Composition for preserving fodder materials, a method of preparing it and its uses

• Main Authors: REUTER; BURKHARD, KOCHANNEK; BERND
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.05.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

A composition for preserving fodder material, a) 5-41% by weight alkali and/or alkaline earth metal salts of benzoic acid, calculated as sodium salts in each case, b) 1-14% by weight alkali and/or alkaline earth metal salts of C1-C3 carboxylic acids, calculated as sodium salts in each case, c) 10 to <59% by weight propionic acid, calculated as pure propionic acid, and d) >30-<80% by weight water, wherein the total amount of all the components a) to d) is 100% by weight, and the sum of b) and c) is less than 60% by weight, and wherein all % by weight are given with respect to the total amount of all the components a) to d), and a method of preparing the composition and its use for preserving fodder materials are described.