June 25, 2009

Trouw Nutrition has launched Fylax Forte, a new mould inhibitor that is significant more effective at controlling moulds on compound animal feeds and their raw materials when compared to conventional products.

Fylax Forte, which is launched as part of the Selko Organic Acids range, delivers the same shelf life while saving 10–15 percent in costs.

Fylax Forte is produced by a unique and innovative production technology that creates activated proprionates that are held in micelle structures. This combination enables the product to kill moulds more effectively than conventional products.

In trials, Fylax Forte proved highly effective against the typical mould species Aspergillus, Fusarium, Penecillium and Zygomycetes. It consistently outperformed commercially available mould inhibitors in laboratory tests and under commercial storage conditions that were optimised for mould growth.

"The trials showed a 60 percent stronger efficacy of Fylax Forte compared with common industrial standard products," said Maarten van der Heijden, Product Manager Selko Preservation.

Trouw Nutrition International Feed Additives is a Nutreco company. Nutreco employs nearly 9,300 people in 30 countries, with sales in 80 countries.