Table 30. Specifications and indicative price of commercial fish feeds available in the Philippines

Product line	Feed Type	Shape and Size (diameter x length, mm)	Range (g)	Proximate composition (%)					Declared ingredients used (taken from feed label)	Pack-ing (kg)	Price/kg (US$)
				Dry mat. min.	Protein min.	Fat min.	Fiber max.	Ash max.
Aquaprime (Aquaprime Philippines International, Inc.)
Specialty Fish Feeds (ESQ)	Fry mash	Mash	0.1 - 2	87	30	5	8		soya bean meal, wheat flour, fish oil, fish meal, fish soluble, shrimp meal, squid liver meal, copra meal, rice bran, pollard yeast, UGF, limestone, corn gluten, salt, calcium phosphate, choline chloride, vitamin pre-mix, mineral pre-mix, mold inhibitor, anti- oxidant	20	0.53
	Starter	Crumble	2 - 20	87	29	5	8			20	0.52
	Starter	Pellet	20 - 40	87	29	5	8			20	0.51
	Grower	Pellet	40 - 100	87	27	5	8			30	0.47
	Finisher	Pellet	> 100	87	26	5	8			30	0.47
B- Meg (San Miguel Foods, Incorporated)
Bangus Feed	Fry mash	Mash	0.01 - 2	87	31	8	7	16	corn, soybean meal, fishmeal, poultry by- product meal,brewer’s yeast, corn gluten, cassava, rice bran, copra meal, brewer’s grain, wheat pollard,molasses, vegetable oil, salt, limestone, banana meal, dicalcium phosphate, ethoxyquin, L-lysine, DL -methionine, binder, mold inhibitor
	Starter	Crumble	2.1 - 25	87	31	8	7	16
	Starter	Pellet	26 - 70	87	31	8	7	16		25	0.56
	Grower	Pellet	71 - 170	87	31	7	7	16		25	0.54
	Finisher	Pellet	> 171	87	29	7	7	16		25	0.52
Tilapia Feeds	Fry	Mash	< 5.0	87	30	8	7	16	corn, soybean meal, fishmeal, poul-try by- product meal,brewer’s yeast, corn gluten, rice bran, copra meal, brewer’s grain, wheat pollard, molasses, vegetable oil, salt, limestone, dicalcium phosphate, ethoxyquin, L-lysine, DL-Methionine, binder, mold inhibitor, Virginiamycin	25	0.57
	Starter crumble	Crumble	<5.0	87	30	8	7	16		25	0.56
	Starter pellet	Pellet	<30	87	30	8	7	16		25	0.55
	Grower	Pellet	<65	87	30	8	7	16		25	0.53
	Finisher	Pellet	>65	87	28	8	7	16		25	0.50
	Finisher	Pellet	>65	87	26	8	7	16		25	0.46
Blue Ribbon (Swift Foods, Incorporated)2
Fish Feeds	Fry crumble	Crumble	>10	87	31	6	5				0.52
	Crumble	Crumble	11-100	87	28	7	8				0.49
	Pellet	Pellet	100 - up	87	27	7	8				0.54
	Adult w/molasses	Pellet	100 - up	87	27	7	8				0.53
Rich (First El Presidente Manufacturing, Incorporated)
	Starter	Pellet (2.0 x 5.0)	5 - 30	88	28	8	7	16	fish meal, soybean meal, flour, rice bran, copra, vitamin premix, mineral pre-mix, dicalcium phosphate, oil	20	0.50
	Grower	Pellet (2.0 x 7.5)	30 - 200	88	28	8	7	16		25	0.48
	Finisher	Pellet (2.0 x 10.0)	200 - up	88	28	8	7	16		25	0.46
Excel (Philippine Foremost Milling Corporation)2
Bangus Feeds	Grower	Pellet								25	0.48
	Finisher	Pellet								25	0.48
Feedmix (Feedmix Milling Specialist Corporation)2
