Calcium formate, also known as calcium formate, is used as a feed additive, suitable for all kinds of animals, with acidification, anti-mildew, antibacterial and other effects.
Adding calcium formate to piglet feed can improve the digestion and absorption rate of calcium source and prevent diarrhea. Adding calcium formate to sow feed can prevent diseases such as postpartum hemiplegia. Adding calcium formate to the diet of laying hens can change the density of eggshell and improve the quality of eggshell. The addition of calcium formate to aquatic feed such as prawn can prevent the difficulty of husking and improve its survival rate.
Two important roles of formic acid in aquaculture production
Feed grade calcium formate is first of all organic calcium, strictly speaking, it contains 39% calcium, containing formic acid 61%, can be said to be particularly high purity. As a feed additive, it has many advantages such as high calcium content, low heavy metal content, good water solubility, good palatability of livestock and poultry. The calcium in calcium formate as a high-quality calcium source can play a good calcium supplement effect, and another component – formic acid, which has two particularly important effects is difficult to replace with other products.
1. Lower the pH of the gastrointestinal tract. The stomach and intestines of animals need a good acidic environment, which is to produce stomach acid to reduce ph value for themselves, and formic acid as an exogenous acid, on the one hand, greatly reduce the burden of acid production of the stomach and intestines to the breeding object, improve the digestion and absorption efficiency of food; On the other hand, the acidic environment inhibits the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia coli in the stomach and creates a suitable living environment for probiotics such as lactic acid bacteria, and further prevents the occurrence of diarrhea in cultured animals such as piglets.
2. Formic acid as an organic acid can complex many small molecules of minerals. For example, calcium and magnesium ions, iron ions and other trace elements needed in the animal body, it is simple to say that it can better promote the absorption of minerals in the intestinal tract of farmed animals
How to distinguish between true and false feed grade calcium formate?
The main methods are as follows:
Look: Genuine is the color makes the white crystal, the shape is the particle uniform.
Smell: Through simple smell can be separated feed grade calcium formate and industrial calcium formate, feed grade calcium formate tasteless, and industrial grade calcium formate has pungent smell, more choking.
Taste: Since it is a feed additive, it is still possible to taste a little, the taste is very bitter industrial grade formate, the main reason is that heavy metals exceed the standard, of course, feed grade formate will also have a lighter bitter taste, which is normal.
Meltwater experiment: feed grade formate is easily soluble in water, there is no sediment at the bottom of the cup; However, the water quality of industrial grade calcium formate is cloudy after it is dissolved in water, and impurities such as undissolved lime powder are often present at the bottom.
At present, calcium formate as a green and safe feed additive is widely loved by farmers and consumers, with the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, food safety awareness continues to increase, effective, cheap, safe, residue free feed additives are worthy of affirmation, it will be the mainstream farming drugs in the future farming industry.
The feed-grade calcium formate produced by Qihe Huarui Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd. uses heavy calcium carbonate powder made of calcite as raw material [calcium carbonate content ≥98%]; All raw acids are ≥85.0% formic acid produced by Luxi Chemical Industry.
Good acid :99% positive acid production, non-by-product acid
Good calcium: no impurities, high whiteness, calcium content ≥31%
Good absorption: organic calcium, ionic calcium
1. Appearance: Our feed grade calcium formate is pure white crystal, uniform particles, good fluidity, crystal clear in the sun!
2. Content:
Calcium formate [Ca (HCOO)2] ≥99.0
Total calcium (Ca) ≥30.4
Water insoluble matter ≤0.15
PH (10% aqueous solution) 7.0-7.5
Drying weight loss ≤0.5
Heavy metal (measured in Pb) ≤0.002
Arsenic (As) ≤0.005
3. Smell: No pungent smell, only a little bit of formic acid smell.
4. Taste: the taste is slightly bitter, and then the bitterness disappears without astringency.
5. Melt water: Put the appropriate amount of product into the glass, add water and stir gently, the solution is clear and transparent, and you can see the bottom of the glass at a glance.
Post time: Jun-22-2024