Essential amino acids

With respect to proteins, plant raw materials do not provide the same quantity of essential amino acids (EAA) as fish meal, and this replacement must be accompanied by supplementation of the diet in synthetic EAA. Studies in the gilthead sea bream assessed the long-term effects on growth and flesh quality of a high rate of replacement of fish meal by plant proteins.  Bream with a mean initial body weight of 100 g were fed for a year with two feeds.  The Fish Meal (FM) feed contain