Precision Fishmeal Replacer
AQUA-PAK™ Precision Fishmeal Replacer
AQUA-PAK™ Shrimp Feed Concentrate
A precision formulated, remarkably uniform, 65% protein and 13% fat, feed
concentrate for shrimp. Designed to stop leaching, Early Mortality Syndrome, and
wasted feed, it is a hightly effective alternative for use in formulating shrimp feeds.
Its proprietary formulation includes: high quality protein sources, lecithin, proven
attractants, fish oil, monocalcium phosphate, leaching protected-crystalline amino
acids, and antioxidants.
H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc.
415 N. McKinley, Suite 750
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)664-4870
hjbaker.com
Exceptional nutrient value
Proven feeding attractant increased consumption
Health additive effectively reduces mortality
Lowers leaching by 40% - feed lasts longer
AQUA-PAK™ Shrimp Feed Concentrate is recommended with soybean meal, starch
(e.g., wheat flour), locally available feed ingredients and vitamin and mineral
premixesto make final rations varying from 25% to 45% in dietary protein. It creates
value for users through economic performance and convenience.
PRODUCT FORM AND PACKAGING Ground to a uniform free-flowing product; 25 kg and 1 MT packing.
FEATURES
NUTRITIONAL
BALANCER
ADVANCED
FISHMEAL
ANALOGUE
MORE THAN JUST
A FISHMEAL
ANALOGUE
CONVENIENCE
BALANCED,
MULTI-PROTEIN
SOURCES
BENEFITS
•Recommended to be mixed with soybean meal, wheat flour, other locally available feed ingredients and vitamin and mineral
premixes (and binder, if needed) to make nutritionally complete 25-45% protein feeds
•Provides a flexible, convenient and cost-effective alternative to complete shrimp feeds to fit producers’ needs
•Can be mixed with 44% or higher protein soybean meal and other feed ingredients, premixes additives such as pigments,
immunostimulants, organic acids, essential oils, and organic minerals
•Allows for phase feeding—inclusive level can be reduced with advancing shrimp weight and maturity
•Clear substantial flexibility in use of local, acceptable feedstuffs
•Allows full use of present mixing and processing equipment
•Provides an economical, alternative way of feeding shrimp
•Provides an alternative, affordable, consistent high quality protein source for shrimp
•Uses the highest quality ingredients to help meet nutrient needs of shrimp
•Ingredients are selected for quality and digestibility to ensure nutrients are optimized for growth while being water stable
•Helps relieve pressure on a limited resource such as fishmeal as a protein source. A lower cost, more sustainable
alternative to fishmeal
•Helps reduce feed costs at a time when minimizing production costs is urgent
•Helps complement and enhance the quality of other ration protein sources (e.g., soybean meal)
• No anti-nutritional factors; no complex carbohydrates
•Contains lecithin, attractants, fish oil, leaching resistant-amino acids.
•All materials and final formulation are monitored for freshness and appropriate quality parameters
•Includes ingredients thoroughly tested for biological availability, palatability, and economic value
•Reduces risk of lower performance caused by ingredient nutrient variability
• Incorporates lecithin and fish oil
•Eliminates capital, storage bins, and labor required for individual ingredient sourcing
•Reduces ingredient inventory minimizes and reduces labor requirements for their use.
•Combination of non-vegetable protein sources to help achieve ideal amino acid levels
• Consistent nutrient content
•Flexible ingredient formulation with consistent protein level and constant nutrient content
• Nutrient bioavailability is not compromised
FLEXIBLE,
VERSATILE
APPLICATIONS
•Meets a wide range of site-specific needs at a competitive price
•Helps meet a broad range of nutrition needs, performance expectations and economic considerations
•Recommended inclusion levels allow tailoring of different final ration protein levels and nutritional composition
• Can make final rations varying from 25% to 45% protein
•Optimizes cost-effective performance under different culture needs and conditions, management situations and changing
market conditions
•Un-medicated to allow local, responsible use of any needed drugs as prescribed by a local veterinarian
•Offers a viable alternative to complete feeds when making business-based feed decisions..
