Week 5
Feed Additives and Labeling |
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Additives to Improve Consumer Acceptance of a Product
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- Production agriculture
- Produce safe, wholesome, cost-effective food products
- To maintain consumer demand, essential to provide product acceptable
to consumer
- Feed additives one method to improve consumer acceptance of food
products
- Xanthophylls
- Added to poultry rations
- Increase intensity of yellow pigmentation in eggs and skins
- Data does not support xanthophylls or increased pigmentation increases
nutritional value
- In general, consumers prefer increased pigmentation
- Natural sources
- Green plants
- Yellow corn
- Other yellow to red pigmented plant materials
- Marigold petal meal
- One of richest, natural sources
- Dried algae also source
- Various synthetic sources available and added
- In addition, extensive research
- Develop products to improve consumer acceptance and market value
of animal products
- Range of topics
- One area
- Increasing content of anticarcinogens in animal products
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