Fish hydrolysate

Fish hydrolysate

Fish hydrolysate, in its simplest form, is ground up fish carcasses. After the usable portions are removed for human consumption, the remaining fish body, (which means the guts, bones, cartilage, scales, meat, etc.), is put into water and ground up. Some fish hydrolysate is ground more finely than others so more bone material is able to remain suspended. Enzymes may also be used to solubilize bones, scale and meat. If the larger chunks of bone and scales are screened out, calcium or protein, or mineral content may be lacking in the finished product form. If purchasing fish hydrolysate for agricultural applications, one should look at the label carefully for the concentration of mineral elements in the liquid. Some fish hydrolysates have been made into a dried product, but most of the oil is left behind in this process, which means a great deal of the fungal-food component would be lacking. [Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Volume 40, Issue 1 January 2000 , pp. 43-81.]

Bycatch

New technologies that have increased fishing efficiency have also resulted in the taking of species or sizes not suitable for market, known as bycatch. An increased catch of unsaleable whole fish has resulted from the increased bycatch of the fishing industry. These fish are often dumped overboard at sea, but are also brought into port in the holds of fishing boats. This has spurred an incentive to find a market for the bycatch in order to lower the cost of production.

tabilizers

The liquid fish hydrolysate process minces the whole fish, then enzymatically digests, then grinds and liquifies the resulting product, known as gurry. Because it is a cold process, gurry putrefies more rapidly than fish emulsion and needs to be stabilized at a lower pH, requiring more acid. Researchers have tried formic acid, sulfuric acid, and others. Formic acid had phytotoxic effects on plants. Phosphoric acid is the preferred stabilizer. [Brian Baker, "Plant Nutrition from the Sea", Farmer to Farmer 16 (Sept./Oct. 1996), available online at [http://www.noamkelp.com/nutrition.html] .]

Comparison with fish emulsion

If fish hydrolysate is heated, the oils and certain proteins can be more easily removed to be sold in purified forms. The complex protein, carbohydrate and fats in the fish material are denatured, which means they are broken down into less complex foods. Over-heating can result in destruction of the material as a food to grow beneficial organisms. Once the oils are removed and proteins denatured and simplified by the heating process, this material is called a fish emulsion. The hydrolysate process has substantially lower capital and production costs compared to fish emulsion production. [Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Volume 40, Issue 1 January 2000 , pp. 43-81.]

References

External links

* [http://home.earthlink.net/~frakoeps/fertilizersite/WhyLFF.htm Why Hydrolized Fish Protein Fertilizer?]
* [http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0495e/w0495E04.htm Freshwater Fish Processing - Equipment and Examples of Technological Lines]

Further reading

* Hordur G. Kristinsson & Barabar A. Rasco, "Fish Protein Hydrolysates: Production, Biochemical, and Functional Properties" pp. 43-81, 40 Institute for Food Science and Technology 1(University of Washington 2000).


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