CN112806501B

CN112806501B - Water-soluble feed additive and preparation method of feed

Info

Publication number: CN112806501B
Application number: CN202110062718.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 井磊; 赵涛
Original assignee: Duoweijie Hebei Biotechnology Co ltd
Current assignee: Duoweijie Hebei Biotechnology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-18
Filing date: 2021-01-18
Publication date: 2023-12-19
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-18
Also published as: CN112806501A

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of feed manufacturing, and particularly relates to a feed preparation method containing a water-soluble feed additive, wherein the water-soluble feed additive comprises the following raw materials: 5-6 parts of corn starch, 12-14 parts of wheat flour, 3-4 parts of glutinous rice flour, 1-2 parts of dried orange peel, 0.5-0.6 part of liquorice, 0.8-1 part of guar gum and 30-50 parts of water; the invention heats and presses the produced feed master batch into the sheet feed by using a hot press, and forms the brick feed by using the sheet feed through re-pressing, so that the brick feed is effectively dropped from the brick feed in a sheet form after the surface layer is dissolved after being put into water, and the sheet feed is impacted by water flow in the swimming process of the fish shoal because the sheet feed has stronger water buoyancy, and has larger underwater diffusion range, thereby being convenient for the fish shoal to eat.

Description

Water-soluble feed additive and preparation method of feed

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of feed manufacturing, and particularly relates to a water-soluble feed additive and a preparation method of feed.

Background

Most of the feed in the prior art is granular, and the feed is packaged by using a plastic bag with stronger sealing property, so that on one hand, the feed is prevented from being wet by utilizing the sealing property of the plastic bag, meanwhile, granular feed is eaten by fish shoals, but due to the fact that gaps of granular feed are larger, the occupied area of the feed is larger, and due to the fact that the amount of the feed applied to the fish pond is larger, when the feed is put into the fish pond, fishermen are required to carry the feed on the bank to the fishing boat back and forth for multiple times, and put into the fish pond, the putting efficiency is slower, meanwhile, the labor capacity of the fishermen is higher, meanwhile, under the condition that the plastic bag is detached or damaged by the feed stored in the granular state, the wet feed is easy to get damp by the fact that the water vapor near the fish pond is larger, the wet feed is extremely easy to get moldy, the feed is deteriorated, and is unsuitable for use by the fish shoal, and the economic loss of the fishermen is larger.

A high-protein deliquescent-preventing fish feed published by Chinese patent and a preparation method thereof are provided, and the application number is: 2019105513887 the invention adds Chinese medicinal powder in the feed, can improve the immunity of fish, strengthen the constitution of fish, improve disease resistance of fish, vitamin extract and high protein powder, provide sufficient nutrient for fish, promote appetite, provide help for growth of fish, add dampproof agent, facilitate preservation of fish feed, lengthen storage time of fish feed, improve utilization rate of feed, add mineral salt mixture in raw materials, can improve growth rate of fish, but the scheme carries on the coating treatment to the feed particles, because the feed particles are smaller, the coating treatment cost is higher, unfavorable for control of feed cost, after the coating treatment the feed is swallowed by the fish flock, unfavorable for normal digestion of fish flock.

In view of the above, the present invention has developed a water-soluble feed additive and a method for preparing feed, which solve the above-mentioned technical problems.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the problems that the occupied area of the feed is large due to large gaps of the granular feed in the prior art, and meanwhile, the dried granular feed is easy to damp and mildew are solved.

