Use of vital wheat gluten in aquaculture
feeds
Emmanuelle Apper-Bossard*
, Aurélien Feneuil, Anne Wagner and Frédérique
Respondek
Summary
In aquaculture, when alternative protein sources of Fish Meal (FM) in diets are investigated, Plant
Proteins (PP) can...
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Use of vital wheat gluten in aquaculture
feeds
Emmanuelle Apper-Bossard*
, Aurélien Feneuil, Anne Wagner and Frédérique
Respondek
Summary
In aquaculture, when alternative protein sources of Fish Meal (FM) in diets are investigated, Plant
Proteins (PP) can be used. Among them, Vital Wheat Gluten (VWG) is a proteinaceous material
obtained from wheat after starch extraction. “It is mainly composed of two types of proteins,
gliadins and glutenins, which confer specific visco-elasticity that’s to say ability to form a network
providing suitable binding. This will lead to specific technological properties that are notably
relevant to extruded feeds”. Besides these properties, VWG is a high-protein ingredient with an
interesting amino-acid profile. Whereas it is rather low in lysine, it contains more sulfur amino
acids than other PP sources and it is high in glutamine, which is known to improve gut health and
modulate immunity. VWG is a protein source with one of the highest nitrogen digestib
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