Product Name:Betaine
Alias Name:Glycine betaine, Glycocoll betaine, Lycine, Oxyneuyine
CAS NO.: 107-43-7
EC NO.: 203-490-6
Effect:
In the food industry, because of its taste is moderate, colorless, in the food and fruit juices are widely used. Betaine as a natural food preservative, its antibacterial mechanism is to lower the water activity. However, the concentration of additives in food more than 2% -3% when astringency. Therefore, generally not used alone but used in conjunction with other natural preservatives.
Functions:
（1）Betaine is one of the best phagostimulants for fish and shellfish.It strongly allures the smell of fish and shrimp,which leads to better appetite of the animals and thus grow very fast.
（2）Betaine is a high-efficient methyl donor and take place of choline chloride to reduce the consumption of methionine.
（3）Betaine can keep the stability of vitamins in feedstuff.
（4）Betaine can be acted as a buffer for the convulsion of the osmotic pressure.
（5）Betaine can be used as pharmaceutical raw material to produce anti-hepatic drug.
