Sugar cane extracts for use in animal feeds
AssigneePoly Gain Pte Ltd
InventorsShane Mitchell, Barry Kitchen, Gregor Macnab, Julian Neoh, Matthew Flavel
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to animal supplements and feeds comprising an extract derived from sugar cane, in particular, animal supplements and feeds comprising a polyphenolic extract derived from sugar cane. The disclosure also relates to animal supplements, animal feeds, methods and uses for improving or maintaining the health of animals to the benefit of improved food production and food quality.
Claims18
A method of reducing feed conversion ratio (FCR) in a healthy food producing animal selected from the group consisting of aquatic animals, insects, amphibians, reptiles, gastropods, birds, monogastric non-human animals, ruminants and pseudo-ruminants comprising providing the animal with a feed which includes an extract produced by steps consisting essentially of:
- filtering dunder to provide a supernatant and concentrating the supernatant to provide an extract with a minimum Brix of 55° and comprising from about 10 catechin equivalents (CE) g/L to about 100 CE g/L of polyphenols and about 1 CE g/L to about 15 CE g/L of flavonoids or from about 100 CE mg/g to about 1000 CE mg/g of polyphenols and about 10 CE mg/g to about 150 CE mg/g of flavonoids;
- the extract being present in the feed in an amount of about 0.01 to 5 wt %.
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