The current situation and development trend of organic trace elements in the feed industry

In recent years, organic trace elements have been increasingly widely used in the feed industry in domestic enterprises such as Jiayuan Biotechnology, due to their good stability, high biological efficacy, and strong anti-interference ability, gradually replacing traditional inorganic trace elements. Due to the presence of inorganic trace elements that are prone to oxidation, damage vitamins, and residual heavy metals; The country has put forward higher requirements for feed safety, prompting feed enterprises to shift from single organic product applications to customized composite mineral solutions. Trace elements directly or indirectly participate in the formation and activation of enzymes and hormones in animals, affecting their growth, metabolism, immunity, and reproduction. Although it accounts for less than 0.5% of animal feed additives, its role is crucial. The excessive addition of traditional inorganic sulfates can easily cause damage to fats and fat soluble vitamins in feed, and have a certain impact on intestinal villi. Inorganic salts such as ferrous sulfate are prone to oxidation to trivalent iron during processing and storage, which is not easily absorbed by animals. At the same time, their hygroscopicity and reducibility can damage the vitamins in feed, requiring the addition of additional vitamins and increasing feed costs. Organic trace elements, as a new type of mineral element additive, have attracted industry attention due to their good stability, high biological potency, easy digestion and absorption, and strong anti-interference properties. At present, the most commonly used products in China are ferrous glycinate chelates and zinc glycinate chelates, which are mostly used in a combination of organic-inorganic methods. Some products have already used all organic trace elements, and the application stage is concentrated in young and breeding livestock and poultry.

The technical director of Jiayuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. in Ningxiang County analyzed and pointed out that there are three issues that need attention in the current organic trace element industry: in terms of defining the concept of

, there are different views in some market promotions, such as mixing basic chlorides, fumarates, etc. with organic trace elements. According to the definition of the American Feed Management Officials Association, organic trace elements include amino acid complexes, protein complexes, polysaccharide complexes, etc. In terms of product evaluation, some products lack unified national standards, and there are differences in enterprise standard testing methods. There are also areas that need improvement for products with national standards, such as the molecular formula of ferrous glycine in the national standard not being completely consistent with the actual structure of the product, and the detection method also needs to be optimized. At the same time, some companies have discrepancies between samples and batches of products, reflecting differences in process control and quality control testing capabilities. In terms of usage standards, feed companies lack a unified reference standard for the amount of organic trace elements added. Some newly entered enterprises have not undergone systematic animal testing research, making it difficult to provide scientific usage plans. Industry analysis suggests that organic trace elements will show two major development trends: firstly, organic trace elements are expected to gradually replace inorganic trace elements. Inorganic trace elements are mostly by-products of chemical raw materials, which are prone to residual toxic and harmful substances; Organic trace elements have high purity and low residual heavy metals through multi-step extraction. With the upgrading of domestic processes and the increase in production, the prices of organic trace elements have gradually become reasonable. Secondly, customized composite minerals are expected to become a future direction. Feed companies can reduce manpower and equipment investment in procurement, warehousing, quality control, and overall operating costs by purchasing over a dozen monomers and one or several composite minerals. Ningxiang Jiayuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. stated that the company not only provides organic trace element products, but is also committed to providing a complete set of solutions to help customers solve practical problems. The company will continue to upgrade its product technology, improve scientific and effective evaluation methods, conduct in-depth research on the application of organic trace elements, and meet the needs of feed enterprises for efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly products.