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Discover the work of VDS nutritionists: from the development of feed formulations to customer service and field trials.

Additives improve animal performance and health and protect preventively against negative effects. VDS Premix is your ideal partner.

Olembe, Yaoundé, Cameroon – The agri-food industry landscape in Cameroon has been enriched by the inauguraton of the ‘Provenderie du Centre’, a state-of-the-art plant dedicated to the production of the animal feed. This large-scale project, which is the result of a solid partnership between the Noutchogouin Group (NJS) and VDS, represents a major investment in the sector.

A premix is a carefully compiled mixture of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and additional additives and is essential for the health and productivity of animals.

The transition from one season to another always has an immense impact on animals. Changes in feed and temperature can weaken their immune system and gut health.

In-depth expertise and research elevate the aquaculture industry. How does VDS Premix contribute to this? Here is a summary of everything you need to know!

The health of your cattle, poultry, pigs or shrimp is important to you. You can be assured of keeping your animals in perfect health with a custom feed mill premix.

VDS Premix examined the effects of various rumen buffers in a series of field trials. Read the results below.

Why is process optimisation important for all feed producers? Wouter Gardyn, project manager at VDS Premix, explains three of the benefits.

What is heat stress? How can you tell if your animals are suffering from it? What measures can you take? This informative overview will help you minimise heat stress in your animals.

Animal feed is becoming increasingly expensive. The milk prices have been rising as well. Milk production can, however, be increased by adding an amino mix to your cows’ feed rations. 

Interesting challenges have been changing the global animal feed industry. Koen Blanchaert, CEO of VDS Premix, shares his fascinating vision on the future with us.

Raw materials and concentrates or premixes comprise the basis of our feed formulas. To guarantee quality, VDS Premix goes in search all over the world for the best possible ingredients it can find.

VDS Premix uses both a ribbon blender and a paddle blender for efficient feed mixing. What are the differences and how are they used?

VDS Premix has its own testing facilities to be able to provide customers with the best possible products. Learn more about our approach here.

VDS Premix optimised the feed pellet of the shrimp feed for Abis India, after which their production and market position increased exponentially. Learn more about this here.

Freshly cut maize contains a lot of sugar and starch and must be ensiled. Here are several tips to prevent problems when feeding cattle freshly ensiled maize.

The astonishing success story of how a feed mill in Burundi was saved from bankruptcy thanks to technical support from VDS Premix

Sustainable entrepreneurship has become the standard of today. VDS Premix also contributes to this. This blog explains our approach to sustainable entrepreneurship.

This year, it will be 55 years since VDS Premix was founded. Our company grew from a small family owned and operated business into a solid and flourishing company.

Protein-rich raw materials are expensive, on the one hand. On the other hand, cattle need a lot of protein to produce large quantities of high-quality milk. PROLAC can help you achieve this.

VDS Premix uses process optimisation to minimise downtime at animal feed mills and implements thorough quality control processes.

The export of premix for animal feed is subject to a vast and complex array of rules and standards. VDS Premix has garnered quite a few years of export experience, which we’re happy to share.

After four years of experimentation, we were finally ready to launch C-Force, a new additive mix for shrimp. Find out how we developed this product in this blog!

At VDS, we are tremendously proud of our international contacts and collaborations. Have you ever been to Cameroon? We have! We tell you all about it in this blog.

Animal feed is a continually-developing science, which is why VDS invests so heavily in R&D. We are able to conduct tests thanks to successful partnerships and our own R&D unit.