Climate change is a major issue worldwide. The emission of greenhouse gases, resulting in global warming has caused that measures are taken to reduce it. One of these measures is the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. This agreement set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in several critical industries, including agriculture. The three main greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).

Improvement, optimization , health, production, cost price. These are keywords for every agricultural entrepreneur. The right ingredients in animal nutrition play a major role in achieving different goals. Fats are one of the most versatile and important ingredients in animal nutrition. 

It is well known that in animal nutrition energy is a very important aspect. From the three main nutrients (protein, fat and carbohydrates), fat contains the highest energy value, almost twice as much as carbohydrates. For ruminants it is very difficult (due to the rumen) to ‘digest’ crude fat in the diet. When crude fat values are too high in the diet for ruminants, the microbes in the rumen get disrupted and overall feed intake and production will decrease.

Palm oil is the most commonly used raw material in the production of rumen protected fats. In recent years there has been an increasing demand for rumen protected fats that have been produced without palm oil for a number of reasons. Several raw materials are available in Europe as an alternative to palm oil.