Fish Feeds (Sinking/Slow Sinking/Floating)	Starter	Mash	< 30						fish meal, soya meal, wheat flour, rice bran, copra meal, squid meal, corn meal, fish oil, vegetable oil, vitamin, mineral mix
	Starter	Crumble	< 30
	Starter	Pellet	< 30							25
	Grower	Pellet	31-66							25
	Finisher	Pellet	67- up							25
General (General Milling Corporation)
Fish Feeds	No. 1 Starter	Crumble	5-20	87	35	4	6	12
	No. 2 Grower	Pellet	20-100	87	30	4	9	12
	No. 3 Finisher	Pellet	100-up	87	26	4	9	12
Hoc Po (Hoc Po Feeds Corporation)
Fish Feeds	Fry mash	Mash/ crumble/pellet		87	30	7	8		fishmeal, fish soluble, soybean meal, meat & bone meal, shrimp meal, minerals, choline chloride, antioxidant, hard pollard, UGF, copra meal, cassava meal, rice bran, vitamins, salt, mold inhibitor	10
	Starter	Crumble		87	30	7	8			25	0.58
	Juvenile	Pellet		87	28	7	8			25	0.57
	Adult	Pellet		87	26	7	8			25	0.56
Interfeeds (Interfeeds Philippines, Incorporated)
Fish Feeds	Starter								fish meal, rice bran,soy bean meal, wheat pollard, vitamins and minerals, wheat flour, corn gluten meal, meat and bone meal	25	0.52
	Grower	Pellet		88	30	4	8	12		25	0.50
	Finisher	Pellet		88	26	4	8	12		25	0.48
Interworld (Interworld Farms, Incorporated)2
Fish Feeds	Starter	Crumble		87	34	5	6				0.56
	Developer	Crumble		87	32	5	6				0.55
	Grower	Pellet		87	30	5	6				0.54
Moric (NuRich Vitameal Corporation)
Fish Feeds		Pellet		91	28	8	6	6	fish meal, soya bean meal, corn meal, copra/palm kernel meal, squid meal, rice bran, wheat bran, flour, enzymes, attractant, phosphorus, calcium, anti-oxidant, vitamin and mineral premixes		0.47
Ocean (Ocean Feedmill Corporation)
Fish Feeds	Grower	Pellet	1 - 150	88	28	8	8		anti-oxidant, calcium phosphate, copra meal, corn meal, fish meal, minerals, mold inhibitor, fish oil, rice bran, soybean meal, vitamins, wheat flour, wheat pollard	25	0.43
	Finisher	Pellet	150 - up	90	26	8	8			25	0.42
Oversea (Oversea Agri- Aqua International Development Corporation)2
Bangus Feeds	Finisher	Pellet								25	0.48
Tilapia Feeds	Tilapia finisher regular	Pellet								25	0.44
	Tilapia fnisher premium	Pellet								25	0.47
Popular (Popular Feedmill Corporation)
Popular Bangus Feeds	Starter	Crumble(2.4)		87	32	4	8		Fishmeal, soybean meal, wheat, wheat flour,wheat pollard, rice bran, corn bran, fish oil, soya oil, vitamins and minerals	25
	Grower	Pellet (3.0)		87	30	4	8			25	0.47
	Finisher	Pellet (3.0)		87	28	4	8			25	0.48
Ram (Ram Aquafeed Corporation)2
Fish Feeds	MF Starter		< 1	90	40	7				25	0.60
	MF Grower	Pellet	1- 40	90	35	6				25	0.58
	MF Finisher	Pellet	> 40	90	26	5				25
	MF Plus	Pellet	> 40	90	30	5				25
Robina Starfeeds (Universal Robina Corporation)2
Fishfeeds Regular	Fish fry	Mash	< 0.5	87	42	4	4	12		25
	Fish starter	Crumble	< 5	87	35	4	6	12		25
	Fish grower 1	Crumble	< 75	87	30	4	9	14		25
	Fish grower 2	Pellet (3.0)	< 150	87	30	4	9	14		25
