Silica Carriers and Free-Flow Agents for Animal Feed Applications
PPG FLO-GARD™ silica products are used as carriers to convert liquids – including difficult-to-handle viscous liquids – into free-flowing dry powders and premixes for animal feed applications. Not only do these products enable consistent and high loadings of ingredients and additives into animal feed, they also increase cost-effectiveness for manufacturers by enabling more efficient blending and processing.
Examples of liquid feed ingredients and additives that can be converted into dry powders using silica carriers, such as high-absorbency, high-biopotency Flo-Gard silica, include:
- Vitamins, including Vitamin E (acetate) oil
- Choline chloride
- Ethoxyquin
- Lecithin
- Propionic acid
- Molasses
- Organic oils
- Chlortetracycline
- Other animal feed additives
Flo-Gard silica products also offer exceptional performance as silica free-flow/anti-caking and grinding agents in animal feed applications.
Flo-Gard Silica Product Properties for Free-Flow of Animal Feed Applications
|
Product
|
Particle
Size*
(µm)
|
DBP Oil Absorption (mL/100g)
|
pH
|
Residual Salt Type
|
Bulk Density
(lb/ft3)
|
General Use Recommendations
|
|
Flo-Gard 210
|
~1,400
|
225
|
6.9
|
NaCl
|
15
|
Carrier
|
|
Flo-Gard 213
|
~600
|
225
|
7.0
|
NaCl
|
16
|
Carrier
|
|
Flo-Gard LPC
|
135
|
245
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
12
|
Carrier/Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard SAC
|
40
|
295
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
9
|
Carrier
|
|
Flo-Gard SP
|
45
|
265
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
11
|
Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard AB
|
40
|
305
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
8
|
Carrier/Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard FF
|
20
|
210
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
8
|
Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard 233
|
18
|
190
|
6.9
|
NaCl
|
9
|
Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard 915
|
10
|
220
|
6.9
|
Low Na2SO4
|
5
|
Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard T-700
|
4
|
215
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
3
|
Anti-caking
|
|
Flo-Gard T-800
|
2.5
|
220
|
6.9
|
Na2SO4
|
3
|
Anti-caking
|
*Median particle size by laser diffraction
Flo-Gard is a trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.