The use of sodium benzoate in piglet diets

Short-chain fatty acids and their salts have a long history in the food and the feed industries, which commonly use them as preservatives. They are frequently used in piglet diets with positive effects on performance. The aromatic carboxylic acid, benzoic acid, and sodium salt, the sodium benzoate, are more efficient antimicrobials in the acidic gastric environment as well as in the more neutral intestinal environment of piglets. Protural is the sodium benzoate recently registered in the EU by K