Compound betaine is a highly efficient, high-quality, economical, and widely used nutritional additive for animal husbandry, poultry, and aquaculture to induce feeding and promote growth. Betaine is a nutritional additive that can be used in animal feed for livestock, aquatic products, and various pet animals. It is made by adsorbing liquid betaine onto a carrier through a special process and composite drying, with a sweet taste and the same function as anhydrous betaine. The main uses are as follows:
1. Provide methyl as a methyl donor. Efficient methyl donors can partially replace methionine and choline chloride, reducing feed costs. The methyl supply efficiency of 30% composite betaine is approximately equivalent to that of methionine.
2. Participate in fat metabolism and promote protein synthesis. Adding betaine hydrochloride to pig feed can increase eye muscle area, reduce average backfat thickness, improve lean meat percentage and carcass quality. Adding it to chicken feed can improve the carcass quality and chest muscle mass of broiler chickens, reduce abdominal muscle deposition, and lower feed to meat ratio.
3. Has food attractant activity. Compound betaine can stimulate animals' sense of smell and taste, promote animal feeding, and improve the palatability and utilization of feed. Increasing feed intake and daily weight gain are the main attractants of aquatic feed. It is an ideal attractant for fish and crustaceans, with a strong sense of smell that greatly increases food intake and promotes growth; It can also increase the feeding rate of piglets and promote their growth.
4. Betaine products are buffering substances for osmotic pressure fluctuations. When osmotic pressure changes dramatically, betaine can effectively prevent cell water loss, improve the function of NA/K pumps, enhance the tolerance of objects to water shortage, high temperature, high salt, and high osmotic environments, stabilize enzyme activity and the function of biomolecules, thereby regulating the ion balance of animal intestinal water, maintaining intestinal function, and slowing down the occurrence of diarrhea.