Micro-encapsulation is a state of the art technology that has the potential to revolutionize pet food industry, particularly when it comes to vitamins. It is basically protecting the vitamin from getting lost due to manufacturing (cooking, extrusion, etc.) and environmental factors (temperature, air, light, moisture, handling, etc.). In other words, it is preserving the efficacy of vitamins until reaching your pet's tummy, so he can get what he is supposed to and what you have paid for. Science4Pets (www.science4pets.com) is the only company with micro-encapsulated and non-China pet vitamin products in the market.
Microencapsulation is a state-of-the-art technology in delivering a specific vitamin, mineral, or any other nutrient to the intended recipient and increase the bioavailability and product best by use date. Science4Pets is the first pet food and supplement company to bring pet vitamins that are both non-China and microencapsulated even though microencapsulation is more common in pharmaceutical (extended release being widely known) and cosmetics industry.
There are two types of probiotic bacteria, vegetative and spore forming; former being much more susceptible to environmental factors as well as stomach acid. Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus, etc. come under vegetative group, while bacteria of Bacillus genus are the most common among spore forming ones used in probiotic industry. Vegetative species are much more economical than spore forming ones and therefore, extensively used in the pet food industry. Science4Pets (www.science4pets.com) is among only a few pet food companies that use two Bacillus species in their probiotic and other relevant products.
