Sodium diformate production and use

US8497394B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Robert Heinz · Mannheim, DE
• Otto Machhammer · Mannheim, DE
• Stefan Gropp · Speyer, DE
• Alexander Hauk · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Gerd Diebold · Reutlingen, DE
• Anna Valeska Lohmann · Schifferstadt, DE
• Dieter Feuerstein · Dudenhofen, DE
• Robert Rühle · Eisenberg (Pfalz), DE
• Rüdiger Schmitt · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 3, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 30, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing and using a solid sodium diformate having a high formic acid content, to the use thereof in animal foods in the form of an acidifier, preservatives, ensilage auxiliary agents, fertilizers, and a growth and productivity-stimulating agent and the inventive animal food additives containing sodium diformate.