Wheat bran

LLC «Agro Forward Ukraine» offers for sale high quality bran at affordable prices and on favorable terms.

Bran is a valuable by-product of grain processing into flour and cereals, it is actually crushed shell of the grain. Depending on what kind of grain used, bran can be of several kinds: wheat, buckwheat, rye, rice. Common to all types is high procent of fiber, fats, proteins, nitrogen free extract, ash, phosphorus (80% phosphorous from corn goes into the bran), calcium, amino acids, vitamins A, E .

Bran is a very useful product, which is used as a dietary supplement for humans and animals.

In the diet of farm animals and poultry bran occupies an important place because it is a feed additive with valuable proteine which is almost completely digested by the animals. The feed value of the bran depends on the proportion of flour - the more flour - the higher the nutritional value and calorie content. Usually, bran in animal feed used in its pure form or as a raw material for feed production. The most valuable fodder bran - wheat and rye, they are used in feed of all  animals. In other types of having too much fat, so they can be added to the  adult cattle and sheep diets. Especially important is the use of bran in the diet for dairy cows to 4-6 kg. per head per day, and young cattle.

 Characteristics and rates

DSTU:  3016-95 

 Indicator name

            Characteristics and rates

 

 

Wheat bran

 

Rye bran

 

Appearance

 

dry bulk product without solid bolsters

 

dry bulk product without solid bolsters

 

 

Colour

 

yellow-reddish, greyish tint

 

grey and brown, green tint

 

Odour

 

usual to bran, without  off-flavors

 

usual to bran, without  off-flavors

 

Moisture content, %, not more than

 

15.0

 

15.0

 

Crude proteine content, %, not least than

 

14.0

 

14.0

 

Pests contamination

 

not allowed

 

 

not allowed

Individual approach to each of the client is a guarantee for the long-term cooperation on favorable terms.