Soybean Meal is one of the most important plant-based protein sources used in ruminant and poultry nutrition worldwide.
It is produced by grinding the residue that remains after extracting oil from soybeans using the solvent extraction method.
This commercially available solvent-extracted soybean meal is highly palatable, rich in essential amino acids such as lysine, methionine, and threonine, and is considered a valuable protein ingredient in animal feed.

Soybean meal is highly digestible and widely used to balance feed rations, especially for ruminants and poultry, by meeting their amino acid requirements.
In ruminant animals, its high degradability in the rumen helps support microbial protein synthesis by providing readily available nitrogen to rumen microorganisms.
In aquaculture, soybean meal is also accepted as an effective alternative to fishmeal due to its excellent amino acid profile.

As a strategic commodity, soybean meal is traded globally throughout the year and serves as a benchmark for pricing other protein sources in the animal feed industry.