D8.5: Case study “Dynamics in the bioeconomy: from infant products to largescale production”

Many feed-grade amino acids are already produced on a large scale, other amino acids are “newcomers” to the and their production volumes are rather low. The main challenges for the producers of such “new” feed amino acids are the low market uptake and demand as well as the high costs, especially related to the legislation regulating the placing of a new amino acid as a feed additive on the EU market.