(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 28, 2009 ) DES MOINES, Iowa – Kemin Industries is pleased to announce the United States Food & Drug Administration has approved KemTRACE® brand Chromium Propionate for use in cattle.

“Kemin’s commitment to the cattle industry focuses on a blueprint for optimum performance and longevity,” says Dr. Chris Nelson, CEO and President of Kemin Industries. ”KemTRACE Chromium is an extensively researched and proven to be effective product designed to alleviate concern and optimize production efficiency while maintaining maximum nutritional value.”

KemTRACE Chromium Propionate is the only chromium source currently approved by the FDA for use in cattle. KemTRACE Chromium Propionate is a safe, highly bioavailable, and patented organic chromium source.

“Kemin is pleased to be the first to market with an approved chromium source for the U.S. cattle industry – a highly competitive and ever changing industry,” says Dr. Fernando Valdez, Director of Technical Services for Kemin AgriFoods North America. “The approval of KemTRACE Chromium Propionate immediately provides dairy and beef producers a new and powerful tool to optimize transition cow management.”

Chromium Propionate allows cattle to utilize energy efficiently. The primary role of chromium is to potentiate the action of insulin. Increased insulin activity promotes intracellular glucose uptake. As a result, more energy is available to the animal and the animal is better able to utilize its energy efficiently (Sumner et al., 2007).

KemTRACE Chromium Propionate is also approved for use in all classes of swine in the United States, as well as for growing and finishing swine in Canada. In addition, it is available for both swine and dairy cattle in Mexico.

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Kemin® – Inspired Molecular Solutions™

Founded in 1961, the Kemin Group of Companies (www.kemin.com) provide health and nutritional solutions to the agrifoods, food ingredients, pet food, human health and pharmaceutical industries. Kemin operates in more than 60 countries with manufacturing facilities in Belgium, Brazil, China, India, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand and the United States.

The AgriFoods businesses of Kemin focus on Total Nutrition™ to help customers achieve a highly effective, consistent system of profitable animal production. Total Nutrition focuses on understanding nutrients and nutricines and their appropriate application in animal feeds. Kemin coined the term “nutricine”, a vital component of Total Nutrition, to identify ingredients that are essential in combination with good nutrition and solid animal husbandry, to maintain profitability while enhancing the health and well being of animals.

KemTRACE® brand Chromium Propionate

KemTRACE Chromium Propionate contains chromium propionate, a patented product from Kemin Industries Inc. which provides a highly bioavailable organic source of chromium. Kemin is the exclusive source of chromium propionate. For more information, go to www.kemin.com/kemtracechromium/usmedia.

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Kemin Industries, Inc., Erin Hockman, 515-559-5349, erin.hockman@kemin.com
Kemin Industries, Inc., Charlotte Jacobs, 515-248-4020, charlotte.jacobs@kemin.com

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