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Today, consumers, food retailers and governments throughout Europe demand high standards of nutrition for farm animals. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is the global market leader in amino acids for animal feed. The company's know-how enables AJINOMOTO EUROLYSINE S.A.S. to produce high quality amino acids which help nutritionists and feed formulators to design better-balanced diets.
Modern farming is coming under increasing pressure to minimize its impact on the environment, especially in Europe where the density of livestock production is high. Very close attention is indeed paid to "sustainability of animal production" and nitrogen pollution from intensive livestock production is strictly regulated in the EU through stringent environmental regulations that have been put in place.
Supplementing the deficient amino acids in an unbalanced diet improves the efficiency with which animals utilize amino acids. It results in an amino acids supply more closely matching the animals' requirements, leading to a lower amount of excreted nitrogen. Low protein diets supplemented with amino acids can thus decrease nitrogen output into the environment by at least 30%. This is officially recognised as one of the "Best Available Technique" (BAT) to decrease nitrogen excretion from livestock production (European Commission, 2003: "Reference Document on Best Available Techniques for Intensive Rearing of Poultry and Pigs").
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.'s Lysine, Threonine and Tryptophan are being increasingly used in recognition of their environmental benefits in addition to the nutritional effect. AJINOMOTO EUROLYSINE S.A.S. more recently launched Valine, a new feed-grade amino acid, which gives the feed industry the opportunity to further decrease the dietary protein content and so, to further reduce nitrogen excretion. Along with other feed grade amino acids, Valine offers greater flexibility in the use of raw materials to satisfy nutritional constraints.
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.'s Lysine, Threonine, Tryptophan and now Valine continue to be more and more used by the livestock industry all over the world to face the challenges of economy, health and environment.
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