Diplomatist Magazine Diplomatist April-May 2019 | Page 17

Advertorial TROUW NUTRITION ANIMAL NUTRITION PIONEER BRINGING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO INDIA T rouw Nutrition, a global leader in the animal nutrition industry (with India offi ce in Hyderabad), has been providing innovative animal feed specialties, premixes and nutritional services for more than 80 years while embracing the core values of innovation, care, collaboration and capability. Trouw recognises that the Indian Animal industry is experiencing a demand growth but with limited resource supply due to growing lifestyle changes, diet preferences & awareness. Trouw Nutrition India is committed to bridging the gap between these struggling supplies and the surging demand by creating innovative products in line with their mission “Feeding the Future”. Being Glocal Safe food and feed is of utmost importance and the programmes are developed in accordance to this requirement. While Trouw’s Feed Safety Programme ensures the preservation of nutrients and safe food and feed production by reducing the risk of mycotoxins and mould content, the Antimicrobial Programme provides an integrated approach for responsible use of antibiotics, and enhance gut integrity for effi cient animal production. “Responsible use of antibiotics is a major issue for the Indian audience and with our globally proven approach towards antibiotic-free farming, we can make major leaps in this arena,” asserts Dr. Saurabh Shekhar, Managing Director, Trouw Nutrition India. Dr. Saurabh further adds that all the initiatives have a Glocal approach, thus best of the global methods and practices are being applied to provide solutions to the existing challenges of Indian animal nutrition industry. Trouw Nutrition India has also invested in a state-of-the- art production facility at Jadcharla, around 70 km from Hyderabad. With a total investment of around €6 million, the production facility will cater to the local need of a world-class premixing facility along with the manufacture of products for safe feed and food production. Dr. Saurabh adds that “Being Glocal also means that our research is driven by the ground realities of the animal nutrition industry and hence we have collaborations with prominent Indian research institutions.” Innovation and Sustainability Innovation drives the company’s initiatives, which is propelled by €47 million worth R&D undertaken at centres in Canada, Spain and the Netherlands along with over 50 long term associations with global scientifi c institutes. With innovation at its core, the key focus areas are - Life Start, Health & Welfare, and Precision Nutrition. These focus areas include products for young animals’ development & nursery nutrition, promotion of reduced antibiotic usage in animal rearing while providing nutritional solutions for specifi c challenges, and feed additives for high-performance & growth in animals. Their commitment to innovation is refl ected in the recently launched mobile NIR technique – NutriOpt On-site Adviser, which enables easy on-site analysis of nutrients in raw materials, fi nished feed and even silage. Other services like NutriOpt, MycoMaster, FaaS and MasterLab further help in quick and precise decision making for the feed millers and integrators. NutriOpt provides an end-to-end and accurate nutrient analysis to the stakeholders like the feed millers that can help them achieve the precision goals, while MycoMaster helps them to assess the presence of mycotoxins to support health & welfare. The in-house research facility MasterLab provides the platform to execute these services and provide further analysis as per the requirement of the customers. Trouw strictly adheres to its core of sustainable development and has allied with United Nations’ Sustainability Programme to develop Nuterra, the in-house comprehensive sustainability programme contributing to eight of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as with India-based Baramati Agro for sustainable dairy development by training and education of farmers. Each programme combines products, services and technical know-how, and is tailor-made for specifi c animal ensuring minimal wastage, long term storage for the feed miller and safe meat, milk, and egg production with an improved better shelf life for the end consumer. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Diplomatist • Vol 7 • Issue 4 • April-May 2019, Noida • 17