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Specific Diets for all of your Research Programs
SAFE® is your competent and reliable partner for custom diets. With more than 60 years of expertise and recognized leadership, SAFE® formulates and produces special research diets for the international scientific commmunity. Upon request, diets are formulated based on SAFE® standard diets or especially customized formulas.
- expertise and consultancy in diet design
- production on highest quality standards
- flexible and customer-oriented solutions
- short development and delivery times
Diets based on standard diets or individual formulas offer a wide range of customized solutions to meet your specific requirements:
- controlled levels of certain elements (Potassium, Sodium, Fats, etc.)
- enriched with target nutrients (Iron, Sodium, Potassium, Cholesterol, etc.)
- purified diets: reformulation of diets on the basis of purified raw materials to obtain high-levels or reduction of elements
- enrichment of highly reduced diets by addition of targeted materials and by using different sources of nutrients
- dosage forms: granular, paste, liquid, gel or powdered
The SAFE® Custom Diet department is certified and holds different specific authorizations:
- DIN EN ISO 9001, DIN EN ISO 14001
- certificate of approval from the veterinary services for the production of medicated diets and diets containing molecules for research
- authorized for the use of non-viable genetically modified vegetal organisms
- certified and controlled raw materials
- full traceability: each batch is controlled and recorded on a computer data base
Premium Scientific Custom Diets
Selected Solutions of the SAFE® Portfolio:
DIETS HIGH IN CELLULOSE
43.7% TDF (total dietary fiber), 2.4% of the energy from fat
DIETS WITH YOUR OWN INGREDIENTS
Compound: oil, plant extracts
Values published in the product data sheets available on this website are provided for information purposes only. SAFE® does not assume any liability for the use of the information.
Dedicated SAFE® Custom Diet Department and Production Facility
- The Custom Diet department of SAFE® has received all Food and Health accreditations.
- Competent adivce by the experienced SAFE® nutritionists during the whole development and production process.
- A team of specialized pharmacists, scientists and engineers supervise the division.
- Best technical facilities: the production unit is equipped with scales and mixers with computer-assisted management systems.
Customized Dosage Forms
Product Dosage Form
- pastes
- pellets
- liquids and gels
- powdered form
Packaging
- buckets (1, 2, 3, 5 liters), pots (100 g), bags (1 to 10 kg)
- suited to the health status of your animal facility
Deliveries
- minimum order 10 kg per diet
- average lead time 10 working days
- additional 7 working days for irradiated batches
- for any non-standard presentation, lead time on request
Optional Services
- supply of ingredients or raw materials (for ingredients supplied by the client, a safety data sheet is required)
- complete analytical control of non-standard diet (antibiotic test included)
IRRADIATION (recommended)
- possible irradiation dose: 10, 25 to 40 kGy
- homogeneous irradiation technique: bag by bag
- irradiated products are vacuum-sealed
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