Sweetener market widening

16-09-2015 | Feed additives | Article

In 1992, Pancosma became the first company to create a long-lasting intense sweetener as a taste modifier and now 75% of piglet feed manufacturers use sweeteners in their diets.

Taste modifiers are now regularly used in feed to improve palatability. They help to ensure feed is appetising and that optimum feed intake is achieved. Swiss company Pancosma has been producing sweeteners for 30 years. What lessons have been learned? Sweet ingredients such as sugar, glucose and molasses are commonly used in feed for their ability to improve feed taste in addition to being highly available energy sources. However, their use as palatability enhancers has always been limited due

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