Review of Mango (Mangifera indica) Seed-Kernel Waste as a Diet for Poultry

Abstract

Mango consists of between 33-85% edible pulp, with 9-40% inedible kernel and 7-24% inedible peel. Because of this, a huge amount of waste is generated during industrial processing which are serious disposal problems. Therefore, using this huge amount of waste for animals feed could have an important element to fill the scarcity and competition problems of feed. However, most of these feeds contain anti-nutrients and toxic components such as saponins, lectins, tannins, trypsin inhibitors and cyanogenic glycosides which make them unsafe as protein and carbohydrate sources in livestock production. Boiling, drying, soaking, leaching and fermentation have been reported to be simple means of detoxifying these feed sources to reduce the presence of anti-nutrients and toxic components. If mango seed kernel waste is properly managed, it is considered as an asset, otherwise, if improperly handled it can be a threat to the environment.

Keywords: Anti-nutrients, Diet, Mango seed-kernel waste, Poultry