The present invention relates to a method for the determination of processing influences on the quality of feedstuff raw materials and/or feedstuffs, in which the processing conditions indicator of the of feedstuff raw materials and/or feedstuffs is determined and the specific digestibility coefficient of an amino acid of a feedstuff raw material and/or feedstuff in an animal species is determined. The present invention also relates to a process for the optimization of feedstuffs considering the determined processing influences and the thus obtained and/or obtainable feedstuffs.