The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows: the invention relates to a water-soluble feed additive, which comprises the following raw materials:

5-6 parts of corn starch, 12-14 parts of wheat flour, 3-4 parts of glutinous rice flour, 1-2 parts of dried orange peel, 0.5-0.6 part of liquorice, 0.8-1 part of guar gum and 30-50 parts of water;

the preparation method of the water-soluble feed additive comprises the following steps:

i: mixing corn starch, wheat flour, glutinous rice flour and water, introducing into a heating kettle, controlling the temperature in the heating kettle to be 95-100 ℃ for heat preservation and heating, continuously stirring during heating, and controlling the stirring speed to be 30-45r/min;

II: introducing pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Glycyrrhrizae radix into a grinding machine, controlling the rotation speed of the grinding machine to 320-400r/min, performing high-speed grinding, introducing the ground product into a filter sieve, controlling the pore diameter of the filter sieve to 0.05-0.08mm, and filtering;

III: introducing the filtered pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Glycyrrhrizae radix powder and guar gum into a heating kettle, keeping the temperature of the heating kettle at 95-100deg.C, increasing stirring rate to 120-140r/min, mixing and stirring for 15-18min to obtain water-soluble additive;

the corn starch, the wheat flour and the glutinous rice flour are mixed, the corn starch and the wheat flour are used for being mixed with water and heated, the mixture is gradually in a viscous liquid state in the stirring process, guar gum is low-cost food gum and has a certain water-soluble shape, the guar gum is added into the mixture, the thickening effect is achieved, the viscosity of the water-soluble additive is higher, the guar gum can effectively increase the stability of the obtained water-soluble additive, the water-soluble additive is in a gel state at normal temperature, the separation of water in the water-soluble additive from powder is avoided, and meanwhile, the dried orange peel and the liquorice are added.

A method for preparing feed, the method comprising the steps of:

s1: uniformly mixing corn stalks, bran, fish meal and bean dregs according to the proportion of 1:2:1:5, then introducing the mixture into a high-speed shearing machine, controlling the rotating speed of the high-speed shearing machine to be 400-600r/min for quick shearing and crushing, and controlling the crushing time to be 8-10min;

s2: adding 55-60% of water, 1.2-1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria into the powder after the high-speed crushing in the step S1, uniformly mixing, and introducing the mixture into a fermentation tank for fermentation treatment at 25-30 ℃ for 2-3 days;

s3: continuously stirring and drying the fermented pasty material at 80-90 ℃, and naturally cooling to normal temperature for standby when the water content in the pasty material is about 15-20%;

s4: mixing the dried paste in the step S3 with the cooled and crushed water-soluble additive according to the proportion of 3:1, completely drying, then introducing into a hot press, controlling the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press to be 145-150 ℃ and the pressure to be 28-30N, and performing hot press to prepare 20 x 10 x 5cm brick feed;

in the prior art, most of the feed is granular and is packaged by using a plastic bag with stronger sealing property, on one hand, the feed is prevented from being wet by utilizing the sealing property of the plastic bag, meanwhile, granular feed is eaten by fish shoals, but due to larger gaps of granular feed, the occupied area of the feed is larger, and due to larger using amount of the feed applied in a fish pond, when the feed is put in the fish pond, fishermen are required to carry the feed on the bank to and fro for multiple times, and put in the fish pond, the putting efficiency is slower, meanwhile, the labor capacity of the fishermen is higher, and meanwhile, under the condition that the plastic bag is disassembled or damaged by the feed stored in the granular state, the moisture near the fish pond is larger, the dried feed is easy to damp, and the wet feed is extremely easy to get mildewed, so that the feed is unsuitable for use by the fish shoves, and the economic loss of the fishermen is larger;

