[AquaticLife] What exactly is in “algae meal”?
I believe, traditionally, “meal” refers to a ground up or finely grained product…usually grains…
From the Miriam Webster dictionary…
Main Entry: fish meal Function: noun Date: 1854
: ground dried fish and fish waste used as fertilizer and animal food
(big ewww)
Main Entry: 2meal Function: noun Etymology: Middle English mele, from Old English melu; akin to Old High German melo meal, Latin molere to grind, Greek mylē mill Date: before 12th century
1: the usually coarsely ground and unbolted seeds of a cereal grass or pulse; especially : cornmeal2: a product resembling seed meal especially in particle size or texture
Eric
/*—–Original Message—– /*From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On /*Behalf Of Lenny V. aka GoldLenny /*Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:55 PM /*To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com /*Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] What exactly is in “algae meal”? /* /*Sounds like that would be best addressed to each food manufacturer. /* /*If it’s Chinese made, algae meal could be melamine. LOL /* /*I’m looking at my pack of Hikari Algae Wafers and there’s lots of “meals” /*(fish meal, dehydrated alfalfa meal, wheat germ meal, dried seaweeds meal, /*krill meal) and lots of other non-meal goodies but no algae meal. Of /*course, there’s something called “dried bakery products” so I’m guessing /*that could be stale donuts or pound cake but who knows. LOL Hikari is /*supposed to be a quality fish food manufacturer. /* /*Lenny Vasbinder /*Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com /* /* /*—–Original Message—– /*From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com] On /*Behalf Of Lana Gibbons /*Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 8:54 PM /*To: aquaticlife /*Subject: [AquaticLife] What exactly is in “algae meal”? /* /*I currently feed my bettas freezedried and frozen foods to avoid all the /*fillers and additives used in flake and pellet foods. Once my tank is /*established, I’d like to get an oto, but there doesn’t seem to be any /*additive-free options out there for algae eaters. After reading many /*ingredient statements, I’m wondering: What exactly is in “algae meal”? /*Some /*labels list this in addition to spirulina, some list it as “spirulina /*algae /*meal” and yet others don’t mention spirulina at all. Is “algae meal” /*always /*spirulina or can it be chlorella or other algae too? /* /*Thanks!! /* /*-Lana /* /* /*No virus found in this outgoing message. /*Checked by AVG. /*Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1343 - Release Date: 3/25/2008 /*7:17 PM /* /* /* /*———————————— /* /*Please DELETE this line and EVERYTHING below it when replying, thanks. /*·´Ż`·.¸¸.>.·´Ż`·.¸¸.·´Ż`·.¸> ¸.·´Ż`·.¸. , .·´Ż`·..> /*PLEASE, when you REPLY to a post, DELETE all TEXT that is NOT important to /*the reply & if CHANGING the TOPIC of the original message MODIFY the /*SUBJECT LINE -> i.e. “new subject (was re: old subject)”
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