Isomalto Oligosaccharide: A Novel Natural Ingredient for Animal Nutrition

Isomalto Oligosaccharide is a functional oligosaccharide composed of multiple glucose units linked by α-1,6 glycosidic bonds, with its primary active constituents including isomaltose, panose, and isomaltotetraose.

Owing to its unique α-1,6 glycosidic bonds, which resist degradation by digestive enzymes in the animal gut, Isomalto Oligosaccharide is neither digested nor absorbed by the host. Nor is it utilised by most harmful bacteria; instead, it is selectively fermented by beneficial gut bacteria (particularly bifidobacteria). Consequently, it is acclaimed as a highly effective ‘bifidogenic factor’.This mechanism confers multiple physiological functions, making it particularly suitable as a functional additive in modern animal feed:

· · · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·· · · ·Regulates gut microbiota balance: promotes proliferation of beneficial bacteria, inhibits harmful bacterial colonisation, and maintains a healthy, stable microecological environment;

· Enhances immune function: increases antibody levels, boosts T and B lymphocyte counts, and comprehensively improves disease resistance;

· Improving rearing environments: Significantly reducing harmful substances like ammonia and hydrogen sulphide in faeces, thereby diminishing odours in housing;

· Facilitating mineral and vitamin metabolism: Enhancing absorption of minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and iron, while promoting synthesis of B-complex vitamins;

· Boosting production performance: Preventing diarrhoea, protecting the liver, lowering cholesterol, improving feed utilisation, and comprehensively promoting healthy animal growth.

Printemps vert Technology leverages advanced enzymatic processes to deliver high-purity Isomalto Oligosaccharide (IMO) feed ingredients. With stable performance and a well-defined mechanism of action, these products are widely applicable in swine, poultry, aquaculture, and ruminant feeds. They empower clients to develop more competitive, safer, and greener feed formulations, aligning with antibiotic-free farming trends to achieve dual improvements in animal health and economic returns.

1. Isomalto Oligosaccharide: Efficiently regulating intestinal health, empowering animal nutrition upgrades

Isomalto Oligosaccharide (IMO), a functional oligosaccharide based on α-1,6 glycosidic bonds, effectively bypasses foregut digestion to target the hindgut. It achieves healthy farming and enhanced profitability through its ‘probiotic effect’. Key mechanisms include:

1.1 Precision Probiotics: Suppressing Harmful Bacteria

IMO specifically promotes the proliferation of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacteria while inhibiting pathogens like E. coli and Salmonella. This optimises the intestinal microecology and enhances animal immunity.

1.2 Promoting Nutrient Synthesis and Absorption

By improving microbial community structure, IMO significantly enhances the synthesis of B vitamins, vitamin K, and other nutrients. It also promotes the absorption of minerals (Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Fe²⁺) and amino acids, thereby increasing feed utilisation and animal growth performance.

Printemps vert Technology employs advanced enzymatic processes to deliver high-purity, highly stable feed-grade Isomalto Oligosaccharide, empowering clients to develop healthier, more efficient antibiotic-free feed products and jointly advance sustainable livestock farming.

2 Applications and Innovations of Isomalto Oligosaccharide in Animal Nutrition

As a natural, health-promoting glyconutrient, Isomalto Oligosaccharide has achieved mature application within the feed industry across numerous countries worldwide. It is extensively incorporated into feeds for swine, poultry and other livestock to support animal health, enhance digestive efficiency and elevate overall production performance. Presently, this additive constitutes a vital component of modern feed formulations throughout many regions of Europe and Asia.

Printemps vert Technology leverages advanced enzymatic processes to produce high-purity, highly stable ISO-maltodextrin feed-grade raw materials. We are committed to providing domestic feed enterprises with scientific, efficient functional additive solutions, empowering clients to develop more competitive animal nutrition products and advancing healthy farming practices alongside sustainable development.

2.1 ISO-Maltodextrin: Outstanding Advantages of a New Generation Green Feed Additive

En aujourd’hui' S pursuit of healthy farming and sustainable development, traditional feed additives such as antibiotics and probiotics face numerous application limitations. Isomalto Oligosaccharide, as a stable, highly effective, and green novel functional additive, has emerged as a significant choice in the field of animal nutrition.

Its core advantages are manifested in the following aspects:

· Supporting antibiotic-free farming: Helps reduce antibiotic usage, minimises drug residue risks, and contributes to the production of safer, higher-quality livestock and poultry products.

· Exceptional processing stability and ease of application: Resistant to high temperatures, oxygen, and gastric acid, suitable for various feed processing conditions including powdered, pelleted, and extruded feeds. No contraindications for mixing, facilitating straightforward addition and use.

