MetAMINO®

Methionine plays a foundational role in animal nutrition. As an essential amino acid, it serves as a building block for synthesizing peptides and proteins that are incorporated into body tissues, feathers and eggs for optimal growth performance, health, body weight gain and feed conversion. Moreover, methionine is important in the synthesis of polyamines as a donor of methyl groups for DNA and as a precursor to cysteine. The latter is used to form glutathione, a major antioxidant that plays a role in the immune function. In its DL-methionine form, MetAMINO® is part of an effective strategy to lower feed costs by reducing expensive crude protein levels and nitrogen excretion while contributing to a more sustainable livestock farming.   

^*Methodology for global industry average excluding Evonik: estimated internally by Evonik‘s market intelligence, technology and lifecycle assessment experts. Industry methionine sources include DL-methionine, L-methionine and methionine hydroxy analogue (MHA). Global Warming Potential is estimated accounting for the higher bioavailability of methionine in MetAMINO® versus MHA (e.g. Lemme et al., 2020; Li et al., 2023).

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