RAPID OVER-COOKING
AND BY-PASS PROTEIN TESTING
PRO-CHEK is a simple mini-test kit to measure By-Pass
Protein (Undegradable Intake Protein, UIP) in roasted full-fat
oilseed meals and, in combination with SOY-CHEK,
to determine the point of overcooking for roasted full-fat soybean
meals for poultry, swine and other monogastric animals.
Proteins and enzymes act like tiny cellular fixed-point
thermometers. They have distinct inactivation points for each
temperature / moisture / time combination. Residual enzyme activity
correlates to the amount of cooking achieved. One key enzyme in
roasted full-fat oilseed meals inactivates in the same narrow
temperature range as optimum By-Pass Protein or UIP generation. PRO-CHEK
measures that activity compared to a color chart for a rapid, easy
visual test without service lab or expensive protein testing.
PRO-CHEK is a self-contained field kit that measure by-pass protein
or UIP potential of roasted full-fat soybean and cottonseed meals.
The results correlate to both animal and lab by-pass protein tests.
PRO-CHEK is not affected by gossypol or other protease inhibitors in
oilseed meals that interfere with some enzyme based by-pass lab
tests but steam or moist heat processes and non-uniform dry roasting
invalidate PRO-CHEK tests.
PRO-CHEK can be used also to evaluate full-fat roasted soybeans
after all the urease activity has been destroyed. For example, if
SOY-CHEK is negative but 100% of the soybean particles are PRO-CHEK
active, then the soybeans are roasted correctly to that narrow line
between under and overcooking. If SOY-CHEK negative samples are less
than 100% PR0-CHEK active, they are potentially overcooked for swine
and poultry. Thus overcooking can be determined rapidly and at
minimal cost.
PRO-CHEK uses a simple 5-point visual color scale that is so easy to
read that anyone can test feed quality in less that 15 minutes! PRO-CHEK
is very cost effective and you can carry your "testing
lab" in your shirt pocket. Add PRO-CHEK to SOY-CHEK
for complete evaluation of roasted soybeans.
SPECIAL OFFERS!
SOY-CHEK/PRO-CHEK PACKAGE
for a limited time, we are offering...
2 - 16 oz. bottles of SOY-CHEK and
1 PRO-CHEK kit
for $250.00 plus shipping.
(for domestic customers only)
OR
PRO-CHEK kits for $150.00 each
with the purchase of a case of SOY-CHEK
Contact us for additional information.
Consulting, new product research and
development, and food and feed microscopy services are
available through the laboratory at ALTECA
LTD.
To Contact Us:
LSB Products, a division of ALTECA Ltd.
731 McCall Road, Manhattan, KS 66502, U.S.A.
Tel: (785) 537-9773, Fax: (785) 537-1800
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This page was last updated on 05/07/08
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