Matching today’s expectations. Orafti® functional fibres for modern poultry production. connecting nutrition and health

Matching today’s expectations. Ongoing optimisation of poultry genetics and increased flock density have raised the bar on performant poultry production. Modern producers have to comply with the global trend to cut back on antimicrobial growth promoters in feed, and simultaneously live up to rising nutritional requirements, a growing demand for animal protein, environmental restrictions and increased consumer awareness. They are therefore more than ever in search of safe, natural and functional feeds to maximise their animals’ digestive health and nutrient uptake and achieve the highest possible...

Fig. 1: Enzymatic hydrolysis of chicory root extracted inulin to oligofructose. Chicory inulin Exceptional product stability. Our wide range of inulin-type fructans showcase good stability under thermal and acid conditions, as well as prolonged shelf life. They are offered in varying concentrations and grades of polymerisation, based on different chicory inulin to oligofructose ratios. This allows for ingredient solutions that can be customised following specific needs and (technical) requiremen

Improved health and animal performance. Highly targeted fermentation in hindgut. Poultry require very targeted and effective prebiotic compounds to benefit fully from the effect on microbiota, taking place within the small ‘prebiotic window’. Here, mucosal immunity and mineral absorption can be stimulated substantially. Biological and in-vitro studies confirm the high robustness of Orafti® prebiotic fibres throughout the gastro-intestinal tract. They remain maximally available for highly selective fermentation as they are affected minimally by enzymatic digestion. Chicory inulin and oligofructose...

Intestinal health research from previous decades on humans as well as farm animals reveals the high fermentability of inulin-type fructans by very specific beneficial bacteria. Significant increases in microbial counts of mainly bifidobacteria and lactobacilli or the levels of volatile fatty acids as their metabolic products (Table 1), were detected in intestinal digesta samples*. These short-chain fatty acids stimulate growth of mucosal cells resulting in healthier villi structures of the intestinal walls. Clear prebiotic effects can be observed in ileum, but the strongest microflora changes...

A natural, prophylactic feed ingredient. Recent research on the application of the chicory root as a dietary growth promoter provided a strong indication of improved immune response. In comparison to preventive antimicrobials inulin as well as oligofructose (OF) show similar or improved antibody synthesis (Fig. 4) and related animal performance  *. Inulin-type fructans are suggested as a dietary solution for the effective and natural replacement of subtherapeutic, in-feed antibiotics. They interact directly with immuno-regulating cells of mucosal villi. Indirectly, their beneficial fermentation...

Providing a head start to day-old chicks. In young bird nutrition like in (pre-)starter diets, prebiotic fibres stimulate the development of immature gastro-intestinal structures and the juvenile immune system. This allows young broilers, rearing chicks as well as turkey poults to establish a healthy microflora a lot faster and cope better with dietary stress resulting from first contact with solid feed particles. Above all, they help to minimise energy depletion of the immuno-regulating villi cells and maximise absorption potential of essential nutrients and minerals. To assure healthy and rapid...

Optimisation of poultry feed - ingredient range and properties. Product Concentration * Purity Solubility Comment Ingredient application is subject to national legislation. Different grades of refinement available.

Convincing across all parameters. BENEO is one of the few ingredient suppliers providing a specific feed-grade portfolio of inulin-type fructans. With two state-of-the-art and food-certified processing plants in Belgium and Chile, we can continuously offer great flexibility and high product availability and supply multiple dry and liquid variations of functional fibres of the purest quality. Extended zootechnical and intestinal research confirms that adding chicory inulin or oligofructose to poultry diets yields significant financial benefits on multiple production parameters as a result of strong...

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Park, S. O., Park, B. S. 2011b. Influence of Inuloprebiotic Supplementation of the Diets of Broiler Chickens on Shelf-Life and Quality Characteristics of Meat. J. Anim. Vet. Adv. 10 (10), 1336-1341. Park, S. O., Park, B. S. 2012. Effect of feeding inulin oligosaccharides on cecum bacteria, egg quality and egg production in laying hens. Afr. J. Biotech. 11 (39), 9516-9521. Peinado, M. J., Echávarri, A., Ruiz, R., Suárez-Pereira, E., Ortiz Mellet, C., García Fernández, J. M., Rubio, L. A. 2013. Effects of inulin and di-D-fructose dianhydride-enriched caramels on intestinal microbiota composition...

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