Key Performance Benefits
SEED’s CMC (Carboxymethyl Cellulose) serves as an effective binding agent in pelleted feed formulations, creating cohesive structures that hold feed ingredients together during pelleting, cooling, handling, and storage. CMC’s excellent water-binding capacity hydrates during steam conditioning, forming viscous gels that bind feed particles into durable pellets. CMC provides superior pellet durability index (PDI), reducing fines production during feed manufacturing, transport, and storage. CMC shows excellent compatibility with all feed ingredients including proteins (soybean meal, fish meal, meat meal), grains (corn, wheat, barley), fats and oils, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, probiotics, and medications.
SEED’s HEC (Hydroxyethyl Cellulose) offers specialized functionality in aquaculture feeds and specialized animal nutrition applications requiring enhanced water stability and controlled nutrient release. HEC’s excellent thickening efficiency creates strong binding at relatively low usage levels, contributing minimal non-nutritive bulk while providing maximum pelleting benefit.
