New dietary fat for turkeys

Nobacithin 50, a mixture based on soya lecithin and fatty acids, is a good replacer for soya oil in turkey diets, trial results have shown. Lecithin is a fat-like substance which can be produced from soya bean, rape or sunflower oil. After degumming the oil, the lecithin is extracted from the gum and then cleaned. Lecithin is a complex mixture of at least 60% phospholipids; the other constituents are triglycerides, phosphatidic acid, choline, tocopherols, etc. Lecithin has a positive effect on