Standard Soybean Composition Specifications

Soybean Flakes and 44% Protein Soybean Meal are produced by cracking, heating and flaking soybeans and reducing the oil content of the conditioned product by the use of hexane or homologous hydrocarbon solvents. The extracted flakes are cooked and marketed as such or ground into meal. Standard specifications are as follows.

Soybean Flakes and High Protein or Solvent Extracted Soybean Meal are produced by cracking, heating and flaking dehulled soybeans and reducing the oil content of the conditioned flakes by the use of hexane or homologous hydrocarbon solvents. The extracted flakes are cooked and marketed as such or ground into meal. Standard specifications are as follows.

Soybean Meal Composition Data

Soybean meal is a fairly consistent feed ingredient; therefore these average values should be of value in programming feed formulation computers. Some of the major feed formulators will analyze each lot of soybean meal for key nutrients. This provides accurate information on nutrient levels but adds to the cost of feed formulation. Many feed formulators will use a combination of average table values for some nutrients, selective sourcing their soybean meal and upgrading their ingredient database as new values are developed.