Animal Nutrition
Animal agriculture plays a vital role in nourishing a growing world through the production of meat, milk, and eggs, supporting nutritious and diverse diets.
Biorational Solutions for Sustainable Animal Production
As the global population grows and demand for animal protein continues to increase, producers face the challenge of supplying more food while improving efficiency and sustainability. At the same time, the industry is addressing a range of emerging challenges, including rising feed costs, antimicrobial resistance concerns, metabolic pressure associated with high-performing genetics, animal welfare expectations, and environmental impact concerns.
Nutrition Drives Performance
Animal nutrition is one of the most important tools available to livestock producers for addressing these challenges. Feed accounts for approximately 60–70% of total production costs, making nutritional strategies critical for improving feed efficiency, animal performance, and farm profitability.
Innovative Nutritional Solutions
At Sumitomo Biorational, we are developing innovative nutritional solutions that help livestock producers improve productivity and address the evolving challenges of modern animal agriculture. Our approach combines scientific expertise with practical industry needs to deliver meaningful value to producers.
Building on a Strong Legacy
While the Sumitomo Chemical Group has supported animal production through its DL-methionine business since 1966, Sumitomo Biorational is expanding this commitment by developing innovative biorational solutions for sustainable animal production.
Our Solutions Include
SUMIGROW™ is an innovative animal nutrition solution designed to support sow productivity. Powered by S-abscisic acid (S-ABA), a naturally occurring plant compound, SUMIGROW helps optimize reproductive performance. Previous research suggests that S-ABA may function as a nutritive antioxidant and support reproductive performance, including the number of piglets born alive, the number of piglets weaned, and piglet weaning weight. As sow productivity is one of the most important drivers of profitability in swine production, SUMIGROW offers a unique approach to optimizing efficiency, profitability, and sustainability.
SUMIFLORA®-LP supports healthy growth in broilers by promoting a balanced gut environment. It is a dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product that can be described as a paraprobiotic, containing inactivated microbial cells for stability and safety. Selected from hundreds of natural strains, it was developed for its support of normal immune function potential as a non-antibiotic feed ingredient that supports gut health and broiler performance.
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SUMIFLORA®-SG supports gut health and performance in piglets and broilers by serving as a substrate for beneficial gut bacteria. Produced through fermentation, sodium gluconate reaches the lower gastrointestinal tract with minimal absorption or degradation, where it exhibits prebiotic activity. Research suggests that sodium gluconate can be utilized by beneficial bacteria in the lower gastrointestinal tract, resulting in increased butyrate production. Because butyrate plays an important role in maintaining intestinal function, it helps support nutrient absorption, intestinal barrier integrity, and overall gut health.
Frequently Asked Questions
SUMIFLORA®-SG contains sodium gluconate, a fermentation-derived ingredient that serves as a substrate for beneficial gut bacteria. Research suggests that sodium gluconate can support butyrate production in the lower gastrointestinal tract, helping to maintain a healthy gut environment in piglets and broilers. The product is supplied as an odorless, user-friendly granular powder for easy handling and application.
SUMIFLORA®-LP is a dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product developed to support a balanced gut environment in broilers. Selected from hundreds of naturally occurring strains, it was developed for its potential to support normal immune function and gut health. SUMIFLORA®-LP is a stable, non-antibiotic feed ingredient designed to support broiler performance.
SUMIGROW™ is the first S-abscisic acid (S-ABA) solution developed for animal nutrition. As a nutritive antioxidant, it is designed to support the health and resilience of breeding sows. S-ABA is a naturally occurring compound found in plants and has long been recognized as a plant growth regulator, while emerging research suggests it may also play beneficial physiological roles in animals.
In animal nutrition, biorational solutions are derived from natural sources or developed through biological processes to support animal productivity and resilience. Sumitomo Biorational Company’s innovative solutions include beneficial microorganisms, naturally occurring compounds, and other science-based technologies designed to work in harmony with biological systems.
Biorational animal nutrition solutions can help address key challenges facing modern animal agriculture, including feed efficiency, productivity, animal resilience, and sustainability. By helping animals make better use of available resources, these solutions support more efficient and sustainable production of animal protein sources such as meat, milk, and eggs.
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