during the work of the invention, corn stalks, bran, fish meal and bean dregs are crushed and then mixed with water, saccharifying enzyme and photosynthetic bacteria are added into the mixture, the mixture is decomposed and fermented by utilizing enzymatic reaction and photosynthetic bacteria, the stalks, the bran and the bean dregs are decomposed and converted into micromolecular substances which are easier to absorb, simultaneously, after the fermentation is finished, hydrogen sulfide, toxic substances and most of water contained in the fermented substances are evaporated and removed by stirring and heating, simultaneously, the concentrated mixture is mixed with water-soluble additives, the mixture is dried and treated by utilizing the solubility and viscosity of the water-soluble additives to remove the internal moisture, and the mixture is pressed under the action of a hot press to form brick-shaped feed under the action of the temperature and the pressure of a pressing plate, the surface layer of the brick feed is heated and melted and is mutually adhered, so that the inside of the brick feed is isolated from the outside, the contact area of the feed and air is effectively reduced, the prepared brick feed is relatively slow in moisture, meanwhile, under the action of pressure, the internal density of the brick feed is relatively high, compared with the feed with the same quality in the prior art, the volume of the brick feed is obviously reduced, the occupied space of the feed is effectively saved, the storage and transportation of the feed are relatively convenient, meanwhile, the high density also causes that the outside air cannot effectively circulate to the inside of the brick feed, the rate of spreading mold to the inside of the feed can be effectively reduced in the process of molding the feed, the economic loss caused by molding is further reduced, meanwhile, the water-soluble additive is added, after the brick feed is put into water, the water-soluble additive can rapidly expand after absorbing a large amount of water, and then make brick form fodder possess the effect of slowly disintegration in water, compare in prior art once only throw and eat a large amount of feeds, the slow-release effect of brick form fodder can avoid the shoal of fish to eat the fodder in whole in the short time effectively, and then lead to the input interval of fodder shorter, increase fishermen's amount of labour.

Preferably, the paste mixed in the step S4 and the water-soluble additive are firstly introduced into a screw extruder before being dried, the screw extruder is controlled to extrude and granulate the mixture to prepare feed master batches, the feed master batches are introduced into a hot press, the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press is controlled to be 110-120 ℃ and the pressure is controlled to be 15-20N, hot press is carried out to prepare dry flaky feed, and the flaky feed is pressed to prepare brick feed;

during operation, the mixture is granulated, the produced feed master batch is heated and pressed into the sheet feed by using a hot press, and the sheet feed is pressed again to form the brick feed, as the sheet feed is dehydrated in the pressing process and the heat of the pressing plate is conducted slowly to the inside of the brick feed in the pressing process, the surface of the produced brick feed is dissolved at high temperature and then generates adhesion, but the adhesion between the internal sheet feeds is lower, so that the brick feed is effectively put into water, after the surface layer is dissolved, the internal feed is in a sheet shape and falls off from the brick feed, and as the sheet feed is strong in water floatability, the sheet feed is impacted by water flow in the swimming process of fish flocks, the underwater diffusion range is larger, the fish flocks can eat conveniently, and meanwhile, the internal viscosity is lower, so that the rotary feed can be effectively decomposed in water easily, the rotary feed is prevented from being pressed too tightly, the fish flocks can not decompose, and the fish flocks cannot eat conveniently.

Preferably, the flaky feed is coated with sodium bicarbonate powder in an interlayer of flaky feed when the flaky feed is fed into a hot press; the sodium bicarbonate powder accounts for 0.8-1.3% of the total weight of the flaky feed;

during operation, with sodium bicarbonate powder coating in the interlayer of slice fodder, under the effect of hot pressing, the whole temperature of fodder promotes, and then make sodium bicarbonate powder heated decomposition, the output carbon dioxide gas in the decomposition process, because the restriction of brick form fodder own structure, the carbon dioxide gas can't outwards spread effectively, and then make the carbon dioxide gas compression flood at the interlayer of slice fodder, after brick form fodder top layer dissolves, carbon dioxide gas in the interlayer helps slice fodder to break away from brick form fodder, and then make the slice fodder on top layer break away from brick form fodder back upwards float fast under the effect of carbon dioxide effectively, and then make the diffusion effect of fodder in water stronger effectively, and then be convenient for the crowd eat.

Preferably, the sodium bicarbonate powder is in a granular form in an initial state; the surface layer of the sodium bicarbonate powder is coated with malt sugar coating; the particle size of the sodium bicarbonate particles coated with the malt sugar coating is 0.5-0.8mm;

during operation, use the malt sugar-coat to wrap up sodium bicarbonate powder, and then wrap up carbon dioxide effectively, avoid breaking away from carbon dioxide in the suppression in-process, the malt sugar-coat can also strengthen slice fodder waterproof nature simultaneously, slow down effectively and receive the water logging from slice fodder that breaks away from on the brick fodder, and then self crushing, the speed of dissolving, and then make the suspension time of slice fodder in aqueous effectively longer, avoid fodder fast decomposition in aqueous, increase with the area of contact of water, and then make fodder itself by microorganism decomposed content duty ratio increase, reduce the fodder to the breed effect of shoal of fish.

