Fruit processing by-products in the aquafeed industry: A feasible strategy for aquaculture sustainability
The aquaculture sector is steadily growing due to the increasing demand for healthy and cheap animal protein sources. Consequently, the high demand for nutritionally balanced aquafeed increases, but requires sustainable and feasible feed ingredients. However, the high cost of fish and soybean mea...
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John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
2025
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| Online Access: | http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/21728 |
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| Summary: | The aquaculture sector is steadily growing due to the increasing demand for healthy
and cheap animal protein sources. Consequently, the high demand for nutritionally
balanced aquafeed increases, but requires sustainable and feasible feed ingredients.
However, the high cost of fish and soybean meals opens the door to looking for suitable
non-traditional feed ingredients. The processing of fruits results in high amounts
of waste and by-products, which are risky for the environment but rich in nutritional
value. Recycling fruit waste in aquafeed is successfully applied and results in high
growth performance, productivity and well-being of aquatic animals. Fruit byproducts
are also potential functional feed additives devoted to their high content of
polyphenols, flavonoids, vitamins, minerals, polysaccharides and peptides. As functional
components, fruit by-products enhance the antioxidative and immune
responses of aquatic animals and increase their tolerance for biotic and abiotic
stressors. In light of reducing antimicrobial chemicals in aquaculture to mitigate antimicrobial
resistance, dietary feed additives extracted from fruit by-products can be
used as eco-friendly substances. The investigations involved in evaluating the incorporation
of fruit by-products and their derivatives in aquafeeds are explored in this
review. An overview of the possibility of using non-traditional plant products in aquaculture
as a feasible and sustainable concept is addressed in this review. Academic
knowledge with enough information for more development and research to maximise
the utilisation of fruit by-products in the aquafeed industry is also enriched. |
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