Egg quality

Selected Species

Poultry
Swine
Ruminants
Aquaculture

Reduce food wastage by increasing the proportion of saleable eggs and differentiate their nutritive, sensorial, and monetary value to consumers

Why is it important?

Eggs provide a safe, high-quality protein source that feeds more than 3.5 billion people every day. However, 15% of eggs produced do not reach the consumers due to poor egg quality such as breakage.

Poor egg quality lowers the profitability of egg producers and limits the availability of protein from meeting the protein demand of growing population.
Breakage can be impacted by a multitude of factors including diet composition, nutrient availability, absorption, and metabolism.
Further, consumer preference for label claims opens opportunities for egg producers to target those markets with differentiated eggs and egg products.

How to maximize the potential?

Ensure appropriate dietary levels of Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P), and their bioavailability.
Maximize Ca and P metabolism and absorption from the gut to strengthen the eggshell quality.
Provide effective yolk pigmentation and improved shelf life for a differentiation factor.

dsm-firmenich solutions

A highly efficacious phytase quickly liberates nutrients from dietary phytic acid, primarily Ca and P, and makes them bioavailable to the bird.
Vitamin D, in a further metabolized form as 25-OH-D₃, is highly efficient in potentiating Ca & P metabolism by increasing their bioavailability.
Carotenoids help ensure the quality of eggs by improving their antioxidant capacity, resulting in better taste and yolk color.

We recommend ensuring OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition® and a comprehensive mycotoxin risk management program as baseline in all poultry diets. Precise sustainability measures can help reduce the environmental footprint while ensuring lifetime production.

HiPhorius™

HiPhorius™ raises the market standard for phytase technology, delivering consistent improvements in animal performance through efficient phosphorous utilization.
Hy-D®

Hy-D® is the fast track vitamin D3 source, for a strong skeleton and better performance.
CAROPHYLL®

We offer additives that allow consistent delivery of precisely-pigmented egg yolks, poultry skin and fish.
OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition®

OVN Optimum Vitamin Nutrition® is about feeding animals high quality vitamins, produced with the lowest environmental footprint, in the right amounts, appropriate to their life stage and growing conditions, to optimize: • Animal Health and Welfare ▶ good for animals • Animal Performance ▶ good for farmers • Food Quality & Food Waste ▶ good for consumers and the planet
Mycofix®

The Mycofix® portfolio of feed additives represents the most state-of-the-art solution for protecting animal health by deactivating mycotoxins that contaminate farm animal feed. Its safety and efficacy are proven by 7 EU authorizations for substances that deactivate mycotoxins.
Sustell™

Sustell™ is an intelligent sustainability service that combines the most advanced environmental foot printing calculation tool with expert sustainability, animal production and nutritional knowledge to create tailor-made, practical solutions and business development projects that enhance the environmental sustainability and profitability of animal farming. Sustell™ unlocks the value of animal production sustainability.
Verax™

Harness the power of data to get a deeper understanding of the overall health, productivity and welfare of your animals.

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Promote your product with confidence

Differentiating poultry products as safe, high quality, and sustainable protein sources is the focus of every producer. By helping to reduce waste and to improve food security sustainably, we at dsm-firmenich support you to deliver premium poultry products to build your reputation in the market with confidence.

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