Comments on: Fish feed set to lure lupin growers http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/ Significant Aquaculture Innovation Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: chuck http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/#comment-241 chuck Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:45:29 +0000 http://finfish.org/?p=334#comment-241 Based on Dr. Brett Glencross <a href="//www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/ResAquaNutEnviron/ResAquaNutEnvironPage09.php?0400]“" rel="nofollow">work</a> at Fisheries Dept. there are some extra advantages to using lupins in aquaculture as opposed to competiting plant protein sources like soy. While only slightly higher in protein than soy, the fatty acid profile of lupins may be of particular interest to human health. The ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids in food sources is slowly becoming a major issue in human nutrition. Omega 3 acids generally excellent for human health while omega 6 fatty acids have been implicated in a range of health problems like heart disease. This has a carry on effect as there is growing concern that some fish varieties fed plant based protein with high omega 6 content could potentially be <a href="//www.news-medical.net/?id=39831“" rel="nofollow">dangerous</a> to humans. Soy has a higher ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids compared to all varieties of lupins, with the luteus variety of lupins have the lowest ratio. As this issue continues to grow in recognition, this may a reason for justifying using lupins in greater ammounts in aquaculture. Based on Dr. Brett Glencross work at Fisheries Dept. there are some extra advantages to using lupins in aquaculture as opposed to competiting plant protein sources like soy.

While only slightly higher in protein than soy, the fatty acid profile of lupins may be of particular interest to human health.

The ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 fatty acids in food sources is slowly becoming a major issue in human nutrition. Omega 3 acids generally excellent for human health while omega 6 fatty acids have been implicated in a range of health problems like heart disease.

This has a carry on effect as there is growing concern that some fish varieties fed plant based protein with high omega 6 content could potentially be dangerous to humans.

Soy has a higher ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids compared to all varieties of lupins, with the luteus variety of lupins have the lowest ratio.

As this issue continues to grow in recognition, this may a reason for justifying using lupins in greater ammounts in aquaculture.

]]> By: Liz Meredith http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/#comment-231 Liz Meredith Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:04:01 +0000 http://finfish.org/?p=334#comment-231 All food sources very high in protein lower apetite. It's how the Atkins and South Beach diets work... What do you mean, off topic?! All food sources very high in protein lower apetite. It’s how the Atkins and South Beach diets work…

What do you mean, off topic?!

]]> By: Mark Pontifex http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/#comment-225 Mark Pontifex Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:14:19 +0000 http://finfish.org/?p=334#comment-225 Greg Yeah they are doing some great things with lupins, turning it into flour, that then ends up as bread mainly or also biscuits, plus a few other smaller things. Bodhi's Bakery down in Fremantle do up a lupin bread and they supply most IGA's, if your's doesnt supply them ask them to. There are plenty of benefits of adding lupins into diet, the best one in my own belief though is that it lowers your appetite, so you won't eat as much, but there is plenty of research if you want to read some more on it. Greg

Yeah they are doing some great things with lupins, turning it into flour, that then ends up as bread mainly or also biscuits, plus a few other smaller things. Bodhi’s Bakery down in Fremantle do up a lupin bread and they supply most IGA’s, if your’s doesnt supply them ask them to. There are plenty of benefits of adding lupins into diet, the best one in my own belief though is that it lowers your appetite, so you won’t eat as much, but there is plenty of research if you want to read some more on it.

]]> By: Greg http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/#comment-223 Greg Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:29:38 +0000 http://finfish.org/?p=334#comment-223 Hi Mark, plenty of minds at work on the lupin issue. Gather you would have knowledge of these people- Irwin Valley Pty Ltd, www.irwinvalley.com.au. They are doing some interesting things with lupins for human consumption- may be worth a follow up later in the project. Hi Mark, plenty of minds at work on the lupin issue. Gather you would have knowledge of these people- Irwin Valley Pty Ltd, http://www.irwinvalley.com.au.
They are doing some interesting things with lupins for human consumption- may be worth a follow up later in the project.

]]> By: martinl http://finfish.org/blog/fish-feed-set-to-lure-lupin-growers/#comment-212 martinl Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://finfish.org/?p=334#comment-212 An article about a trial related to this is available here: http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/groundcover?item_id=publication-issue64&article_id=482BE5CCFCCDFFDAA93A49E459EC299C "Western Australia's aspirations for a grainsbased aquaculture industry were put in the spotlight when a new high-protein lupin variety, Coromup, was released recently. To mark the occasion, the WA Minister for Agriculture and Food, Kim Chance, fed pellets containing the new lupin to a school of yellowfin tuna, whose subsequent feeding frenzy gave officials and plant breeders - and photographers - the splash they had hoped for..." An article about a trial related to this is available here:

http://www.grdc.com.au/director/events/groundcover?item_id=publication-issue64&article_id=482BE5CCFCCDFFDAA93A49E459EC299C

“Western Australia’s aspirations for a grainsbased aquaculture industry were put in the spotlight when a new high-protein lupin variety, Coromup, was released recently. To mark the occasion, the WA Minister for Agriculture and Food, Kim Chance, fed pellets containing the new lupin to a school of yellowfin tuna, whose subsequent feeding frenzy gave officials and plant breeders - and photographers - the splash they had hoped for…”

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