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VOL. 6, ISSUE 1 (2024)
Production of organic compost for plats and extraction of protein for animal feed from tea powder waste
Authors
Gaurav Bhagwat, Prashant Ghule, Milita Vanjare, Vaishnavi Magar, Shraddha Deokar
Abstract
India is second largest producer in Tea production, since ancient times
Indian people consume tea as their most favorite beverage as is affordable.
India is also known as "Chai Country" as 72% people regularly consume
tea. On this rate of consumption, we can determine how much of waste is
generated by tea powder. This tea powder contains proteins and tannins. As
proteins are important nutrients in the animal feed animal husbandry. India is
developing country there are many occupations practiced and from all of these
is practiced on large scale, which is generating high demand for feed. So we
can extract proteins from tea waste which can be used as source of high protein
feed for animals. Fermentation by Aspergillus niger can significantly
increase the protein availability and digestibility of tea waste, making it a
suitable and sustainable protein source for cattle feed. Different fermentation
conditions (temperature, pH, substrate concentration, and Aspergillus niger
strain) will be optimized to maximize protein availability and digestibility. Tea
waste contains 6.3% tannic acid which affects protein metabolism. Hence, we
have to first eliminate tannic acid from this waste then we can extract the
proteins from tea powder waste. Tea leaves contain high concentrations of
antioxidants such as polyphenols, minerals, and vitamins which can improve
animal health. Factory tea waste which contains tannic acid is one of the
limiting factors for the utilization of this byproduct in livestock feeding. As
tea powder waste is great source of animal feed but it can also serve as good
source of organic compost as well.
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Pages:20-23
How to cite this article:
Gaurav Bhagwat, Prashant Ghule, Milita Vanjare, Vaishnavi Magar, Shraddha Deokar "Production of organic compost for plats and extraction of protein for animal feed from tea powder waste". International Journal of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Vol 6, Issue 1, 2024, Pages 20-23
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