Protein ingredient made from oilseeds of sunflowers or rape, and the production thereof

A method for obtaining protein ingredients for animal feed from seeds of sunflowers or rape, with at least the following steps

• shelling the sunflower seeds or rapeseeds up to a shell content of <2.5 wt % to obtain shelled sunflower seeds or rapeseeds, or providing shelled sunflower seeds or rapeseeds having a shell content of <2.5 wt %;
• mechanical partial extraction of the oil from the shelled sunflower seeds or rapeseeds by pressing up to a fat or oil content in the range between >6 and <25 wt %;
• carrying out at least one extraction step for further extraction of the oil from the sunflower seeds or rapeseeds with at least one organic solvent or supercritical CO2 up to an oil content of less than 3.5 wt %, and
• subsequent desolventing, whereby a protein-containing product is obtained as a protein ingredient for animal feed,
• wherein at least one protein-denaturing treatment of the sunflower seeds or rapeseeds is carried out between the shelling of the sunflower seeds or rapeseeds and obtaining the protein ingredient in such manner that proteins contained in the protein ingredient are denatured to a percentage of >40%.