Description
Palm oil processing produces waste that can be reprocessed as a product that is beneficial to humans. One of them is the palm kernel expeller which is agroindustrial waste resulting from palm oil processing.
In unused coconut shells, there are parts of palm oil cake that can be reused. Processing of coconut cake is usually used for bio flavor or nutritional content that can be used as animal feed.
This coconut cake will be processed into food that can be used for livestock. Starting from broiler chickens to laying hens. Usually, this coconut cake is used in chicken farms.
Oil produced from palm kernel will be mixed with commercial multi enzymes. This enzyme can increase metabolic energy which is usually contained in rations used for animal feed.
Uses of Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE)
Every part of the oil palm has a very good content and is beneficial for the environment. If palm kernel shells are usually used as alternate fuel or biomass, then the oil palm shells can be useful for the livestock industry.
Palm oil cake contains nutrients that can improve the digestion of livestock. Moreover, the enzymes in it can be used to facilitate animals in digesting fat, protein, and energy metabolism.
The kernels are produced after the pulp separation process during processing in the palm oil mill. So palm kernel is a seed that also contains high-quality oil.
The shape of PKE is usually similar to a powder similar to soil. However, this powder is very useful for animal feed.
Indonesia also exports PKE to various countries that require large amounts of animal feed, such as New Zealand, Vietnam, China, and Thailand.
To produce healthy livestock, livestock owners usually mix food rations with PKE. The goal is none other than to get nutrients from oil palm which are useful for adding amino acids to the body of livestock.
This amino acid is very useful for the digestion of livestock. If the livestock has a healthy body and good digestion, then the livestock can be sold at a fairly high price.
The standard feed of chicken farmers usually uses PKE to be more efficient and the chickens get the right nutrition. Because PKE also contains high-quality oil which contains the following:
- Moisture Content 8.00%
- Impurity Content 8.00%
- Color Changing Rate 40.00%
- Broken Core Rate 15 – 20%
- Palm kernel oil content 46.00%
- Palm oil ALB content of 2.00%
It can be concluded that PKE still contains palm kernel oil even almost 50%. Of course, palm oil contains nutrients that are useful in increasing enzymes in the digestive system.
Many breeders use rations and PKE from Indonesia because of the best quality and undamaged nutritional content. This is what makes livestock in various countries healthier and has a high selling value.
Palm kernel expeller becomes agro-industry waste that is beneficial for all livestock which is healthier and has excellent digestive systems. Indonesia has also succeeded in exporting PKE to various countries in the world which have the largest animal farms.
