Edible oil cakes

Abstract

The very sustainability of the growing bioprocess industry depends on the progressive reduction of expensive nutrient inputs into fermentation media. The use of cheap agricultural and food-processing by-products such as oil cakes, as feedstock is highly favored so as to improve the commercial feasibility of bioprocess technology. Due to stringent nutritional requirements of these edible oil cakes as animal feed, there is considerable interest in using them as substrates in the fermentation industry. This chapter will provide an impetus to further research in this area enabling better utilization of edible oil cakes as sources of protein and carbohydrates for economic viability of the bioprocess industry. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009.