About Protein Mulberry Leaves Drying Technology Application

Writer： admin Time：2019-07-30 16:31 Browse：℃

The leaves of mulberry are mainly used as food for the silkworms and they are some times eaten as vegetable or used as cattle fodder in different parts of the world. Mulberry leaves contain moisturizer from 71.13 to 76.68%, protein from 4.72 to 9.96%. While after dried, the moisture content of mulberry leaves decreases 5.11 to 7.24%, 15.31 to 30.91% for protein. Also, they are very good source of ascorbic acid, β-carotene, antioxidant components, which includes rutin. Mulberry leaves are nontoxic natural therapeutic agents known to possess antidiabetic,antimicrobial,antimutagenic, antioxidant, anticancer, anxiolytic, anthelmintic, antistress, immunomodulatory, hypocholesterolemic, nephroprotective, hepatoprotectiveactivities. Therefore, mulberry is of great medicinal value, which can be used in poultry nutrition by revealing the important Pharmacological activities.

Poultry industry is very important sector that provides the cheapest animal protein source for human consumption within the shortest production period. Poultry industry is highly dependent on the feed price because of feed costs have a major proportion ranging between 60-70% of poultry production costs. In view of these circumstances, alternative feed sources seeking instead of especially expensive protein sources like soybean meal and fish meal have accelerated in recent years.

To dry mulberry leaves fast and get more benefits, the three layers rotary dryer is the best choice, which is high efficiency and environment friendly. To know more about the mulberry leaves drying technology, contact with us!