Feed & Ingredients
Our analytical solutions for the compositional analysis of animal feed help with the cost-effective production of safe, healthy feed.
Analysis of Animal Feed & Ingredients
The analysis of animal feed is essential for both feed producers and commerical livestock operations to meet quality and safety standards and ensure optimal animal health.
The composition and mineral content of feedstock, forages, pre-mixes, total mixed rations, compound feed and more is possible using non-destructive analytical techniques such as FT-NIR and XRF. By implementing these analyses in production and quality control processes, manufacturers can ensure reliable nutritional profiles, maintain product consistency and adhere to regulatory requirements.
Compositional Analysis of Animal Feed with FT-NIR
The raw materials for animal feed vary widely in composition, due to origin, seasonal changes, or year. FT-NIR spectroscopy offers a rapid, accurate and non-destructive tool for the analysis of the main constituents including moisture, fat, protein, fiber, and ash as well as other more specialized parameters like starch, sugars, digestibility, and amino acids.
Our comprehensive calibration packages for feed and ingredients are developed following the ISO 12099 guideline. These calibrations help you to achieve a superior quality control, allowing optimum formulation for animal wellbeing and productivity.
Fast & Accurate Nutrient Analysis of Feed using XRF Spectroscopy
X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy enables the fast, non-destructive elemental analysis of macro-, micro-, and trace nutrients, as well as contaminants across the entire feed value chain.
Raw materials, intermediates and finished products can be measured directly or after minimal sample preparation, including forages, silages, pre-mixes, total mixed rations (TMR) and compound feed.
XRF gives feed manufacturers the ability to quickly and precisely monitor key nutrition elements such as Na, Mg, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and Se, while simultaneously screening for toxic metals like Pb.
Elemental analysis with XRF is especially useful for ensuring compound feed quality, meeting regulatory standards or for corrective action during the feed production process.
Beyond feed analysis, XRF analysis can also be used to analyze urine, feces (manure), and other farm materials for their elemental content. This provides valuable insights into nutrient cycles and animal health enabling optimized feeding and minmizing environmental impact.
Foreign Body Identification
Foreign bodies found in feed products need to be identified to be able to determine their source for taking corrective action.
XRF and FT-IR quickly identify these small physical contaminant materials on the production floor or in the lab. Whereas XRF spectroscopy is ideal for metals, ceramics, stones and glass, the complementary FT-IR technology works best for plastics, rubbers, and other organic materials.
Bruker's Elemental Analyzer Portfolio
Bruker’s range of elemental analysis instruments addresses a wide range of requirements across animal feed analysis. Our solutions include:
- High-throughput lab-based ED-XRF and WD-XRF spectrometers.
- Point-and-shoot handheld XRF analyzers.
- Ultra-trace analysis TXRF spectrometers.
if you are interested in learning more about the benefits of XRF for feed analysis contact one of our experts.