•An alternative option when labor and processing equipment are available
• Capitalizes on locally available feedstuffs
•Flexibility regarding additional ration ingredients and ration modifications
• Lowers freight and warehousing expenses
•Easy and convenient to mix with other final ration ingredients.
• High confidence of a uniformly nutritious ingredient
• Assurance of a consistent more predictable product
•Textured, non-hygroscopic, anti-static form minimizes excess dust and clumping while maintaining flowability
•Protects against over-enrichment of water with nitrogen and reduces environmental concerns
• Short-time, high temperature treatment adds security for professionals concerned with ingredient hygiene
• Addresses bio-security concerns of today’s production needs
USE OF
COMPLEX
INGREDIENTS
•Includes ingredients thoroughly tested for biological availability, palatability, and economic value
•Contains specialty ingredients not normally inventoried at manufacturing sites (e.g., lecithin, , cholesterol, attractants)
• Lowers freight, inventory, and warehousing expenses
•Results in greater confidence of making a nutritionally balanced and complete feed
• Maximizes response to performance challenges
FORMULATED
ON THE
FUNDAMENTAL
“IDEAL PROTEIN”
(IP) CONCEPT
•There is an optimal dietary essential amino acid (EAA) pattern/ratio that closely corresponds to shrimp’s needs
•A final mixed ration uses a combination of intact proteins and crystalline amino acids to satisfy EAA requirements without
wasteful and costly excesses or performance-harming deficiencies
•More precise alignment of EAA supplied with EAA requirements
• Improves shrimp’s nitrogen utilization
•More environmentally friendly; less potentially troublesome excess nitrogen frequently associated with water quality concerns.
•Maintains (or enhances) shrimp performance at a lower cost.
FEATURES
COMPETITIVELY
PRICED
LIPIDS
ATTRACTANTS
ADDED LECITHIN
BENEFITS
•Provides superior value with the assurance of nutritional consistency and affordable performance
• Greater potential return on feed ingredient investment
•Provides fats, phospholipids, long chain fatty acids phospholipids and sterols
•Provides concentrated and highly digestible sources of energy essential for normal function and growth
•Provides highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA) and phospholipids
•Vital, given that shrimp have limited ability to synthesize HUFA
•A source of essential fatty acids (linoleic, linolenic, EPA, and DHA)
• Source of optimal ratio of n-3 to n-6 fatty acids
•Enhances palatability ensuring early consumption and maximum intake
•Provides a complex mixture of low molecular weight attractant compounds that relieves pressure on marine proteins
traditionally used as attractants.
•Provides essential phospholipids
• Enhances absorption of dietary cholesterol
•Incorporated for convenience
•Fluid form is difficult to store, handle, and add at some mill sites
SOURCE OF
CHOLESTEROL
•Meets an absolute requirement for cholesterol, which shrimp are unable to synthesize
• Precursor of steroid hormones
SOURCE OF
NUCLEOTIDES
•Central ingredients provide basic building blocks of nucleic acids
• Plays a key role in cell division, cell growth, and modulation of the immune system
• Are needed to respond to immunological challenges
• Are especially critical for rapidly growing shrimp
PROTECTED
CRYSTALLINE AMINO
ACIDS (AA) Premix
MOLD INHIBITORS,
PRESERVATIVES,
ANTIOXIDANTS
TESTED AND FIELD
PROVEN
CONTRIBUTES
LITTLE CRUDE FIBER
PACKAGING
•Contains highly digestible synthetic amino acids to improve AA balance
• Lipid protected amino acid premix reduces leaching
• More precisely defined AA levels reduce nitrogen excretion/waste
• Protects against over-enrichment of water with nitrogen and reduces environmental concerns
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Added as an extra safety measure
Minimize degradation of active ingredients
Preserve ingredient quality and lengthen shelf life
