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US 2007/0166355 A1Published application
Food and feed supplement and its use
AssigneePigeon Vitality AS
InventorsFrode Brakstad, Morten Raaholt
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AssigneePigeon Vitality AS
InventorsFrode Brakstad, Morten Raaholt
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The present invention relates to a food and feed supplement, and its use, where the supplement comprise as the basic component at least one carboxylic acid and/or its salt, an iron component and vitamins B6, B9 and B12 in amounts corresponding to at least that which theoretically can be consumed during the metabolism of the COOH-groups present. The supplement may also contain a desiccant and an antioxidant. The supplement will have a pH in the range 2.0-6.0 when dissolved in water. The supplement is characterized in that the amounts of the vitamins B6, B9 and B12 are in the range of 0.5-30 mg, 0.1-10 mg and 1-1500 μg/gram dry weight of the content of the pure carboxylic acids in the supplement, respectively. The supplement can be used in animal feed in amounts of 0.5-15 grams dry supplement/kg dry feed.
Food and feed supplement containing vitamins, for improvement of health and performance, characterized in that the supplement contains at lest one C1-8 carboxylic acid and/or its salt as the basic ingredient and the B6, B9 and B12 vitamins in amounts of 10-50 mg/gram dry weight of the supplement, and that the amounts of the vitamins B12 and B9 at least corresponds to that which can be consumed during the metabolism of the COOH-groups of the carboxylic acid, and 5-25 mg Fe/gram dry weight of the supplement, 0-1 weight % of an antioxidant, and that the amount of salt and carboxylic acids will give a pH of 2.0-6.0 when the supplement is dissolved in water.
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