Feed Composition Using Spore-Bearing Bacteria for Meat Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing feeds do not effectively reduce lipid peroxide in the tissues of edible portions of domestic animals, which can lead to meat quality issues and health problems.

Innovation Solution

Incorporating one or both of a spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium and a spore-bearing thermophilic bacterium into animal feeds, specifically using strains like Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus hisashii, to reduce lipid peroxide levels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If antibiotics and antimicrobial agents are mixed in feeds to prevent reduction of strength and resistance of livestock, then productivity is increased, but resistant bacteria appear causing safety issues

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveproductivityVSAvoidresistant bacteria

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the feed by replacing antibiotics with specific bacterial spores (Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus subtilis) that produce antimicrobial substances naturally, thereby maintaining productivity while eliminating resistant bacteria formation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces bacterial spores as intermediary substances that mediate between the need for antimicrobial protection and the avoidance of antibiotic resistance, using natural microbial competition rather than direct antibiotic action

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If conventional feeds are used to maintain livestock health, then basic nutritional needs are met, but lipid peroxide accumulation occurs in edible tissues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelivestock healthVSAvoidlipid peroxide

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces specific bacterial spores as intermediary substances that mediate lipid metabolism in livestock, using these microorganisms to naturally reduce lipid peroxide accumulation in edible tissues while maintaining overall health

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables livestock to self-regulate their lipid metabolism through ingestion of beneficial bacterial spores, allowing the animals' own digestive systems to process and utilize these microorganisms for reducing harmful lipid peroxides

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The use of these bacterial strains in feeds results in a meat quality-improving effect by reducing lipid peroxide, thereby enhancing the health and growth of domestic animals and improving the quality of their meat.

Implementation Method 1

a feed capable of reducing lipid peroxide in a tissue of an edible portion

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectLipid peroxide reduction:

Data Source

PatentUS12262723B2Feed and food

Publication Date: 2025.04.01 MITSUBISHI CHEM CORP

AI summary

The present invention provides: a feed for reducing lipid peroxide or improving meat quality in a tissue in an edible portion of a domestic animal, the feed comprising a spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium and/or a spore-bearing thermophilic bacterium not corresponding to the spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium; and a food for reducing lipid peroxide in a human body, the food comprising a spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium and/or a spore-bearing thermophilic bacterium not corresponding to the spore-bearing lactic acid bacterium.