Zinpro IsoFerm

Zinpro IsoFerm is a proprietary blend of isoacids or branched-chain volatile fatty acids that are

naturally used by rumen microbes to make microbial protein and energy. This process enhances fibre digestion and microbial protein production, improving rumen function. Isoacids have been recognised as required nutrients for decades, but supplementation in deficient diets was difficult – until now.

Zinpro IsoFerm is not just a new nutrient focusing on rumen function, but a catalyst for improving

lactating and transition cow performance. Unlike products that target specific metabolic challenges, Zinpro IsoFerm fuels the rumen to perform more naturally while enabling the cow to be more metabolically efficient. Research in lactating cows has shown +10-15% in fiber digestion and +6% in bacterial nitrogen production. During the transition period, it helps reduce body weight loss and improves liver function, lowering beta-hydroxybutyrate and yielding up to 6% greater glucose. This results in consistent achievement of 10-12% higher peak milk in controlled research. Preliminary research has also shown a reduction in methane production in low forage diets. Zinpro IsoFerm is a pioneering technology reshaping dairy nutrition. 

Zinpro IsoFerm is more than a nutrient. It’s a feeding strategy that can positively impact both ruminal and metabolic performance, and improve on-farm efficiency, profitability and sustainability. It allows to better design dairy cow diets depending on the farmers' objectives: either increasing on farm feed efficiency or optimising diets with cheaper protein sources, better forage utilisation and decreased total protein intake. Zinpro IsoFerm enables cows to do more with less and improves income over feed cost significantly. The patented process that masks the offensive odour of isoacids has made this nutrient readily available and humanly acceptable for incorporation into all types of dairy feeds. The product is heat stable, non-hygroscopic and non-reactive with other feedstuffs and mixes well in premixes and finished feeds. As a unique nutrient, Zinpro IsoFerm is beneficial for the cow, the producer and the planet.