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Bringing the power of meat back into feed:
CreAMINO® for animal nutrition
Thanks to the feed additive CreAMINO®, animals will be fed even more sustainably and
efficiently in the future. For its achievement, the team from the Health & Nutrition Business Unit
was awarded the Evonik Innovation Award 2010 in the New Products category.
[ text Dr. Ernst Krämer, Ricardo Gobbi, Dr. Andreas Lemme ]
elements34 Issue 1|2011
Based on various forecasts, the world population is set to grow another 2.3 billion
by the year 2050. Meat, fish and milk products are high­quality sources of
protein for human nutrition, and so it is no surprise that increasing income also
increases the demand for meat. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
estimates that worldwide meat consumption, which is currently 38 kilograms per
capita and year, will increase to 52 kilograms in the year 2050. According to the
FAO, consumption of poultry meat alone will rise 60 percent to more than 140 million
metric tons in 20 years. But in creased meat production may also leave its mark
on the en vironment, given the limited cultivation areas for production of animal
feed. Expansion of meat production rapidly conflicts with desirable environmental
and social conditions—such as preserving forests and supplying the world popu ­
la tion with plant­based foods.
Innovative feeding concepts help solve these problems by enabling the animals to
optimally utilize the feed for growth and muscle development. Thanks to these innovations,
the same amount of feed can provide balanced nutrition for more animals.
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Evonik’s Health & Nutrition Business Unit has made important contribution in