Preferably, the feed also comprises water guide fibers; the water guide fiber is a fiber formed by mixing bamboo fiber and straw fiber according to a ratio of 1:1; the addition amount of the water guide fiber accounts for 5-8% of the total weight of the brick feed; during operation, add water guide fiber to the fodder, utilize the conductivity of plant fiber to the hydrone, when making brick form fodder soak in water effectively, the infiltration rate of rivers is accelerated, and then make brick form fodder's decomposition rate faster effectively, water guide fiber itself structure can also make the connectivity between the slice fibre component stronger simultaneously, make the broken rate of slice fodder reduce, and then make the floatability of slice fodder stronger, be convenient for the fodder to spread in the pond on the one hand, can also strengthen the supplemental effect of fodder to the crowd of fish simultaneously.

The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:

according to the water-soluble feed additive and the preparation method of the feed, the brick feed is formed through pressing, the surface layers of the brick feed are heated and melted under the action of the temperature and the pressure of the pressing plate and are mutually adhered, so that the inside of the brick feed is isolated from the outside, the contact area of the feed and air is effectively reduced, the prepared brick feed is relatively slow in moisture, meanwhile, the internal density of the brick feed is relatively high under the action of the pressure, compared with the feed with the same quality in the prior art, the volume of the brick feed is obviously reduced, the occupied space of the feed is effectively saved, the storage and the transportation of the feed are relatively convenient, meanwhile, the external air cannot effectively circulate into the brick feed due to the high density, the speed of mold spreading into the feed can be effectively reduced in the process of mildew of the feed, the economic loss caused by mildew is further reduced, and the water-soluble additive is added, so that the brick feed can be rapidly expanded after being largely absorbed by water after being put into water, and further the brick feed has the effect of slowly disintegrating in water.

According to the water-soluble feed additive and the preparation method of the feed, the mixture is granulated, the produced feed master batch is heated and pressed into the platy feed by using the hot press, and the platy feed is pressed again to form the platy feed.

Drawings

The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of preparing a water-soluble feed additive;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method of preparing feed;

description of the embodiments

The invention is further described in connection with the following detailed description in order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement of the purpose and the effect of the invention easy to understand.

As shown in fig. 1 to 2, the water-soluble feed additive of the invention comprises the following raw materials:

A method for preparing feed, the method comprising the steps of:

s2: adding 55-60% of water and 1.2% of water based on the total weight of the powder into the powder obtained by high-speed crushing in S1

1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria, and after being uniformly mixed, the mixture is introduced into a fermentation tank to be fermented for 2-3 days at 25-30 ℃;

As one embodiment of the invention, the paste mixed in the S4 and the water-soluble additive are firstly introduced into a screw extruder before being dried, the screw extruder is controlled to extrude and granulate the mixture to prepare feed master batches, the feed master batches are introduced into a hot press, the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press is controlled to be 110-120 ℃ and the pressure is controlled to be 15-20N, hot press is carried out to prepare dry flaky feed, and the flaky feed is pressed to prepare brick feed;

As one embodiment of the invention, the flaky feed is coated with sodium bicarbonate powder in an interlayer of flaky feed when the flaky feed is fed into a hot press; the sodium bicarbonate powder accounts for 0.8-1.3% of the total weight of the flaky feed;

As an embodiment of the present invention, the sodium bicarbonate powder is in a granular form in an initial state; the surface layer of the sodium bicarbonate powder is coated with malt sugar coating; the particle size of the sodium bicarbonate particles coated with the malt sugar coating is 0.5-0.8mm;

As one embodiment of the invention, the feed also comprises water-guiding fibers; the water guide fiber is a fiber formed by mixing bamboo fiber and straw fiber according to a ratio of 1:1; the addition amount of the water guide fiber accounts for 5-8% of the total weight of the brick feed; during operation, add water guide fiber to the fodder, utilize the conductivity of plant fiber to the hydrone, when making brick form fodder soak in water effectively, the infiltration rate of rivers is accelerated, and then make brick form fodder's decomposition rate faster effectively, water guide fiber itself structure can also make the connectivity between the slice fibre component stronger simultaneously, make the broken rate of slice fodder reduce, and then make the floatability of slice fodder stronger, be convenient for the fodder to spread in the pond on the one hand, can also strengthen the supplemental effect of fodder to the crowd of fish simultaneously.

