Emerald Seed Products now has a new fenugreek ingredient available to livestock, poultry and pet food manufacturers. This fenugreek cotyledon powder is an effective and economical way to gain access to the natural flavor, protein, and appetite stimulation benefits associated with fenugreek.

Nutrifen® is derived from Canadian grown fenugreek seed. Nutrifen® is a good source of concentrated fenugreek flavors, high quality protein, and beneficial phytonutrients for animal feed purposes.

Fenugreek is a drought tolerant annual legume grown in Canada. Emerald Seed Products uses specialized technology to manufacture this fiber depleted fenugreek feed supplement. As a ground powder, it is very easy to mix and blend into other rations and formulations.

Fenugreek has been used as a high quality feed source. In many countries around the world fenugreek is used as a forage as the Latin name for fenugreek implies – Trigonella foenum graecum literally means “Greek Hay”. Whole fenugreek seed has traditionally been under-utilized as a feed source, despite the high quality of its protein and nutritional characteristics due to the lack of availability of an economical source of fenugreek seed and because the galactomannan fiber in fenugreek seed tended to offset the nutritional benefits.

Using patented technology to concentrate the protein and reduce the fiber content, Emerald Seed Products is able to provide a superior source of fenugreek for the feed market. With the enhanced level of fenugreek protein, and all of the natural, healthful phytonutrients and fenugreek oil, Nutrifen® is very palatable, high in protein, energy, and flavorful.

Benefits of Nutrifen®

• Many animals (including horses) show a distinct taste preference for fenugreek.
• Nutrifen® has protein content over 30% and can provide a significant addition to feed protein content.
• Research has indicated the natural health benefits associated with the valuable phytonutrients found in fenugreek. The phytonutrients in Nutrifen® have been shown to increase appetite for certain types of animals, including performance horses.
• Nutrifen® as a natural supplement may also be beneficial to reduce muscle recovery time after over-use and training.