NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2023 83 The European Commission (EC) published the official renewal of authorization for AO-Biotics® Amaferm® on September 8. The Commission reauthorized Amaferm as a safe feed additive for use in dairy cows. The reauthorization process, which began in 2016, required years of response to safety and technical questions brought forth by the Commission to BioZyme®. The recent positive ruling is a culmination of those requests and discussions, according to the company's statement. Amaferm is a research-proven prebiotic designed to enhance digestibility. BioZyme produces Amaferm from a select Aspergillus oryzae (AO) strain through a multi-stage fermentation process. The company explains that Amaferm is safe and efficacious across beef, dairy, sheep, goats, horses, poultry and swine and it has been proven through more than 180 research studies and field trials. “The European Commission has approved the reauthorization of Amaferm, following our argumentation. This shows BioZyme’s capacity to respond to all safety and technical questions at the highest level. It is giving the customers the guarantee of buying a well-researched product that has been authorized by one of the most exigent bodies in our industry,” said Volker Altenbokum, Director of International Business Development for BioZyme. Read more>> EC reauthorizes AO-Biotics Amaferm as safe feed additive Angel Group successfully achieved large-scale production of the Dangxiong LB VIII probiotics strain, a significant breakthrough that marks a milestone in Angel's strategic transformation from yeast towards biotechnology. The DB-8 hails from Dangxiong, which is at an altitude of 4,500 meters where there are towering snow mountains and vast grasslands. This edible probiotic strain belongs to Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Lactis, and at its core Angel has brought its first self-developed yogurt starter culture Yo-Fru1. Angel's R&D team regularly visited Tibet and collected over 100 precious samples of plateau probiotics from more than 20 counties and townships across five cities and one district, and continually expands its Qinghai Tibet Plateau Probiotic Bank, which is the main driving force for tackling the bottleneck of plateau probiotics development. Collecting the probiotic strains is only the first step – strain isolation, identification, security evaluation, and selecting the best is a complex task. Accordingly, Angel has expanded the R&D team and acquired advanced equipment to find the best probiotics strain and develop Yo-Fru1. DB-8 has the advantages of acid production and natural fruit aroma in its metabolites, which makes it perfect for Angel to develop differentiated yogurt products. Read more>> Angel Group announces its first industrialized probiotic strain
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