How can we defat insect meal by using protease enzyme?

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Lorin Steinhäuser

Hello Usman,

I think what you're looking for is a Lipase. They have been used i.e. for the defatting of bone grafts

Article Porcine bone grafts defatted by lipase: Efficacy of defattin...

and fish

Article Lipase from liver of seabass ( Lates calcarifer ): Character...

It should work similarly for insect meal.

Kind regards,

Lorin

Joaquín J Salas

I agree with Lorin, your enzyme is lipase, not protease. By the way, Why don´t you try defatting by solvent extraction? It looks to me rather more simple.

Usman Elahi

Lorin Steinhäuser Vielen Dank Frau. Steinhäuser für Ihre Ratschläge und Artikel.

Joaquín J Salas Thank you for your advice. I want to do comparative analysis of solvent extraction and other techniques.