laguna
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I read a topic on another forum where the OP asks if powders first need to be prepared for inclusion in baits?
Many shop bought powders are prepared from whole ground beans, pulses and particles without being soaked or boiled.
Curiously they are assumed to be safe and need no preparation at all. Just add them, roll them and away you go!
This is mostly obvious stuff regards particle preparation but maybe important to repeat;
Taken from one of our articles:
Nuts, seeds and legumes are packed with healthy fats, protein and minerals that fish adore, but to get all that good stuff assimilated into their bodies, it is recommended that you prepare them by soaking and/or boiling.
What happens when we soak and boil particles?
Most nuts, legumes and seeds contain phytic acids and enzyme inhibitors to keep them from sprouting until nature delivers the sun and rain that enables them to grow.
By soaking, they will take on water and begin to swell, enzyme inhibitors are neutralized, the beneficial enzymes are activated and the nutritional content increases significantly.
Without pre-soaking they would swell up inside the fish which is dangerous.
Although the boiling process has a denaturing effect, it is often a necessary step to halt the process of germination.
Boiling also helps to soften hard hulls, kills harmful bacteria and makes them safer for the fish to eat.
My point?
Wet milling is common when it comes to corn flour for example but with others, phytates and other antinutrients are still present in many shop bought powders.
I suppose it depends on ones point of view and how much you consider the attraction of nutritional baits important?
Many shop bought powders are prepared from whole ground beans, pulses and particles without being soaked or boiled.
Curiously they are assumed to be safe and need no preparation at all. Just add them, roll them and away you go!
This is mostly obvious stuff regards particle preparation but maybe important to repeat;
Taken from one of our articles:
Nuts, seeds and legumes are packed with healthy fats, protein and minerals that fish adore, but to get all that good stuff assimilated into their bodies, it is recommended that you prepare them by soaking and/or boiling.
What happens when we soak and boil particles?
Most nuts, legumes and seeds contain phytic acids and enzyme inhibitors to keep them from sprouting until nature delivers the sun and rain that enables them to grow.
By soaking, they will take on water and begin to swell, enzyme inhibitors are neutralized, the beneficial enzymes are activated and the nutritional content increases significantly.
Without pre-soaking they would swell up inside the fish which is dangerous.
Although the boiling process has a denaturing effect, it is often a necessary step to halt the process of germination.
Boiling also helps to soften hard hulls, kills harmful bacteria and makes them safer for the fish to eat.
My point?
Wet milling is common when it comes to corn flour for example but with others, phytates and other antinutrients are still present in many shop bought powders.
I suppose it depends on ones point of view and how much you consider the attraction of nutritional baits important?
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