A novel whole yeast for feed applications

In animal nutrition in the last 20 years, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has developed a name for being beneficial to pigs. Yet the world of yeasts is much larger – Pichia guilliermondii is a relatively novel type of yeast with promising potential for use in swine feed applications. Yeasts have been fed to animals for over 100 years due to their nutritional richness and for their reported effects in supporting health and growth performance. Yeasts, yeast-derivatives and yeast-containing