Why animal food producers are turning to Vietnam for reliable feed ingredients

The animal food production industry is gaining momentum owing to the increasing demand for protein, which is of high quality, across the world. The current-day manufacturers are under growing pressure to incorporate performance, sustainability, and cost-efficiency into their plans as they are dealing with unstable raw material markets. Due to the increased complexity of sourcing, access to different, nutritionally-enhanced feed ingredients that can be accessed safely and consistently has become a strategic concern of animal food producers on a global scale.

Vietfeeds is a company located in the core of key agricultural and seafood processing areas in Vietnam to guarantee a consistent supply of the main raw materials that enable manufacturers to maximize the feed formulations and manage production expenses. Through a direct-sourcing framework, direct quality control, and flexible export-ready packaging, Vietfeeds helps producers create more resilient supply chains and also enhance the overall performance of the feed.

What animal food producers really need nowadays

Animal food producers are at the centre stage in the global livestock and aquaculture supply chain. They harvest raw materials, create balanced diets, and produce full-course feeds of livestock, poultry, aquaculture, and pets. The aspect of ensuring the quality of products and healthy profit margins has, however, been complicated.

The three key pressures on the animal food producers today are:

• Seasonality, global commodity, and logistics pose a risk of increasing and volatile costs of raw materials.
• The challenge of finding stable suppliers with whom it can achieve a steady volume of delivery, particularly during peak demand.
• Poor consistency in the quality of raw materials necessitates regular changes in the feed parameters, and this decreases the efficiency of production.

It is against this reason that manufacturers are now focusing on collaborations with suppliers that can provide them with reliable sourcing, traceability of origin, stable supply capacity, and tight control of quality. Vietnam is a sourcing destination that is gaining more and more appeal- particularly via reliable partners such as Vietfeeds.

With its proximity to the largest production centers of raw materials and sourcing that is directly linked to local production mills and factories, Vietfeeds can enable the feed manufacturing companies to optimize costs considerably and achieve consistent quality, as well as an annual supply, which allows the production companies to plan ahead of time.

What animal food producers are looking for in feed ingredients

The consumers of animal food are also increasingly choosy with regard to sourcing of raw materials. As the cost pressure is exerted, the quality expectations are raised, and regulations tightened, feed manufacturers require their suppliers, who can provide them with something more than commodity they need it to be consistent, transparent, and reliable over the long term.

Stable supply and traceable origins

In order to sustain a running production process, feed mills need a constant supply of raw materials, each week, month, and quarter. Any break in the supply has a direct impact on throughput and customer promises.

The animal food producers desire to have assured all-year-round availability, source traceability of fish meal, shrimp meal, rice bran, or cassava, direct sourcing to avoid reliance on numerous trading tiers, and predictable logistics cycles.

Competitive pricing with clear seasonal advantages

The costs of raw materials usually occupy 60 70 percent of the overall feed production costs. Even the price changes that are not significant may have a great effect on the profitability. Manufacturers are seeking first-source prices rather than brokers-added layers, a transparent seasonal forecast to dictate procurement cycles, short-haul or long-haul contracts, bulk or repeat bargains.

Consistent quality and verified nutritional specifications

Fungal consistency is essential for the formulation of feed. Protein, fiber, or moisture changes may interfere with production and require expensive modification of recipes. Expectations of animal food producers include: prior, pre-loading QC, verified and correct COA per shipment, uniform particle size, color, and moisture, low risk contamination, and consistent nutrient profiles.

The most demanded raw materials by animal food producers

The market of feed products is on the rise, with the development of livestock, aquaculture, and pet food production globally. Nevertheless, animal food producers do not require any raw materials but instead require ingredients that provide consistent nutrition, affordable cost-per-ton, and supply.

Protein sources

The crux of any feed formula is protein, and it has a direct impact on growth rate, feed conversion ratio (FCR), and the overall performance of the animal. The animal food manufacturers are usually interested in protein ingredients that can be relied upon in terms of quality, amino acid composition, and that can be easily incorporated.

• Fish meal: Valued because it is rich in protein content and digestibility, fish meal plays a vital role in aquafeed and livestock feed that produces high performance. The supply of Vietnam is becoming very popular because of its stable marine resources and stable processing mechanisms.
• Shrimp Meal: Shrimp meal is low in fats and is high in protein, chitin, and minerals, and can be used as a functional oil enhancement in aquafeed.
• Peanut Meal: Peanut Meal is an inexpensive plant-based protein that is used in poultry and livestock food, and which is particularly appealing to buyers who want to decrease their reliance on soybean meal.
• Copra Meal: Copra meal is a ruminant feed that is preferred because of its high fiber and energy ratio, with large sourcing areas in Vietnam along the coastal belt.
• Brewer’s Yeast and Brewer’s Grain: This is a functional protein ingredient providing a good source of enzymes, B-vitamins, and 100 percent digestibility. Modern feed formulations are increasingly in demand for these.

Energy sources

Most feed formulas, particularly poultry, swine, and ruminant feeds, are based on energy ingredients. Supply must be cost-efficient and consistent for the producers.

• Broken Rice: A high-quality source of energy that is normally utilized in poultry products and pet food due to its content of high starch content and its clean source.
• Cassava Chips and Cassava Pellets: These are competitive and marketable in both the domestic and export markets due to their competitiveness in pricing and high fermentation energy, which are mostly used in swine and ruminant feed.
• Rice Bran: It is a diverse livestock and aquaculture food additive. Vietnam is also one of the largest rice producers in the world, and thus, the supply of rice bran is never scarce or unpredictable during the whole year.

Fiber and functional ingredients

In addition to protein and energy, producers are seeking products with better gut health, fiber content, and feed efficiency.

• Sugarcane bagasse: Sugarcane bagasse is an excellent source of digestible fiber and contributes to the ration structure usually found in ruminant diets.
• Corn cob products: Perfect fiber sources or vehicles in premix and concentrate feed.
• Corn silage and cassava leaf silage: Forage products that are ready to use and provide a high level of digestibility to dairy and beef producers.

All of these raw materials serve a specific purpose in the contemporary feed formulations, and the fact that Vietnam is a very strategic sourcing location due to its advantages in agricultural production. Vietfeeds uses this advantage to provide large volumes of feed ingredients of consistent quality to all producers globally.

How Vietfeeds supports animal food producers with a reliable, cost-competitive ingredient supply

Vietfeeds offers quality and reliable foodstuffs to the animal food producers situated in the key agricultural and seafood manufacturing areas in Vietnam. Through close liaison with the local factories and farming centers, Vietfeeds will maintain a steady supply of important raw materials such as fish meal, shrimp meal, peanut meal, copra meal, rice bran, cassava products, and other agricultural by-products, which are key components in the contemporary feed formula.

Vietfeeds has a direct-sourcing model that eliminates redundant intermediaries to enable the animal food producers to be able to better their cost efficiency. This enables buyers to purchase bulk ingredients at a relatively lower cost, and the supply is stable even during seasonal variations. All shipments are subjected to a rigorous quality-control procedure, and a comprehensive Certificate of Analysis (COA) will be offered to ensure full clarity on the levels of nutrients and safety parameters.

Knowing that worldwide manufacturers require different formats of operations, Vietfeeds provides adjustable packaging such as bulk bags, PP woven bags, and personalized packaging in export format. Specific export support team processes address the documentation, logistics, and compliance needs in order to streamline procurement, making it quicker and more predictable. To the animal food producers seeking to improve their feed performance but also reduce cost, Vietfeeds can be an excellent and trusted long-term source of this foodstuff in Vietnam.