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A sustainable pellet binder for aquafeeds
Intact Aqua™ is an environmentally friendly pellet binder developed specifically for the aquafeed industry. Suitable for both pelleted and extruded feeds, it delivers excellent water stability at low inclusion rates.Beyond improving pellet durability, Intact Aqua also improves processing performance. It helps create more stable operating conditions, reducing blockages and ensuring more consistent die resistance. This allows for higher and more stable pelleting temperatures, resulting in fewer fines and more uniform product quality. In addition, its lubricating effect lowers energy consumption and may support increased throughput.
Intact Aqua offers a sustainable alternative to synthetic binders such as PMC (urea formaldehyde). It only has 30% of the climate change impact compared with a reference PMC binder.
Benefits
- Optimum water stability
- Low inclusion rate (from 0.25%)
- Sustainable alternative to PMC/synthetic binders
- Greater formulation flexibility
- Reduced energy consumption and/or increased production rate
- Can be used in both pelleted and extruded feeds
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Proven performance
Intact Aqua improves pellet quality in shrimp feed
See how Intact Aqua improved water stability and production efficiency compared to a PMC binder.
Intact Aqua improves water stability in extruded fish feed
See how Intact Aqua increased water stability from 62% to 80% while improving throughput.
LCA: Reduce your CO2 footprint with Intact Aqua
Replacing PMC with Intact Aqua can reduce the CO2 footprint by more than 70%.
Technical insights
Your guide to shrimp and aquafeed water stability
Improve water stability in shrimp and aquafeed with practical formulation and processing insights.
How to Reduce Excessive Nutrient Leaching in Shrimp Feed
Discover practical ways to reduce nutrient leaching in shrimp feed.
SHRIMP FEED INNOVATION: SUSTAINABLE BINDER WITH PROCESSING BENEFITS
In Aquafeed magazine, Borregaard shares trial results comparing Intact Aqua and PMC.
About pelleting
Your guide to pelleting
Pelleting is the process of converting finely ground mash feed into dense, free flowing pellets or capsules. Learn how pellets are made, what ingredients and aids you need to produce high quality pellets etc..
Testing pellet quality
Borregaard recommends the New Holmen Pellet Tester, as it provides a more rigorous test and accurately predicts the degradation that pellets experience during transport and handling.