Through its subsidiary, Tanovis introduces a novel, natural feed ingredient to the animal health and nutrition market
A new class of ingredients, naturally effective, improving animal health, increasing performance and reducing use of antibiotics
Excessive use of antibiotics in animal husbandry is known to promote the selection and development of bacterial strains showing resistance to antibiotics. As a result, the prophylactic use of antibiotics has been banned in Europe and the US and is beginning to be strongly questioned in many other regions of the world. Non-medicinal feed products offer an opportunity to improve animal productivity and health without the negative consequences.
Tanovis is producing and marketing a new class of ingredients which offer superior cost/benefit ratios over existing non-medicinal ingredients. These new ingredients also offer improved effectiveness on their own compared to other solutions and very interesting synergies with other natural ingredients. The company aims at capitalizing on its first mover’s advantage and its proprietary know-how on product applications to become the major supplier of this class of ingredients to producers of feed and feed supplements.
Through its subsidiary Phytaxis SA, Tanovis can offer products for all farm animals and for the fast-growing sector of aquafarming.
FAO – further increase in meat consumption
Reports in the media about trends such as the increase in vegan foods or lab-grown meat give the impression that demand for protein from farm animals is declining. However, looking at FAO forecasts that predict an increase in per capita consumption of animal products in the coming years, these trends do not yet seem to have a major impact. In the developed world, there has been a slowdown over the last 20 years, but consumption continues to grow. Other regions, such as Africa, etc., have increased per capita consumption over the past 20 years.
World Bank – further increase in antibiotic use in animal breeding
Although antibiotics as growth promoters (AGPs) are banned in the EU, the US and some other regions, consumption in livestock production is still too high. The World Bank estimates that the amount of antibiotics fed to livestock will continue to increase due to the intensification of animal production, which increases animal health problems. The ban on AGPs in Europe has led to an increase in the use of «non-medicinal» feed additives and we expect this to happen in the US as well. Other countries will follow as not only government restrictions drive the market in this direction, but also consumer preferences that require healthier meat production. We foresee, that our core markets will grow significantly in the coming years.