Nuscience Group

What Nuscience Group does

Nuscience Group NV is a Belgian animal nutrition company operating as a subsidiary of Royal Agrifirm Group, a Dutch agricultural cooperative. The company develops, produces, and sells premixes, performing concentrates (including 5% and 25% formulations), mineral mixtures, young animal feeds, and functional feed additives for the B2B feed industry. Its customer base spans feed mills, pig farmers, poultry farmers, and cattle farmers, with primary operations in Belgium and activity disclosed across Germany, France, and the Netherlands, plus a sales presence signaled toward the Middle East and Africa.

The product portfolio is organized under two sub-brands: Earlyfeed, which houses young animal nutrition offerings such as the Babimel Wean/Babistar Safe/Gold/Flex prestarter and milk-replacer lines built on the START+ Concept (Galacto-OligoSaccharides mimicking sow-milk prebiotics) and the Vitazero natural defense shield; and Agrimprove, which markets functional feed additives. Additional proprietary lines include AminoGo, a sustainable RF-based rumen-bypass protein for high-producing dairy cows, Heatstop for broilers under heat stress, and Anavrin, a methane-reducing ruminant additive distributed in Europe via an exclusive partnership with VetosEurope (Nov 2024). All products are manufactured at the company's Drongen, Belgium production facility, which has received the Factory of the Future Award three times (most recently February 2026) for automated microdosing and quality control. The company also offers AgriHub, a customer-facing data-connectivity platform launched in 2026.

Nuscience operates a B2B enterprise field-sales model in which customized premixes and functional feed ingredients are sold directly to feed mills, layered with technical support from nutritionists, veterinarians, and technicians working on-site at customer farms. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a transactional basis across product lines. Commercial activity is supported by content marketing on the company website, direct technical advisory, and participation in industry events such as EuroTier 2024 in Hanover. Customer-facing programs include Aim For Zero, a benchmarking-and-advisory framework that pairs nutritional interventions (including Vitazero) with feed-mill goals of reducing antibiotics and zinc oxide usage during piglet weaning.

Name

Nuscience Group

Legal name

Nuscience Group NV

Website

https://nuscience.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1886

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Nuscience Group is a Belgian animal nutrition company that develops premixes, concentrates, young animal feeds, and functional feed additives for feed mills and farmers specializing in pigs, poultry, and cattle across Western Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animal Feed Nutrition

NAICS

Animal Food Manufacturing (3111), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Other Animal Food Manufacturing (311119)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Diet Formulation (starter/finisher, transition diets, heat-stress, high-forage, low-starch) (AFADAMAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Livestock & Poultry Nutrition (Feed & Premixes) (HLAMAHAD), Animal Nutrition & Feeding Support Services (On-Farm Feeding, Feed Management) (AFAEALAJ)

Keywords

• Animal feed nutrition
• Young animal nutrition
• Functional feed additives
• Custom feed premixes
• Livestock nutrition solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Drongen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Functional Feed Ingredients: Products under the Agrimprove brand that play a major role in animal health, well-being, and overall performance
2. Customized Premixes: Tailored vitamin, mineral, and nutrient premixes for the feed industry
3. Performing Concentrates: 5% and 25% concentrate products for combination with cereals and protein sources for pigs and sows
4. Young Animal Nutrition: Innovative nutrition solutions for young animals under the Earlyfeed brand including prestarter feeds, creep feeds, and milk replacers
5. Feed Additives: Additives and functional feed ingredients for the feed industry

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Nuscience Group develops and manufactures animal nutrition products for the feed industry, including young animal nutrition concepts, customized premixes, performing concentrates, and functional feed additives for pigs, poultry, and cattle. The company operates a modern production facility in Drongen, Belgium, supplying species-specific nutritional solutions such as prestarter feeds, milk replacers, rumen-bypass proteins, and heat-stress mitigation products to feed mills and farmers.

Product overview

Nuscience Group offers a comprehensive portfolio of innovative nutrition solutions for young animals, primarily focused on pigs, poultry, and cattle. The product ecosystem includes young animal nutrition concepts with customized premixes, performing concentrates (PIG-5%, SOW-5/7.5%, PIG 25%), and functional feed additives. Key brands include Babimel Wean and Babistar Safe/Gold/Flex for young piglet nutrition, Earlyfeed for young animal nutrition sub-brand, and Agrimprove for functional feed additives. The company also provides the Aim For Zero Program for antibiotic and zinc reduction in weaning, along with the AgriHub connectivity platform. All products are manufactured at the company's modern production facility in Drongen, Belgium.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agrimprove: Functional feed additives brand that plays a major role in health, well-being, and overall performance of animals.
• Earlyfeed

Products and services

• Babimel Wean

Quantifiable outcome

• A heat stressed sow can lose up to 1 kg of milk production per day
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• VetosEuropecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 11 November 2024Royal Agrifirm Group and VetosEurope announced an exclusive distribution partnership for Anavrin, an innovative feed additive for ruminants designed to reduce methane emissions in livestock farming and support performance. The agreement covers select European countries, highlighting a commitment to enhancing productivity while mitigating environmental impact.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trouw Nutrition (Nutreco): Nutreco's Trouw Nutrition brand is the most direct comparable: it sells customized premixes, young animal nutrition concepts (including milk replacers), and functional feed additives to swine, poultry, and ruminant producers globally, mirroring Nuscience's species coverage and product mix.
• Denkavit: Dutch specialist in young animal nutrition, milk replacers, and prestarter feeds for calves and piglets. Highly comparable to Nuscience's Earlyfeed brand and piglet milk replacer lines (Babimel Lac).
• Alltech: Family-owned global animal nutrition company focused on premixes, feed additives, and specialty ingredients across ruminants, poultry, and swine. Comparable in product mix and species coverage, particularly in functional additives competing with Agrimprove.
• Kemin Industries: Manufacturer of feed additives and functional ingredients across species, with strong presence in gut health and immunity solutions — directly overlapping with Nuscience's Vitazero/START+ technology positioning in piglet gut health.
• Phibro Animal Health: Specialty animal health and nutrition company offering feed additives and medicated feed ingredients for livestock producers. Comparable in target customers and additive-focused product strategy.
• Volac International: UK-based specialist in young animal nutrition and milk replacers for calves and other livestock. Directly comparable to Nuscience's Earlyfeed portfolio and its piglet milk replacer range, though with a stronger dairy-calf focus.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill Animal Nutrition: Global animal nutrition powerhouse offering premixes, additives, and species-specific feeds. Much broader portfolio than Nuscience but overlaps significantly in premix and functional additive categories targeted at swine and poultry.
• ADM Animal Nutrition: ADM's animal nutrition arm supplies premixes, concentrates, feed additives, and ingredients globally. Overlaps with Nuscience on premixes, additives, and the swine/poultry/ruminant customer base, though at far greater geographic and operational scale.
• dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health: Major supplier of vitamins, premixes, and functional additives (e.g., methane-reducing Bovaer) for livestock. Directly competes with Agrimprove in feed additives and with Nuscience's premix offering, with deep R&D resources.
• Evonik Animal Nutrition: Global supplier of amino acids and rumen-protected products for swine and dairy, directly comparable to Nuscience's AminoGo rumen-bypass protein offering. Stronger R&D and global reach, but narrower in young animal nutrition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/nusciencegroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/Nuscience
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nuscience

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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