Soybean products are the most important sources of protein and energy in livestock feeds for many animals. Soybeans have a good amino acids profile, with a high content of lysine, tryptophan, isoleucine, valine, and threonine . Soy protein is also of the highest quality. This means that the quality of soy protein is equal to that of meat and milk proteins. Incorporating soybeans and its byproducts in the rations for livestock is a fairly common practice. They are an excellent source of essential amino acids.

Raw soybeans contain several anti-nutritional factors that may result in some deterioration in the protein & fat portion of the beans. These enzymes include lipase and lipoxidase. Raw soybeans also contain the enzyme urease. Raw soybeans do contain a trypsin inhibitor and possibly other antienzymes, which may reduce protein digestion and utilization. These enzymes can be destroyed by proper heat treatment of raw soybeans. Soybean Oil Meal is produced by mechanically squeezing out the oil. Less oil is removed in this process and the soybean oil meal is left over by 7-8% of oil.

During the process of squeezing oil from beans adequate amount of heat is produced in soybean oil meal due to which anti-nutritional factors present in raw beans are readily destroyed . Soybean Oil Meal is palatable, nutrient dense, high in digestibility, and a relatively consistent source of protein and Fat. It has an excellent amino acid profile. It is a concentrated source of protein and energy and is lower in fiber than soybean meal.

Because this product contains more oil compared to solvent-extracted soybean meal, the energy value is higher and animals find it more palatable because of less dustiness and fines. Heat produced during manufacturing of the product initiates chemical reactions between sugars and amino acids, due to which value of rumen undegradable protein increases. An average RUP value as a percent of crude protein for properly heated soybeans is 50%.The main objective of the process is to achieve even heating and allowing the beans to be steeped or held without cooling for additional time.

#	Nutrients	Soybean Oil Meal
1.	Metabolizable Energy	2500%
2.	Crude Protein	44%
3.	Crude Fiber	< 4%
4.	Crude Fat	07%
5.	Moisture	< 8%
6.	Sand & Silica	< 0.5%
7.	Urease Activity	< 0.20%
8.	Lysine	2.65
9.	Methionine	0.62
10.	Threonine	1.85
11.	Cystine	0.91