Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Produces Yeast Extract for Livestock, Poultry Feed

“Our goal of founding the company was to become self-sufficient in making biological products. For instance, we are now the first producer of yeast extract which is a knowledge-based product,” said Keyvan Beheshti Ma’al, an entrepreneur and the managing director of the knowledge-based company.

“This product is used as feed for livestock, poultry and aquatic animals and is also used in pharmaceutical and health food industries,” he added.

Noting that the yeast extract is obtained from bread yeast and has different compounds, Beheshti Ma’al said, “Nearly 50% of the product is protein and it contains a lot of vitamins B and D.”

He underlined that Iran has now gained self-sufficiency in making yeast extract and his company has started its mass-production.

In a relevant development earlier this year, a startup in Iran had also succeeded in extracting the yeast cell wall (YCW) and using it in livestock and poultry feed to prevent increase in population of probiotic bacteria and formation of mold in animal feed and reduce the financial losses.

“The increase in population of probiotic bacteria boosts the amount of absorption and energy received from the animal feed which results in reduction of costs of purchasing feed by livestock and poultry farmers,” Sima Moradi, the managing director of the start-up active in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, told ANA.

He also underlined the importance and high efficiency of yeast cell wall (YCW) as a part of compounds that make up the toxin binders, saying that they can play a significant role in preventing disease in livestock and poultry.

“An important application of toxin binders is when livestock and poultry feed is moldy due to improper storage conditions, and livestock farms are sometimes forced to use such feeds to prevent financial losses,” she said, noting that adding toxin binder to livestock and poultry feed removes toxins from animal’s body and prevents it from entering the milk.

“Therefore, our researchers extracted the yeast cell wall (YCW) and used it in livestock and poultry feed to prevent the increase in population of probiotic bacteria and existence of mold in livestock and poultry feed and reduce the financial losses of livestock farms,” Moradi said.

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