Does anyone know a UK source of low-fat soya flour? Here's hoping ...
Kate
Does anyone know a UK source of low-fat soya flour? Here's hoping ...
Kate
I got soya flour and brewers yeast for Holland & Barrets last year but never go around to using it
Was it low-fat soya flour (pollen has 4% fat ... soya flour 20% unless the fat is reduced)?
I've been wondering about using gram/chickpea flour instead of (full-fat) soya as the fat content is nearer that of pollen ... but lower proteins.
Winter quandaries ... and time to explore them ...
Oddly enough, I've spent much of the day in a meeting for a project which may provide a source of home-grown high protein flour, from field/faba beans. But not quite yet ...
Bags I test it on bees first.
Defatted soya flour is used in Granose and Goodness TVP products (being veggie I can't see the attraction in them, but I digress...). Maybe contact the companies direct? And report back...
Kirk boy asked the same question here
http://www.sbai.org.uk/sbai_forum/sh...ree-Soya-Flour
I've just looked at the bag I got from H&B last year and it's 20%. Bees still alive though! The above thread links to another one - well it used to due to -- err well I won't go into that now! I've just had a quick look and can't find the original thread I referred to. We may have to wait for Gavin and his high protein flour. It's not GM is it Gavin?
Not GM (unfortunately!). Could be though, if you really want .....
I found a link elsewhere on this forum http://www.myprotein.com/uk/products...rotein_isolate but nobody seems to have tried this stuff. Anybody got a source for fat free or defatted soya yet which will do the job for pollen patties which meet the criteria set in main beekeeping sites please .
Yes - I've been there but that site doesn't give any breakdown of the constituents of their soya flour - and I've seen loads of other sites where it has 18% fat. Might be OK for fish but I want certainty that it's suitable for bees. As previously, anybody tried it or is there a better source?
Thanx,
Arfermo
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