NEWS 8 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2024 dsm-firmenich, one of the leading innovators in health, nutrition, and beauty, and its alliance partner Novonesis announced the EU regulatory approval of the innovative feed protease ProAct 360™ for use in all fattening poultry and in chickens reared for laying and breeding. To remain profitable in today’s highly competitive environment, European poultry producers must contend with many factors, including fluctuating ingredient prices, genetic evolution, intestinal health considerations, welfare requirements, and sustainability demands. The effective management of protein uptake is key to successfully navigating these challenges. According to dsm-firmenich, as the only second-generation protease developed specifically for the feed industry, ProAct 360™ represents new enzyme technology that benefits the poultry industry in terms of feed efficiency, affordability and sustainability. The company points out that ProAct 360™ breaks down protein faster across a broad range of feed ingredients, delivers greater digestibility of all amino acids and better degrades anti-nutritional factors—leading to improved consistency of response and higher return on investment. Adam Smith, Feed Optimization Marketing & Business Development Manager at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health comments: “The issue of EU regulatory approval for ProAct 360™ promises significant benefits for poultry farmers in this region and underlines the dsm-firmenich | Novonesis alliance’s commitment to providing value-adding, sustainable solutions for the global feed and animal protein industry.” According to the company's statement, by improving the efficiency of protein absorption in the small intestine, ProAct 360™ also permits the formulation of lower-protein diets with a reduced proportion of soybean meal. This substantially reduces the environmental impact of poultry production while at the same time contributing to improved intestinal health and animal welfare. Read more>> dsm-firmenich explains approval of feed protease ProAct 360 in EU Protix unveils new LCA results for BSF Protix, one of the global leaders in insect ingredients for feed and food, unveiled the results of a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the German Institute of Food Technologies (Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik, DIL e.V.). The figures follow on from numbers published in an earlier assessment conducted in 2022, and demonstrate that Protix’s black soldier fly ingredients have positive effects in terms of environmental footprint. Driven by its mission to help feed the growing global world population while taking good care of our planet, Protix works to further reduce the footprint of its ingredients for pet food, animal feed and fertilisers. The improved results are driven by continuous improvement across operations, genetics and nutritional science, the company states. Kees Aarts, CEO of Protix, comments: “We take pride in leading innovations within our industry on a pathway to low-footprint-no-footprint proteins.
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