Arbiom, an agriculture-biotechnology company developing\u00a0solutions to produce high-performance protein ingredients from wood, today announced the results of a new\u00a0scientific study evaluating its high-quality alternative protein ingredient SylPro\u00ae\u00a0for use in cat food. The trial,\u00a0performed in partnership with the\u00a0Pet Food Program at Kansas State University,\u00a0found that cats preferred the\u00a0food formulated with SylPro\u00ae\u00a0over food formulated with conventional protein ingredients, such as chicken meal\u00a0and pea protein concentrate.\u00a0<\/strong> Arbiom is committed to meeting the sharp increase in global food and resource requirements with technology\u00a0that transforms the most sustainable and readily available carbon source in the world \u2013 wood \u2013 into\u00a0intermediate materials for a range of applications in the feed, food, and chemicals industries. Arbiom\u2019s\u00a0technology platform integrates Arbiom\u2019s pretreatment, fermentation and strain development expertise to\u00a0convert wood into food. Arbiom is partnering with biomass stakeholders and leading firms in aquaculture,\u00a0biotechnology and bio-based industries to continue developing and scaling up its technology. Arbiom operates\u00a0from its office and R&D center in Durham, North Carolina, and its Europe headquarters in Paris, France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arbiom, an agriculture-biotechnology company developing\u00a0solutions to produce high-performance protein ingredients from wood, today announced the results of a new\u00a0scientific study evaluating its high-quality alternative protein ingredient SylPro\u00ae\u00a0for use in cat food. The trial,\u00a0performed in partnership with the\u00a0Pet Food Program at Kansas State University,\u00a0found that cats preferred the\u00a0food formulated with SylPro\u00ae\u00a0over food formulated with conventional protein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Cat food formulated with Arbiom protein ingredient compared favorably to chicken- and pea-based proteins","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[15965,10408,12575,5820,13821],"supplier":[12072],"class_list":["post-97627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-feed","tag-greenchemistry","tag-nutrition","tag-wood","tag-yeast","supplier-arbiom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97627"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=97627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The study results indicated that cats significantly preferred the initial taste of food formulated with SylPro over\u00a0food with chicken meal protein or pea protein. Additionally, cats not only chose the SylPro-based food first, but\u00a0they remained with the SylPro based food as their preferred food choice. Foods prepared with SylPro also\u00a0exhibited excellent protein digestibility.\u00a0
\u201cCats are carnivores and, therefore, require high-quality protein in their diets. Additionally, cats can be finicky\u00a0eaters so it can be a challenge to make new foods palatable to them,\u201d said Professor Greg Aldrich, Research\u00a0Associate Professor in the Grain Science & Industry and Pet Food Program at Kansas State University.\u00a0\u201cHowever, Arbiom SylPro ingredient showed great promise in bucking that trend,\u201d said Aldrich.\u00a0\u00a0
\u201cThe promising results of our latest cat trial show that SylPro has potential as a protein source for adult cats,\u201d\u00a0said Ricardo Ekmay, PhD, SVP of Nutrition & Product Development with Arbiom. \u201cAgain, we saw that SylPro\u00a0performed quite well as a high-quality protein, as well as a palatable and sustainable alternative protein for\u00a0use in cat foods,\u201d said Ekmay.\u00a0\u00a0
SylPro is produced via Arbiom\u2019s bioprocessing technology which converts wood into food for microorganisms.\u00a0The ingredient is comprised of dried inactive yeast cells. Arbiom has developed SylPro to address the\u00a0challenges of producing more sustainable, nutritional, traceable protein sources to feed the future using less\u00a0resources, with less impact to the environment.\u00a0\u00a0
\u201cFollowing our previous\u00a0successful trial in dog food, this new study continues to provide evidence that SylPro\u00a0is a nutritional, sustainable, and as we\u2019re seeing, highly-palatable, new protein ingredient for use in pet foods,\u201d\u00a0said Marc Chevrel, Arbiom CEO. \u201cWe anticipate further trials will prove equally promising and we look forward\u00a0to receiving additional results as we continue our journey towards the commercialization of SylPro, and future\u00a0protein products,\u201d said Chevrel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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