· Promotes gut health and enhances production performance: Selectively stimulates proliferation of beneficial indigenous gut bacteria, strengthening digestive absorption functions to improve feed utilisation and animal health.

· Environmentally sound and highly cost-effective: Contains no live bacteria, avoiding issues such as low survival rates and inconsistent colonisation effects associated with traditional probiotic preparations, while contributing to reduced overall feed costs.

2.2 Significant Application Effects of Isomalto Oligosaccharide in Feed, Supporting Healthy and Efficient Farming

As an environmentally sound and highly effective feed additive, Isomalto Oligosaccharide is now widely used in feeds for swine, poultry, aquaculture, and ruminants. Extensive practical application demonstrates that adding Isomalto Oligosaccharide effectively enhances animal growth performance, improves health status, and increases economic benefits in farming.

Its primary effects include:

· Promoting growth and improving feed efficiency: Significantly increases daily weight gain, improves feed conversion rates, and reduces feed-to-meat ratios, thereby saving farming costs.

· Strengthening gut health and reducing disease incidence: Effectively lowering diarrhoea rates, improving gut microbiota balance, boosting animal immunity, and significantly reducing mortality.

· Enhancing reproductive performance and product quality: Aiding in shortening the oestrous cycle in female livestock, increasing foetal survival rates, while also improving the quality and safety of livestock products such as meat, eggs, and milk.

· Substantial comprehensive benefits: While enhancing production performance, it reduces veterinary drug usage and lowers medical costs, achieving income growth and expenditure reduction.

Green Spring Technology's Isomalto Oligosaccharide powder, produced via advanced enzymatic processes, boasts high purity and stable performance. It can be widely applied in various compound feeds, premixes, and specialised feeds, providing livestock enterprises with safe, reliable functional additive solutions to support the healthy, efficient, and sustainable development of the livestock industry.

2.3 Scientific Application of Isomalto Oligosaccharide to Maximise Feed Additive Benefits

As a highly effective, green feed additive, Isomalto Oligosaccharide requires careful application methods to ensure its full efficacy is realised. Green Spring Technology offers the following practical recommendations to facilitate safe and efficient livestock production:

· Pre-treatment to prevent moisture absorption and ensure uniform mixing:

Given its hygroscopic nature, it is advisable to premix Isomalto Oligosaccharide with a low-moisture carrier (such as limestone powder or bran) at a ratio of 5-8 parts before incorporating it into bulk feed. This prevents caking and ensures even distribution.

· Appropriate handling of syrup formulations to prevent contamination:

When using syrup products, dilution with carriers like bran followed by drying or low-temperature dehydration is recommended before incorporation into feed mixtures. Take care to avoid fly contact to prevent pathogen contamination and safeguard feed hygiene.

· Precisely control addition ratios to optimise efficacy:

Recommended addition levels typically range from 0.15% to 0.25%, with minor adjustments based on animal species, growth stage, and feed composition. Appropriate dosages significantly enhance animal growth and gut health, whilst excessive amounts may cause soft stools or diarrhoea.

Green Spring Technology supplies high-purity Isomalto Oligosaccharide in powder and syrup formulations, alongside comprehensive technical application guidance, empowering clients to achieve green, healthy, and efficient animal production.

3 Isomalto Oligosaccharide: Pioneering New Directions in Functional Feed Additives

As a green, safe, and highly effective functional ingredient, Isomalto Oligosaccharide is increasingly becoming a vital choice for healthy farming and feed industry advancement.Its raw materials are widely sourced, primarily based on starch and cereals, with economically viable production costs, making it highly suitable for large-scale feed applications. As market demands for antibiotic-free farming, animal health, and sustainable development continue to rise, ISA has emerged as a prominent contender among next-generation feed additives due to its multiple functions: promoting growth, improving gut health, and enhancing immunity.

Green Spring Technology, leveraging advanced enzymatic processes, pioneers the domestic launch of high-quality feed-grade Isomalto Oligosaccharide raw materials, delivering core value to feed enterprises:

· Enhancing feed efficacy while reducing overall costs: By improving animal growth performance, feed conversion rates, and health status, it effectively boosts clients' farming profitability;

· Green and safe, aligning with antibiotic-free trends: Assists clients in developing functional feed products as antibiotic alternatives, responding to healthy farming policies and strengthening brand competitiveness.

Green Spring Technology is committed to collaborating with clients to advance feed formulation optimisation and upgrades, providing the industry with scientific, reliable, and cost-effective raw material solutions.

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