Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Animal Feed & Nutrition Functions
- Ingredients
- Astaxanthin
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Animal Feed & Nutrition Features
- Product Highlights
- Carotenoids are pigments which are widely distributed in nature and responsible for bright red, yellow and orange hues in plants, fruits, vegetables and animals. There are synthesized by plants, algae, fungi, and phototrophic bacteria.
- In green plants, they are covered by chlorophyll and are the cause for the colorful nature in autumn. They also give the characteristic color to pumpkins, carrots, corn, tomatoes. Other examples of tissues whose pigmentations are due to carotenoids are: egg yolk, pink flesh of salmonids, pink red exoskeleton of boiled crustaceans and plumage of flamingos.
- They take their name from carrot (Daucus carota) and more than 600 carotenoids have now been isolated and characterized from natural sources which can be further categorized into two classes, xanthophylls (lutein and zeaxanthin), which contain oxygen, and carotenes, which are purely hydrocarbons and contain no oxygen.
- Carotenoids in animals play important roles such precursors of vitamin A, photo-protectors, antioxidants, immunity booster and fertility enhancers.
- More generally, their coloring and antioxidant properties are also used for foods, cosmetic and pharmaceutical purposes.
- As animals are not able to synthesize carotenoids with their metabolism, the pigments are incorporated to their daily nutritional needs from the products ingested.
- Flesh color is a very important quality indicator used by consumers to judge the quality of food. Products quality and animal health are influenced by the type of carotenoids added in feed as significant component in daily diet. Therefore, the quality of the carotenoids is playing a crucial role.
- Nowadays, a small part of industrial carotenoids is obtained from algae and plants, and the most part is chemically synthesized.
- With the chemical synthesis of carotenoids significant progresses in formulation were obtained to improve the stability and the deposition rate. An important aspect for the poultry and aquaculture industry is the stability of the carotenoids in mash and even more important in pelleted and extruded feed.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Animal Species
- Production Process
The production pathway of Juyuan Bio-Chem is based on sustainable and innovative processes which secure product safety and traceability. Dual aim is to get a beadlet that offers at the same time the best possible stability without decrease of the absorption in the intestinal tract.
- Formulation
- The high purity carotenoid is finely emulsified with antioxidants and dispersed carefully in a protective matrix.
- The protective matrix is based on GMO free corn starch and provides full protection against physical constrains occurring with high-speed mixer or during pelleting or extruding of feed.
- The carotenoids can be used for post pelleting or post extrusion applications.