	Fish finisher 1	Pellet (3.5)	< 250	87	26	4	9	12		25
	Fish finisher 2	Pellet (4.5)	> 250	87	26	4	9	12		25
Fishfeeds High Protein	Fish grower	Crumble	4.0-75.0	87	40	4	6	12		25
	Fish grower	Pellet (3.0)	> 75	87	40	4	6	12		25
	Fish booster	Pellet (3.0)	>75	87	35	4	6	12		25
Tateh (Santeh Feeds Corporation)
Bangus Feeds	Starter frymash	Mash	< 5	87	31	5	8	12	fishmeal, fish soluble meal, soybean meal, rice bran, coconut oil, yeast, shrimp meal, wheat flour, yellow corn, lecithin, vitamin and mineral premixes, anti-oxidant, mold inhibitor	10	0.56
	Starter crumble	Crumble	5 - 20	87	31	5	8	12		20	0.55
	Starter pellet	Pellet (2.4 x 3.0)	20 - 50	87	31	5	8	12		20	0.54
	Grower	Pellet (2.4 x 5.0)	50 - 80	87	29	5	8	12		25	0.48
	Finisher	Pellet (2.4 x 7.0)	80 - up	87	27	5	8	12		25	0.47
Tilapia Feeds	Starter Frymash	Mash	<5	87	31	5	8	12	fish meal, yeast, shrimp meal, wheat flour, lecithin, wheat gluten, fish soluble meal, yellow corn, soybean meal, mold inhibitor, vitamin and mineral pre-mixes	10	0.56
	Starter crumble	Crumble	5 - 20	87	31	5	8	12		20	0.55
	Starter pellet	Pellet (2.4 x 3.0)	20 - 50	87	31	5	8	12		20	0.54
	Grower	Pellet (2.4 x 5.0)	50 - 80	87	29	5	8	12		25	0.47
	Finisher	Pellet (2.4 x 7.0)	80 - up	87	27	5	8	12		25	0.48
Hito Feeds	Starter frymash	Mash	< 5	88	34	5	5	10	fish meal, yeast, shrimp meal, wheat flour, lecithin, wheat gluten, fish soluble meal, yellow corn, soybean meal, mold inhibitor, vitamin and mineral pre-mixes	10	0.63
	Starter crumble	Crumble	5 - 20	88	34	5	5	10		20	0.62
	Starter pellet	Pellet	20 - 50	88	34	5	5	10		20	0.62
	Grower	Pellet	50 - 80	88	32	5	8	10		25	0.60
	Finisher	Pellet	80 - up	88	30	5	8	10		25	0.58
Vitarich (Vitarich Corporation)
Fish Feeds	Juvenile	Pellet	31- 80	87	28	10	8		soybean oil meal, fish meal, vegetable fat, copra meal, wheat pollard, rice bran (D1), limestone, tricaphos,vitamin premixes,anti-mold, anti-oxidant, furazolidone
	Adult	Pellet	80- up	87	27	10	8
	Adult with molasses	Pellet	80- up	87	27	10	8
Extru-edge Aquafloat Feeds (Bangus)	Fry mash	Mash	0.01-29.9	87	31	10	8		wheat flour, ground cereals, vegetable oil, molasses, copra meal, rice bran D1, wheat pollard, imported fish meal, US soybean meal, tri-calcium phosphate, vitamin, mineral pre-mix, anti-mold and anti-oxidant	25
	Juvenile	Pellet	30-149.9	89	30	4	8			25
	Adult	Pellet	> 150	89	28	4	8			25
Vitarich Extru-edge Aquafloat Feeds (Bangus)	Fry mash	Mash	0.01-24.9	87	31	10	8		wheat flour, ground cereals, vegetable oil, molasses, copra meal, rice bran D1, wheat pollard, imported fish meal, US soybean meal, tri-calcium phosphate, vitamin, mineral pre-mix, anti-mold and anti-oxidant	25
	Juvenile	Pellet	25 - 99.9	89	30	4	8			25
	Adult	Pellet	100- 250	89	28	4	8			25

Sources: Manufacturer’s product brochures

¹ US$ 1 = PP 26.00
² no data available/did not respond to survey