November 11, 2024

Evonik to put a focus on sustainability in animal nutrition at EuroTier

November 11, 2024 - At this year's EuroTier, Evonik is focusing on showing how and to what extent its feed ingredients and feeding concepts contribute to making the production of animal protein more sustainable. Evonik is the first and only producer of feed ingredients to present life cycle assessments for a probiotic product (Ecobiol) and guanidinoacetic acid (GuanAMINO) and to publish the carbon footprint of a lysine product (Biolys).

"Developing solutions for healthier and more sustainable animal nutrition has long been our passion," says Dr Gaetano Blanda, Head of Evonik's Animal Nutrition business line. "Now we as an industry leader can finally quantify the positive effect of our products and concepts."

The content of a 25-kilogram bag of Ecobiol, for example, has a CO2 footprint of 2.1kg CO2 equivalents. When the probiotic product is used in broiler feed, it reduces the footprint of the resulting chicken meat by 1800kg CO2 equivalents. This is what Evonik presents as the product handprint.

For MetAMINO (DL-methionine), Evonik estimates the product-specific CO2 footprint to be around 35% below the industry average. Blanda: "For more than 60 years, we have been continuously improving our methionine process and investing in our production facilities. This is really paying off here."

Evonik is the only methionine manufacturer serving the global feed markets from world-scale production hubs in three different parts of the world: Antwerp/Wesseling (Europe), Mobile (Alabama, USA) and Singapore. In 2024, the plants in Singapore have been modernised and expanded. A plant for a precursor of methionine is currently being built in Mobile.

Visitors to the Evonik booth at EuroTier can find out about the entire product range of Amineo acids and specialties for monogastrics and ruminants.

Evonik can be found at EuroTier in Hall 21, Booth E20 from November 12-15, in Hanover, Germany.

For more information, visit HERE.

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