SUSTAINABILITY 58 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE June 2024 “Among chloride-free sodium sources available to supplement in feed, AdiSodium is a cost-effective source, ensuring animal performance in standard and hot climate conditions. Exhibiting a low carbon footprint, this source has benefits on sustainability for animal production by improving litter quality & reducing ammonia volatilization...” Monogastric feeds need to be balanced in dietary electrolytes (sodium, potassium and chloride), as they are essential elements for various physiological functions. Those needs are challenged nowadays with new feeding practices (protein reduction, alternative raw material, etc). For sodium, the supply is generally complemented with a chloride-free source of sodium with the aim of ensuring animal performance. AdiSodium, Adisseo sodium sulphate at 32% Na concentration, is a suitable candidate for this purpose. This sodium source is of high quality, benefiting from rigorous and continuous industrial quality control, cost-effective and with a reduced carbon footprint. ADISODIUM: A COST-EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SODIUM SOURCE FOR MODERN FEEDS AND FARMS There are different chloride-free sources of sodium available in the market under carbonate, bicarbonate, or sulfate forms. The sulfate form of sodium such as AdiSodium has demonstrated some advantages in regards with other sources. As reported in previous studies, AdiSodium leads to lower litter pH value, without affecting litter moisture, tending to reduce footpad lesion score. This effect on litter pH has been also reported as a possible mechanism in a lower litter ammonia volatilization in comparison with sodium bicarbonate (Mercier et al. 2005). Adisseo is committed to reduce direct environmental footprint by achieving 2025 emissions reduction target for greenhouse gasses emissions (-20% on scope 1 and 2 vs 2020), energy (-12% vs 2020) and water usage (-20% vs 2020). Those commitments are shaped via innovation in current industrial processes or new product development and projects in Adisseo facilities, especially in industrial plants. This results in the reduction of products' carbon footprints, as for instance for AdiSodium. In the Roches-Roussillon plant (France), where AdiSodium is produced, we have partnered in the DECLYC project to expedite decarbonisation efforts in Lyon Vallée de la Chimie (Chemistry Valley). This has a targeted reduction of 80% of CO2 emissions by 2050, equivalent to 1.6 million tonnes of CO2 annually, aligning with national sustainability goals. REVISING ELECTROLYTE BALANCE IN BROILER IN A SUSTAINABLE FEED MANUFACTURING STRATEGY Dr. Yves Mercier Scientific and Technical Support Global Manager Adisseo
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