Stay C

(Stay-C IS A TRADEMARK Of Roche for stabilized Vitamin - C)

Nutrition research shows that the very unstable micro-nutrient, vitamin C, has biologic actions essential to life and life forms that cannot synthesize it, must be fed adequate amounts almost daily.

WHY STAY C

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is Essential in fish and shrimp nutrition for:

· Growth

· Skeleton formation

· Tissue repair

· Host defense mechanisms

Stay C Deficiency results in

· Sub-optimal growth

· Skeletal malformation

· Impaired wound healing

· Reduced resistance to disease.

INSTABILITY OF VITAMIN ‘C’

Instability of vitamin C, especially in diets for aquatic species, presents several formulation difficulties for feed manufacturers. Ascorbic Acid (ASA) and the various forms of coated vitamin C are extremely prone to rapid oxidation when submitted to heat and moisture, particularly in the presence of iron, copper and nickel salts. Feed manufacturing submits ascorbic acid to all these pro-oxidizing conditions through extrusion or pelletizing. Previously, feed mills had to compensate for these manufacturing losses through the addition of ascorbic acid at many times the target level of vitamin C activity. With the development of STAY-C^TM , these problems have been greatly reduced.

Product Information:

1. The polyphosphorylated ester of Vitamin C L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (AsPP) has equimolar L-ascorbate activity. Because the 2-carbon on this compound is esterified this form of vitamin C is thus protected from oxidation.

2. Stay-C^TM brand AsPP has been specifically formulated and tested for use in feeds for aquatic species requiring a dietary source of vitamin C.

3. STAY-C^TM is a new, safe, efficacious, and cost-effective, source of vitamin C for aquaculture.

4. The relative "usefulness" of STAY-C^TM was over 50-fold that of ascorbic acid in satisfying the shrimp requirement.

5. Stability comparisons between STAY-C^TM and As A show relative savings and improved animal performance derived from STAY-C^TM longer shelf-life and lower mix rates for a targeted 100 ppm of equivalent vitamin C activity in aquaculture feeds at Day 0 .

6. Whereas vitamin C in aerated aqueous solution has a half-life in minutes, STAY-C^TM’ s half-life is in days, i.e. 20-1300 times more stable against oxidation .

7. STAY-C^TM’s stability is directly proportional to pH and inversely proportional to temperature.

8. In pelleted feeds stored at 25^o or 40^o C, the stability of STAY-C^TM is up to 83 and 45 times greater than that of non-phosphorylated ascorbic acid, respectively.

9. The significance of the stability and bio-availability of STAY-C^TM is important to both the feed manufacturer and consumer. For the first time, feed manufacturers can assure their customers that certain targeted levels of vitamin C introduced into the feed will remain in the feed until used.

Application:

Can be milled into the feed. Direct application into pond water also showed greater improvement in vitality and disease resistance of animals.

Packing:

Available in 25 kg craft bags or 5 kg and 1kg polythene bags.