Patent ID: 7815930

Claim:
A food and feed supplement containing vitamins, for improvement of health and performance, the supplement comprising at least one C 1-8 carboxylic acid and/or its salt as the basic ingredient wherein the C 1-8 carboxylic acid is a formic acid, a citric acid, a lactic acid, a propionic acid, an ascorbic acid, a fumaric acid, an acetic acid or a benzoic acid; and vitamins B6, B9 and B12 which are present in the range of 0.5-30 mg, 0.1-10 mg and 1-1500 μg/gram dry weight of the at least one carboxylic acid and/or its salt, respectively, wherein the B 6 , B 9 and B 12 vitamins are present in a combined amount of 10-50 mg/gram dry weight of the supplement to compensate for the loss of the B 6 , B 9 and B 12 vitamins due to carboxylic acid metabolism; 5-25 mg Fe/gram dry weight of the supplement; 0-1 mg of an antioxidant per 100 mg dry weight of the supplement; and the amount of the carboxylic acid and/or its salt will give a pH of 2.0-6.0 when the supplement is dissolved in water.