ADDITIVE FOR STOCK FEEDS, STOCK FEED CONTAINING ADDITIVE, AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF ADDITIVE

摘要

There are here provided an additive for stock feeds containing decomposing products of chicory roots in which the total content of a polysaccharides and inulooligosaccharides of tri- and higher saccharides obtained by decomposing the chicory roots is 40% by weight or more of the total solid content and is 80% by weight or more of the total saccharides; a stock feed containing 0.1 to 10% by weight of the additive for stock feeds; and a process for preparing an additive for stock feeds which comprises the steps of chopping and then heating/drying chicory roots in order to form chicory flakes, and grinding the chicory flakes, and a process for preparing an additive for stock feeds which comprises the step of enzymatically decomposing the chicory roots without extraction step.