| ABSTRACT |
The significant increase in demand for livestock products in recent years in developing countries has required an increase in animal and human food supply. The importance of protein as food nutrient cannot be ignored because its deficiency can cause various malnutrition problems. This demands, search for new proteinaceous food sources, with high nutritional value, economically feasible and locally available. Microbial proteins or bioprotein (protein derived from micro-organisms) nowadays, become one of the most promising breakthroughs of bioprocess innovations that can be produced using a number of different substrates from low carbon cost, high energy source and agricultural wastes. This will certainly can increase the availability of affordable quality proteins but also can reduce dependence on animal proteins
Coconut dregs has the potential to be a novel substrate as a cheaper carbon sourse in a production of bioprotein with high fiber and protein content through the incorporation of selected fungus, with careful formulation through fermentation process called Oligo-Fortified RecipeTM. The novel incorporation of this fungus had increased the protein contain of the feed and as much as developed into a value-added supplement for feed activities. This discovery can beneficial in producing large quantity of nutritional bioprotein from agricultural waste which can also contribute to fulfill the protein demand of the world¿s ever increasing population. Abundant supply of quality protein will certainly improve the quality of human and animal life on the earth, presently also in times to come.
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