Soy Lecithin application in aquaculture

The Soy Lecithin (including soy lecithin oil and deoiled soy lecithin) is currently authorized for use as a feed additive in feedingstuffs for all animal species with no minimum and maximum content.

Soy Lecithin is known to be a consistent source of phospholipids to various aquatic species such as shellfishes, lobsters, krill, shrimps, and fishes. Lecithin has an interactive application in the intestinal absorption of cholesterol, which helps improve the growth and survival of aquaculture species.

Some samples of application in aquaculture feed

  • Improve survival rate of aquaculture species.
  • Improves the growth rate of aquaculture species.
  • Improves feed utilization efficiency.
  • Source of bio-available phospholipids.
  • Energy source.
  • Reduce the leaching of water-soluble nutrients.
  • Natural antioxidant.

Conditions of use

The Feed additive Soy Lecithin is intended to be used in feedingstuffs for all animal species with no minimum or maximum content. However, the applicant proposed use levels of 1,000–10,000 mg/kg complete feedingstuffs for all animal species. Only for shrimps, the highest proposed inclusion level corresponds to 20,000 mg/kg complete feed.

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