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

during operation, corn stalks, bran, fish meal and bean dregs are crushed and then mixed with water, saccharifying enzyme and photosynthetic bacteria are added into the mixture, the mixture is decomposed and fermented by utilizing enzymatic reaction and photosynthetic bacteria, the stalks, the bran and the bean dregs are decomposed and converted into small molecular substances which are easy to absorb, simultaneously after fermentation is finished, hydrogen sulfide, toxic substances and most of water contained in the fermented substances are evaporated and removed through stirring and heating, the concentrated mixture is mixed with water-soluble additives, the mixture is dried and treated by utilizing the solubility and viscosity of the water-soluble additives, the substances mixed together are sticky, the internal moisture is removed, and the mixture is pressed under the action of a hot press to form a brick-shaped feed.

In order to verify the storage and use effects of the feed manufactured in the present invention, the following groups of experiments were specially established for verification;

examples

Crushing corn straw, bran, fish meal and bean dregs according to the proportion of 1:2:1:5, mixing with 55-60% of water, 1.2-1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria, fermenting for 2-3 days at 25-30 ℃, granulating the fermented product in a single screw extruder, controlling the particle size to be 4-6mm, and drying the feed particles in a drying device at 100-120 ℃ to obtain granular feed A;

examples

Crushing corn straw, wheat bran, fish meal and bean dregs according to the proportion of 1:2:1:5, mixing the crushed corn straw, wheat bran, fish meal and bean dregs with 55-60% of water, 1.2-1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria, fermenting for 2-3 days at 25-30 ℃, heating and stirring and mixing corn starch 7.5%, wheat flour 18%, glutinous rice flour 5%, dried orange peel 4%, 1% of liquorice, 2% of guar gum and 62.5% of water to prepare a water-soluble additive, mixing the water-soluble additive and a fermentation product according to the proportion of 1:3, granulating the mixture, introducing the feed masterbatch into a hot press, controlling the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press to be 110-120 ℃, carrying out hot press, filling dry flaky feed particles coated with malt into flaky feed, introducing the flaky feed into the hot press, controlling the temperature of the pressing plate to be 150 ℃ to be 28-150 ℃ and the hot press to be compressed to be 10 cm in a hot press, and carrying out hot press to prepare 5 cm-shaped bricks;

collecting granular feed A and brick feed B with the upper opening of 20 x 10 x 5cm by using an appliance, placing the appliance containing the feed A and the feed B at the same position of the edge of a fish pond, respectively trisecting the feed along the height direction after 24H is placed, respectively cutting 5 x 3mm samples at the same position of five points on the upper surface of the trisected feed according to the upper and lower sequence, placing the samples in a moisture detector, detecting moisture of the samples, cutting average values, and recording the average values in a table;

table 1 (12 moisture content)

From the above experimental data, it was found that the feed prepared according to the formulation and method of the present invention had hand moisture during storage

