PRESERVATION BY HIGHER ALCOHOLS

摘要

The invention relates to compositions for use in treating, preparing or preserving (animal) feed and sillage. Fermentation is a microbial process which, when applied to forage and/or foodstuff can change a wide range of aspects (e.g. taste, texture and storability) of the original starting material. A fermented forage and/or foodstuff can spoil by oxygen ingress due to the growth of spoilage micro-organisms (e.g. certain groups of yeasts, moulds and bacteria). The invention provides an additive useful for the preparation and preservation of forage and/or foodstuff which composition at least comprises a C3-C10 monohydric alcohol and which additionally may comprise at least one short-chain (C1-C10) carboxylic acid. Monohydric alcohols have an inhibitory effect on spoilage micro-organisms. This effect is (synergistically) enhanced by the presence of carboxylic acids.