(19)
(11) EP 2 077 076 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 153(4) EPC

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/34

(43) Date of publication:
08.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/28

(21) Application number: 07827867.8

(22) Date of filing: 04.10.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A23K 1/16(2006.01)
A23K 1/20(2006.01)
 A23K 1/18(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2007/001088
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/041371 (10.04.2008 Gazette 2008/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 04.10.2006 JP 2006273330
28.12.2006 JP 2006354771

(71) Applicant: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
Tokyo 104-8315 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • NAKAZAWA, Hidetsugu
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)
  • SATO, Hiroyuki
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)
  • MIYAZAWA, Yuki
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)
  • SHIBAHARA, Susumu
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)
  • OKA, Sachiko
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)
  • GOTO, Yumi
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-8681 (JP)

(74) Representative: Fischer, Heinrich 
Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner Maximilianstrasse 54
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) FEED ADDITIVE COMPOSITION FOR RUMINANTS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME


(57) A food additive composition for ruminants of the dispersion type and a method of continuously producing the same. This food additive composition for ruminants, which contains 40% by weight or more but less than 65% by weight of a basic amino acid and has rumen bypass properties, is formulated into granules in an arbitrary shape which are scarcely classified when added to a silage or another feed. Thus, attempts have been made to develop a method of producing granules by which the milk yield of a lactation cow can be increased. Namely, it is intended to provide a food additive composition for ruminants which contains at least one protecting agent selected from among a hardened vegetable oil and a hardened animal oil having a melting point higher than 50°C but lower than 90°C, 0.05 to 6% by weight of lecithin, water and 40% by weight or more but less than 65% by weight of a basic amino acid. It is also intended to provide a method of producing a food additive composition for ruminants characterized by comprising solidifying a molten mixture, which comprises at least one protecting agent selected from among a hardened vegetable oil and a hardened animal oil having a melting point higher than 50°C but lower than 90°C, lecithin and a basic amino acid, by dipping in water.