed ingredients. This paper reviews current knowledge on the valorization of soybean molasses as an alternative feed ingredient focusing on its composition and application in animal nutrition in general. Abstract: Concerning the increasing global demand for food and accumulation of huge amounts of biomass waste from the agro-food industry whose manipulation is usually inadequate, the potential of livestock to convert by-products as alternative feed ingredients into valuable proteins has been proposed as an outstanding option. Soybean molasses present a by-product of soybean protein concentrate production with low commercial cost but high nutritive and functional value. It is a rich source of soluble carbohydrates in the form of sugars and soybean phytochemicals. Therefore, this Citation: Rakita, S.; Banjac, V.; paper provides a review of published works about the production of soybean molasses, chemical Djuragic, O.; Cheli, F.; Pinotti, L. composition, and nutritive value. In addition, the possibility of the application of soybean molasses Soybean Molasses in Animal in animal nutrition as a pelleting aid and functional feed ingredient is also discussed. Special Nutrition. Animals 2021, 11, 514. attention is devoted to the influence of the inclusion of soybean molasses in the diets for ruminants, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020514 non-ruminants, and aquaculture on animal performance and health. Academic Editor: Teresa Manso Keywords: soybean molasses; food industry by-products; sustainable animal nutrition; alternative Received: 8 January 2021 feed ingredients; ruminants; pigs Accepted: 6 February 2021 Published: 16 February 2021 Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral 1. Introduction with regard to jurisdictional claims in Global demand for food is constantly increasing and it is driven by both population published maps and institutional affil- growth and a rise in consumption in developing regions due to increased living standards. iations. As the global resources are limited, changes in approach are required, i.e., a shift from linear to more efficient circular agro-food systems. Maximizing circularity and cascading effects between crops, livestock, and the food industry will help to produce animal products with fewer edible resources and less environmental impact thus maximizing the global Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. efficiency of the food systems (Figure1). To achieve this goal, non-human-edible biomass Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. from the food production process can be valorized as by-products of the food chain. Using This article is an open access article the potential of livestock to convert inedible products/alternative feed to valuable proteins distributed under the terms and is necessary for optimal utilization of biomass components across industries [1]. conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). Animals 2021, 11, 514. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020514 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals Animals 2021Animals, 11, x 2021FOR, PEER11, 514 REVIEW 2 of 15 2 of 15 Figure 1. From a linear to a circular agro-food system (Source [1]). Figure 1. From a linear to a circular agro-food system (Source [1]). 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