{"id":137151,"date":"2021-03-12T14:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T00:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=137151"},"modified":"2021-04-21T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T23:29:52","slug":"animals-eat-macadamia-nut-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/12\/animals-eat-macadamia-nut-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the animals eat macadamia nut cake"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Macadamia nut cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When macadamia nut oil is processed, what\u2019s left is a byproduct called macadamia nut cake (MNC<\/abbr>). Until recently, MNC<\/abbr> was considered a waste product and therefore, went straight to the landfill.<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences<\/a> saw an opportunity to put this waste to use. Associate Professor Rajesh Jha<\/strong> explored the nutritional and functional values of MNC<\/abbr> as a potential alternative feedstuff for livestock, which could potentially reduce production costs and the need for imported feeds. MNC<\/abbr> is one of several alternative feedstuffs Jha is investigating for its nutritional and functional value. Oils of Aloha, the only producer of macadamia nut oil on Oʻahu<\/span>, provided the MNC<\/abbr> needed for the investigation. <\/p>\n

After a series of experiments and studies, Jha\u2019s research group was able to convert what was previously thought of as a “waste and environmental burden” into a “valuable animal feed ingredient.”<\/p>\n

“I believe their potential is great, and could potentially contribute to healthy and environmentally friendly animal production, while maintaining the competitiveness of the industry,” said Jha. <\/p>\n

Jha\u2019s research group is currently working on additional papers that explore the role of MNC<\/abbr> in modulating the intestinal microbiota of pigs and poultry, and the use of MNC<\/abbr> in pastured chicken. <\/p>\n

The published paper<\/a> appears in Science Direct<\/em>. <\/p>\n

This effort is an example of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s goal of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the 2015\u201325 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The research could potentially reduce production costs and the need for imported feeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[222,212,1485,1467,1363,1314,73,9],"class_list":["post-137151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-human-nutrition-food-and-animal-sciences","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-manoa-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137151"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137178,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137151\/revisions\/137178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}