About 40 to 60% of the fruit intake ends up as waste in the mango processing factories. This fruit waste consists of 12-15%, 5-10% pulp waste and 15-20% mango seed kernel. Waste of mango can be used for making cattle feed commercially. Major waste like mango seed kernel is a good source of carbohydrate.
Drying of mango kernels and peel can make a high class energy food for animal feed. Cake left after the extraction of kernel oil could substitute for wheat and maize flour in animal feed as it is a good source of many essential amino acids.
There was a study conducted on poultry that a mixture of maize meal and mango kernel flour to the extent of 20% had no detrimental effect on the development of chickens.
Dried kernels can be fed as such to animal without any further treatment of processing. Mango peel is also suitable as a supplement in fish food.
Using mango waste as animal feed
