Patent ID: 7320876
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: A23K,C12N,C12Q,C12Y,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of improving the nutritional value of a foodstuff consumed by a monogastric animal by increasing the bioavailability of phosphate from phytate wherein the foodstuff comprises myo-inositol hexakisphosphate, the method comprising the step of feeding to the animal the foodstuff in combination with less than 1200 units of an E. coli 6-phytase expressed in yeast per kilogram of the foodstuff, wherein the bioavailability of phosphate from phytate is increased by at least 2-fold compared to the bioavailability of phosphate from phytate obtained by feeding the foodstuff in combination with the same units of a phytase expressed in a non-yeast host cell.