Brassica Juncea (Canola) is a new yellow-seeded canola quality oilseed from the mustard family that provides higher protein and reduced fibre

The BioExx Juncea (Canola) Extracted Meal is one of the first protein meal products to take advantage of this oilseed. This product is a new generation protein meal that results from a gentler, lower temperature oil extraction from Brassica Juncea than that of conventional canola crushers in Canada. This low-temperature oil extraction and fibre separation captures more of the original protein from the seed in a form that is more readily usable to livestock and humans.

Protein
BioExx Juncea Extracted Meal is a significantly improved protein supplement (49% Crude Protein) with the majority of the crude protein in a soluble form. Compared to conventional canola meal, BioExx meal has a higher protein content, reduced fibre and a superior level of protein solubility. In the BioExx extracted meal, 60% of the protein is in soluble form. Higher protein solubility provides opportunity for use in higher value products such as starter diets for livestock. Compared to conventional Canadian canola meal, the amino acid content of this product provides over one third more of the essential amino acid lysine as higher levels of the essential sulphur containing amino acid methionine.

Fibre
The BioExx Juncea Extracted Meal has 13% acid detergent fibre and 18% neutral detergent fibre, a beneficially significant reduction from the fibre levels in conventional canola meal. In addition, the lignin concentration is less than one quarter of conventional canola meals.

Biological Analysis
With careful attention to product safety, the quality product results in BioExx Juncea Extracted Meal results in the absence of microbial contamination with coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella, yeast and molds and aflotoxins.

Anti-Nutritional Factors (ANFs)
Low erucic acid, sinapine and moderate aliphatic glucosinolates levels are a reflection of the judicious use of temperature while maintaining high protein solubility. Inclusion of the indolyl-glucosinolates in the evaluation does show some elevation to 20 umoles/g, levels that have been commonly seen in canola meals.

The future of BioExx Juncea Extracted Meal will be to target similar reduced fibre levels, with significant further reductions in the anti-nutritive factors, as well as enhancing the protein content while maintaining the protein solubility, and desirable amino acid balance.

May 2008 Version 1