SIZE:2-4mm
Usage:agriculture ,horticulture
Vermiculite for agriculture
expansion ratio:8-11times
Sand:10%max

Animal Feed

Vermiculite in a refined form is used in animal feedsuffs. The free-flowing, soft, absorbent vermiculite particle is an outstanding support material for carrying a wide range of nutrients.

Vermiculite is on the EC list of permitted additives in animal feeding stuffs, 70//524 (Binders,anti-caking agents and coagulants) see Chapter A, Part IV, Schedule 4, of Feedingstuffs Regulations 1995 (as amended.)

As an example of the carrying capacity of vermiculite, a free-flowing fat concentrate can be made consisting of 70 percent fat and 30 percent vermiculite by weight.

It can also be used as a support material for molasses, vitamins, choline chloride and any liquid based materials to give a free-flowing granular material which can then be easily incorporated into the animal feedstuff.

Some of the properties and advantages of vermiculite which are useful in animal feedstuffs are:

·    Low bulk density

·    Soft free-flowing material

·    High liquid absorption

·    Simplifies mixing of otherwise difficult materials

·    Can carry fine powders

·    Non combustible

·    Drying aid

·    Sterile when exfoliated (expanded)