Critical for shrimp feed ingredients; many conventional ingredients tend to deteriorate quickly
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Modern manufacturing and nutrition technology, high flexibility, and top performance
Mix and feed with total confidence and peace of mind
Incorporates extensive data and years of invaluable field experience
Strongly and proudly supported by knowledge, experience, and research
Nutrition technology, concepts and refinements founded on experience, observations, diverse customer base, and a lasting
commitment to valued customers
• H.J. Baker’s reputation rests on a steadfast pursuit of products and programs that meet a wide variety of producer needs
• Low in crude fiber, very digestible
• High fiber (lignin, cellulose, hemi-cellulose, and pentosans) increases fecal output; adding to environment (water) pollution
• Improves water stability
• S
pecially packaged in convenient and attractive 25 kg polypropylene bags with an inner polyethylene liner
and 1 MT bulk packing
• Retards moisture’s inward migration
• Designed to seal in and retain freshness and attractants and reduce oxidation
ALLOW ADEQUATE
MIXING TIME
• Mixing time of 15 minutes recommended to disperse particles and achieve uniform nutrient distribution
• Observe mixer manufacturer’s rated mixing time for successful blending
ADVICE/GUIDANCE
• Mix and pelletize as recommended by the H.J. Baker representative
• Trained, responsive professionals are available and eager to examine and understand producer’s nutrition needs and to provide
valuable economical feed program solutions
• Easy to have AQUA-PAK™ Shrimp Concentrate be a prominent component of your business plan
INGREDIENT STORAGE AND USE
TABLE 2 Typical
Ingredient quality can deteriorate rapidly if not properly
stored. Losses can occur if rodent and insect infestations
are not well controlled. Enhance ingredient shelf-life by
avoiding prolonged storage, particularly under adverse
heat, humidity, and direct sunlight conditions. Product best
used within 6 months of purchase.
Analysis of AQUA-PAK™
Moisture (max.)
12.0%
Protein (min.)
65.0%
Fat (min.)
13.0%
Fiber (max.)
1.0%
Ash (max.)
13.0%
Maintain ingredient quality by following these guidelines:
Calcium (max.)
2.0%
• Store in a dry and well ventilated area protected from
rodents and insects
Phosphorus (min.)
1.8%
Lysine (min.)
5.0%
• Store on pallets, not more than 10 bags high
Methionine (min.)
2.0%
HUFA (min.)
3.0%
Phospholipids (min.)
2.9%
Cholesterol (min.)
0.28%
Salmonella
Nil
Plate count (cfu/g)
<1 x 104
Free of live insects
at time of loading
• Do not store directly on concrete floors in contact with
concrete walls
• Do not store in direct sunlight
Ingredient best used within 6 months of purchase. Lipid
quality may deteriorate with time.
Spoiled, moldy, or old ingredient should not be used.
Economic loss from feeding spoiled, moldy, or old ingredient
may be larger than from discarding the ingredient.
TABLE 1 E
xample formulas* for mixing AQUA-PAK™ with
other ingredients to obtain nutritionally balanced
shrimp feeds of varying protein content.
RATION PROTEIN (%)
32
36
42
AQUA-PAK™ Shrimp Concentrate
15
27.3
21.5
Wheat flour
Soybean meal 48
Binder
25.0
45.0
0.5
33.0
30.8
0.5
23.9
40.0
0.5
Fish Oil
3.5
3.0
2.9
Mineral premix
Vitamin premix
0.1
0.15
0.1
0.15
0.1
0.15
Total
100
100
100
Fish Meal
Infestation
TABLE 3 Physical
Color
Dark
Aroma
Not commercially offensive
Texture/
physical form
Grind is uniform; flowable
8.1
*Examples presented here should be considered as only general; they may
not apply to your specific situation. All final recommendations should
be made by a professional familiar with your needs, conditions, and
management circumstances.
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Properties
Stability
100% passes a _____ mm screen.
No more than _____% retained
on a ____mm screen
Preservatives added
Best if used before 6 months
Other
Non-hygroscopic; antistatic