The erosion rate of the feed is slower, and moisture cannot effectively permeate into the feed, so that the feed can be effectively protected against moisture, and further the feed can be effectively stored more conveniently;

examples

Crushing corn straw, wheat bran, fish meal and bean dregs according to the proportion of 1:2:1:5, mixing with 55-60% of water, 1.2-1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria by weight of the total weight of the powder, fermenting for 2-3 days at 25-30 ℃, heating, stirring and mixing by using 7.5% of corn starch, 18% of wheat flour, 5% of glutinous rice flour, 4% of dried orange peel, 1% of liquorice, 2% of guar gum and 62.5% of water to prepare a water-soluble additive, mixing the water-soluble additive with a fermentation product according to the proportion of 1:3, and then introducing the mixture into a hot press, controlling the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press to 145-150 ℃ and the pressure to be 28 x 30N, and performing hot press to prepare 20 x 10 x 5cm brick feed C;

examples

Crushing corn straw, wheat bran, fish meal and bean dregs according to the proportion of 1:2:1:5, mixing the crushed corn straw, wheat bran, fish meal and bean dregs with 55-60% of water, 1.2-1.4% of saccharifying enzyme, 0.5-0.8% of sodium chloride and 2.8-3.5% of photosynthetic bacteria of the total weight of the powder, fermenting for 2-3 days at 25-30 ℃, heating and stirring and mixing corn starch 7.5%, wheat flour 18%, glutinous rice flour 5%, dried orange peel 4%, 1% of liquorice, 2% of guar gum and 62.5% of water to prepare a water-soluble additive, mixing the water-soluble additive and a fermentation product according to the proportion of 1:3, granulating the mixture, introducing the feed masterbatch into a hot press after granulating, controlling the temperature of a hot press platen to be 110-120 ℃, carrying out hot press, filling dry flaky feed particles coated with malt into flaky feed, introducing the flaky feed into the hot press, controlling the temperature of the platen to be 150 ℃ to be 28-150 ℃ and carrying out hot press compression of the flaky feed to be 10 cm-5, and carrying out hot press compression of the flaky feed to prepare the baked feed;

selecting brick feeds C and T with the size of 20 x 10 x 5cm, introducing the brick feeds C and T into a water tank with the size of 100 x 100, soaking at normal temperature, taking the brick feeds C and T out when soaking for 15min, 30min and 60min, measuring the volume by using a vernier caliper, simultaneously, taking out and weighing the feeds in the brick feeds C and T in a trisection way when measuring the liquid level of the water tank for 60min, calculating the distribution ratio condition of the feeds in the water tank, and outputting a table;

table 2 (volume/cm 3)

TABLE 3 (feed distribution ratio)

According to the data in tables 2 and 3, the feed using the formula and the method provided by the invention has the advantages that the disintegration rate is high when being put into water, the distribution condition of the feed in water is uniform, and the feed is convenient for fish shoals to swallow the feed in water.

The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles, principal features and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which is defined in the appended claims. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A preparation method of a feed containing a water-soluble feed additive is characterized by comprising the following steps: the water-soluble feed additive comprises the following raw materials:

the preparation method of the feed containing the water-soluble feed additive comprises the following steps:

s3: continuously stirring and drying the fermented pasty material at 80-90 ℃, and naturally cooling to normal temperature for standby when the water content in the pasty material is 15-20%;

the solubility and the viscosity of the water-soluble additive are utilized to ensure that the substances mixed together have the viscosity, and the mixture is dried to remove the internal moisture;

the paste mixed in the step S4 and the water-soluble additive are firstly introduced into a screw extruder before being dried, the screw extruder is controlled to extrude and granulate the mixture to prepare feed master batches, the feed master batches are introduced into a hot press, the temperature of a pressing plate of the hot press is controlled to be 110-120 ℃ and the pressure is controlled to be 15-20N, hot press is carried out, dry flaky feed is prepared, and the flaky feed is pressed to prepare brick feed;

when the flaky feed is introduced into the hot press, sodium bicarbonate powder is coated in the flaky feed interlayer; the sodium bicarbonate powder accounts for 0.8-1.3% of the total weight of the flaky feed;

the sodium bicarbonate powder is granular in an initial state; the surface layer of the sodium bicarbonate powder is coated with malt sugar coating; the particle size of the sodium bicarbonate particles coated with the malt sugar coating is 0.5-0.8mm;

the feed also comprises water guide fibers; the water guide fiber is a fiber formed by mixing bamboo fiber and straw fiber according to a ratio of 1:1; the addition amount of the water guide fiber accounts for 5-8% of the total weight of the brick feed.