How Can I Reduce My Transport and Storage Costs in Animal Nutrition?

With rising road transport costs, volatile raw material prices, and increasingly strict sanitary requirements, logistics are taking up a growing share of the final cost of animal nutrition products.

To stay competitive, it is now essential to identify logistics optimization levers early in the formulation phase. That’s where the technologies developed by Innov’ia come into play.

At Innov’ia, processes such as spray drying, microencapsulation, and concentrated formulations can have an impact well beyond nutritional value alone.

💡 These processes have a direct effect on:

• The volume to be stored and transported
  
• The stability of active ingredients
  
• The frequency of stock replenishment
  
• The streamlining of logistics flows

Through spray drying (also called atomization), Innov’ia transforms liquids or pastes into compact, stable powders ideal for transportation:

• Up to 20% reduction in transported volume per batch
  
• Lower non-value-added weight (less water, more actives)
  
• Fewer logistical rotations
  

👉 Benefit: Direct reduction in freight costs.

Sensitive actives (probiotics, enzymes, vitamins, etc.) are protected through encapsulation from:

• Humidity
  
• Oxidation
  
• UV exposure or extreme temperatures
  

👉 Benefit: Products have a longer shelf life and reduced stock losses.

Innov’ia formulations are designed to withstand long-distance transport, even under high heat, humidity, or pressure:

• Fewer degradations during truck or container transit
  
• Better performance up to the final destination (farm, silo, or industrial site)
  

👉 Benefit: Fewer quality disputes and more consistent product performance.

Thanks to the precision of encapsulation processes, chemical instability and ingredient interactions are avoided.

👉 Benefit: Less waste and better raw material utilization.

Innov’ia’s customized formulations can combine multiple actives into a single finished product:

• Fewer SKUs to manage
  
• Less mixing required by the client
  
• Reduced handling and dosing time
  

👉 Benefit: A smoother and safer logistics flow

By encapsulating high-density actives, the same nutritional efficacy can be achieved with smaller volumes.

👉 Benefit: Less material to transport, better efficiency per dose, and reduced packaging.

Encapsulation neutralizes negative interactions between components (acidity, oxidation, taste), reducing the need for corrective agents.

👉 Benefit: Cleaner, less costly, and more stable formulations.

Powders from drying processes are easier to pack in suitable formats:

• High-density bags, big bags, or compact formats
  
• Fewer packaging materials required
  
• Possibility to use more sustainable packaging
  

👉 Benefit: Lower unit packaging costs and environmental footprint.

• Experts in custom formulation for animal nutrition
  
• Technological platforms: spray drying, encapsulation, agglomeration, and more
  
• Comprehensive support: from concept to pilot scale to full industrialization
  
• Industry certifications: FSSC 22000, FAMI-QS, GMP+, etc.
  
• Environmental commitment: eco-designed solutions, energy savings, short supply chains

In a pressure-filled animal nutrition market, every optimization lever counts. Thanks to its advanced technologies, Innov’ia enables its clients to combine nutritional performance with better control over logistics costs.

👉 Looking to reduce transport costs, improve active stability, or simplify your supply chain?
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