Polyphenols and antioxidant defenses: Nor-Grape® 80

What are Polyphenols? Polyphenols exist in a majority of plants, but not all of them have the same properties. This broad classification is displayed in various categories such as phenolic acids, stilbenes, flavonoids and lignans for which there are other subcategories. Therefore, the profiles of polyphenols and their associated properties differ greatly between those encountered …

Peer Reviewed Article: “Saponin-Rich Plant Premixture Supplementation is As Efficient as Ionophore Monensin”

A new peer-review article on the interest of Selected saponins Nor-Feed, as a leading specialist of botanicals for animal nutrition, is glad to share a new peer-review article on the interest of selected saponins for coccidiosis, published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary science. In the plant kingdom, there are more than 10 000 saponins …

Nor-Feed joins forces with Adisseo Group

A new milestone and A step forward for our team The Nor-Feed team, which now has over 40 collaborators, is delighted to have joined forces with Adisseo, a trusted industry player that will foster Nor-Feed’s business development. After 20 years of activity in the botanicals market, Nor-Feed embarks on an exciting journey, relying on Adisseo’s …

VIV Asia 2023: Our conference with field experts

Nor-Feed team at the VIV Asia 2023 On March 9th, our team had the opportunity to share our knowledge at VIV Asia 2023 in Bangkok during a conference, which was attended by over 50 people from the animal nutrition industry. The presentation focused on managing coccidial risk; a discussion based on the speakers’ expertise. Dr. …

Effect of a Citrus extract on the microbiota and well-being of sows around farrowing

At the Journées de la Recherche Porcine (JRP) 2023 in Paris, Dr. Sekhou Cissé, R&D product manager at Nor-Feed, presented a poster on the evaluation of the effect of a standardized Citrus extract on the intestinal microbiota and welfare of sows around farrowing, under commercial farming conditions. Farrowing A critical period for sows The farrowing …

Testing properties and biological activities of saponins

In 2022, Maxime Le Bot (Nor-Feed/FeedInTech) published new data on testing properties and biological activities of saponins during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA), in August 28 – 31, 2022 in Thessaloniki, Greece. What are Saponins? In fact, saponins are complex secondary metabolites …

An accurate, cost-effective and simple colorimetric method for the quantification of saponins

Maxime Le Bot, FeedInTech Analysis Specialist, has recently written an article published in Food Chemistry, a recognized scientific peer-review journal, with the collaboration of the SONAS laboratory and the FeedInTech joint-lab, about an accurate, cost-effective, and simple colorimetric method to quantify saponins from plant materials. What are Saponins? Saponins are a family of molecules found …

Resistant capacity of the encapsulated grape extract during ruminal fermentation: an Ex-vitro study

Last August 2022, in Thessaloniki (Greece) Doctor Bui (DVM, Nor-Feed R&D team) shared new data obtained with our encapsulated grape extract during the 70th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural product research (GA). Rumen-by-pass formula of Nor-Grape® to protect active molecules from Ruminal retention Natural grape extract constituted …