# Optimal amino acid supply improves sustainable broiler production - Food & Agribusiness

> Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Europe describes an amino acid-based approach for broiler diets that aims to reduce dependence on soybean meal and cut nitrogen excretion. The article notes dietary protein has been reduced by about one percentage point over the past decade without hurting performance.

- Date: 2019-12-11 · published 2019-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55880-optimal-amino-acid-supply-improves-sustainable-broiler-production-food-and
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md), [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

Lower-protein broiler diets built on added amino acids reduce the amount of soybean meal needed per unit of poultry output, a gradual bearish factor for soymeal demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- METH: bullish ▲
- LYSINE: bullish ▲

## Sources

- foodagribusiness.world: https://www.foodagribusiness.world/feed/optimal-amino-acid-supply-improves-sustainable-broiler-production

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