Protéger can help pets live in a healthier world.
Pollution, depletion of natural resources, real needs growing faster than our ability to replace them… these and many other factors contribute to “the issue” of figuring out how to thrive on earth.
However, there is hope! We have the ability to respond to current situations and at the same time, make better decisions for the future. The key word to our success is sustainability.
Protéger was developed to address the growing (and unsustainable) demand for naturally sourced and highly nutritious food ingredients. It’s a fun fact that two university professors from South Dakota State University realized that plentiful plant-meals had huge untapped potential after the oils were extracted.
The two innovators quickly realized that natural, aerobic fermentation could coax higher levels of nutrition from the underutilized, defatted meal. That was in 2012.
Today, Houdek — the maker of Protéger — has helped nutritionists and formulators around the world reduce their use of forage fish, increase the nutritional quality of pet diets, and improve pet health, too.
We know the issue... and are proud to be a part of the solution!
We all know “the issue.”
Protéger is part of the ♥️ solution!
Protéger is one of the most sustainable feed ingredients produced on the planet.
Starts with 100% U.S. soy raised on natural, rich prairie soil — no reclaimed rain forests
Processed into meal within mere miles from the original fields
The meal is naturally fermented to create Protéger as well as other valuable nutrition ingredients and oils
State-of-the-art production plant is energy and resource efficient
Remarkable carbon-footprint (contact us to learn more!)
And of course, the multi-function of Protéger provides much more than essential protein to the pets diet.
Fermentation is the ♥️ of Protéger’s nutritional power
Fermentation is one of nature’s oldest, most reliable, and effective food production methods. Fermentation naturally transforms raw or basic ingredients into brand new products with drastically improved characteristics.
Houdek’s Protéger begins with sustainably produced, traceably sourced, soy meal. On its own, soy has many practical uses as a food ingredient. However, Houdek’s unique fermentation process transforms and elevates soy meal into a much higher level of nutritional performance..
Houdek’s fermentation amplifies protein content, and expands nutritional benefits and even removes anti-nutritional factors (ANFs) such as “trypsin inhibitors” and mineral-robbing phytic acid!
Interested in pouring more nutritional ♥️ into your pet’s diet? We’d ♥️ to help!