Antioxidants are used in feeding stuffs to delay their oxidative spoilage and thus protect oxidation-sensitive lipids and nutrients such as vitamins during the storage of the feeding stuffs. Vitamin E is the most important fat soluble antioxidant and performs best in combination with other antioxidants. By Dr. Antje Holthausen, Lohmann Animal Health, Cuxhaven, Germany
Fats, oils and feeding stuffs containing fats spoil due to a number of different degradation processes. Fat or lipid oxidation
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