With a potential ban on routine piglet castration looming in Europe, pig producers are increasingly looking for alternative animal-friendly and cost-effective alternatives. And consumers are demanding high-quality, tasty pork that produced to high welfare standards. The solution? Taintstop, the only dietary solution to reduce both skatole and androstenone in pig meat.

While vegetable protein sources often add extra fibers to the feed in the form of non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs), these NSPs often have anti-nutritional effects with a detrimental impact on digestion and performance. However, this effect can be perfectly reverted using adequate enzymes in the feed, so-called NSPases. The efficacy of NSPases on the break-down of soluble and insoluble fibers – and related animal performance – depends on their type of action, their concentration in the enzyme concept and the dosage of this concept in the diet.

The shift towards an increasing amount of protein of vegetable origin in animal feed comes at a cost: reduced protein digestibility, lower performance and higher feed conversion. AVEVE Biochem has developed enzyme supplements that help overcome this hurdle and improve economics by increasing protein digestibility.