Nursery diets of the near future can be formulated to optimize protein utilization, which is partly dependent on digestibility, but is largely influenced by the speed of protein digestion and absorption.

The inclusion of ileal digestible amino acids in the poultry ingredient matrices has been, without a doubt, a big step forward in the precision of feed formulation, allowing much more adjustment of least-cost optimization. However, evolution in the precision of feed formulation never stops, and today, it is increasingly important to consider protein digestion kinetics in poultry feed formulation. In this sense, the protein digestion kinetics or just “protein kinetics” is more indicative of feed efficiency and protein deposition and biological value than the extent of ileal digestible amino acids per se. In these times, with the high costs of feed ingredients we are facing, any move towards higher precision and subsequent cost optimization and performance improvement should be seriously considered. But what is protein kinetics?

A lot of people think that there is nothing better than milk protein for young calves, but high-quality vegetable protein can compete in Calf Milk Replacers (CMR) formulations. Our product HP 100 is an enzyme-treated soybean meal with a very low content of soy-derived Anti Nutritional Factors (ANF) currently used in young animal starter feeds as protein concentrate. In the young ruminant challenging preweaning phase, this vegetable protein specialty presents strong arguments to be integrated in the CMR ingredient list.

Chicken meat is, without a doubt, the most sustainable source of animal protein available for feeding a constantly growing world population that has an increasing demand for this type of protein, as purchasing power increases in many highly populated countries.