Name

VITALAC

Legal name

SAS VITALAC

Website

https://vitalac.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animal Nutrition & Health Manufacturing

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Livestock & Poultry Nutrition (Feed & Premixes) (HLAMAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medicated & Functional Ruminant Feed (Ionophores, Buffers, Yeast/Probiotics, Mycotoxin Binders) (AFADAAAL), Nutraceuticals & Functional Ingredients for Animal Diets (Probiotics, Omega-3, Joint, GI) (HLAMAHAH), Performance & Metabolic Modifiers (e.g., Betaine, Carnitine) (AFADAKAI)

Keywords

• Animal nutrition products
• Livestock feed manufacturing
• Animal health solutions
• Feed safety and biosecurity
• Premix and mineral feeds

Headquarters

HQ city

Carnoët

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Animal Nutrition Products: Sale of mineral feeds, premixes, complementary feeds, complete feeds, nutritional specialties, acidifiers, mycotoxin binders, and glucose precursors to farmers and distributors.
2. Animal Health & Sanitary Products: Sale of biotechnological solutions including acidifiers, barrier flora products, antifungals, and monitoring tools through Vitalac Biotech subsidiary.
3. Custom Manufacturing & Private Label: Custom formulation and manufacturing services for distributors who want products under their own brand, leveraging Vitalac's industrial capabilities.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

VITALAC manufactures and sells animal nutrition, health, and sanitary security products for livestock producers. Its core offerings include complete feeds, complementary feeds, mineral feeds, premixes, rumen-protected amino acids, acidifiers, mycotoxin binders, glucose precursors, rumen buffers, probiotic-enzyme formulations, lick buckets, boluses, anionic salts, and a subsidiary (Vitalac Biotech) providing biotechnology-based sanitary solutions including acidifiers, antifungals, barrier flora products, and monitoring tools for on-farm and industrial biosecurity.

Product overview

VITALAC is a French manufacturer specializing in animal nutrition, health, and sanitary security. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of feed solutions organized by species (dairy cattle, beef cattle, pigs, poultry) and product category (complete feeds, complementary feeds, minerals, premixes, protected amino acids, acidifiers, mycotoxin binders, preservatives, grain and ration optimizers, glucose precursors, lick buckets and boluses, anionic salts, tower silos, nutritional specialties). The product range includes core offerings like the KARNOLAB family of products, rumen buffers (ALKAFARM, ALKABOV, ALKAPATURE, ALKASTIMUL), lick buckets (VITABLOC series) and boluses (BOLUS OLIGO, BOLUS GESTADRY), protected amino acids (MELYSSA, LYSAPROTECT), calf nutrition products (VITAVO, KALVION+, GENILAC GOLIATH), piglet feeds (LACTARINE IMMUNOTEC, ZENILAC), acidifiers (VITACID, VITACIDEX, VITACID HP), mycotoxin binders (VITABIOCELL, MYCOBINDER), glucose precursors (GLYCOLINE), and sanitary biotech tools (SALMOTRUCK, SALTESTER, SALMOCCIDE, MICROSURE). The subsidiary Vitalac Biotech provides comprehensive sanitary solutions including acidifiers, barrier flora products, antifungals, and monitoring tools. The company also offers a proprietary ration formulation software called Rumivita for optimizing livestock rations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Vitalac Biotech: Biotechnology subsidiary specializing in sanitary solutions including acidifiers, barrier flora products, antifungals, and monitoring/decontamination tools for biosecurity applications.

Products and services

• GLYCOLINE Glucose precursor product for dairy cattle that provides non-acidogenic energy and converts directly to glucose, helping maintain blood glucose levels during heat stress periods.
• VITACARTE All-in-one mineral product for dairy cattle providing comprehensive mineral supplementation.
• VITABOV CROISSANCE XL Complete feed for calf growth and development.
• XL GRAIN Grain and ration optimizer that makes cereal non-acidogenic and increases protein levels, raising pH to 9 for safe starch inclusion without acidosis risk.
• VITABIOCELL Mycotoxin binder product for neutralizing mycotoxins in feed.
• KARNOLAB Range (Ruminants) Product range for ruminants combining multiple nutritional solutions.
• VITAFORM Mineral product for cattle, particularly recommended for high-producing dairy cows with high levels of vitamins A, D, E, chelated trace elements and magnesium.
• RUMIX³ Nitrogen corrector for beef cattle rations.
• KACTUS PROGRESS Dietary supplement for restoring blood and rumen buffer capacity by providing Na and K ions, enriched with magnesia and plants to combat oxidative stress (heat stress management).
• VITAFLUSH Nutritional specialty product for cattle.
• VITALIVER Nutritional specialty product for cattle.
• ALKASTIMUL Buffer enriched with Rumenstimul that boosts feed efficiency while preventing ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle.
• ALKABOV Buffer for mixing with too acidic rations of dairy cattle to balance and stabilize rumen flora.
• ALKAPATURE Buffer specifically adapted for rations with grass for dairy cows (grazing, green fodder) to balance and stabilize rumen flora.
• ALKAFARM Complete buffer that adapts to the majority of rations, bringing digestive comfort to dairy cattle by improving digestion.
• VITABLOC 3/21/4 Lick bucket providing mineral and vitamin supplementation for dairy cattle and heifers, containing minerals, trace elements and vitamins.
• VITABLOC 7/7/10 Lick bucket with mineral and vitamin supplementation, rich in magnesium, particularly suitable for dry cows.
• VITABLOC 6/18/5 UAB Lick bucket for dairy cattle mineral supplementation, usable in organic agriculture.
• VITAFLY Garlic-containing lick bucket that repels insects while providing mineral and trace element supplementation, usable in organic agriculture.
• BOLUS OLIGO Mineral and vitamin bolus for dairy or suckler cows providing long-term supplementation of trace elements and vitamins, with 6-month dissolution duration.
• BOLUS GESTADRY Mineral and vitamin bolus particularly adapted for dairy or suckler cows during dry period, with 3-month dissolution duration.
• MELYSSA Amino acid mix for dairy cows enabling protein optimization of rations with protected methionine and lysine, consumed by over 6,000 high-potential cows.
• LYSAPROTECT Specific feed for dairy cows enabling protein optimization of rations with protected lysine supplementation.
• VITAVO First-age feed for calves secured with essential oils, ideal for developing rumens, formulated to achieve growth levels of 1kg/day around weaning.
• TARIQUATRO Complete feed for dry cows and pregnant heifers, adapted for straw and high-BACA corn silage rations with total negative BACA objective (-150 meq).
• TARIPRO 3000 Complete feed for dry cows and pregnant heifers with partial negative BACA objective (-20 to -100 meq), stimulating immunity.
• TARISURE 2500 Complete feed for dry cows and pregnant heifers usable throughout dry period with positive BACA close to zero (0 to +100 meq).
• KALVION+ Complementary feed for calves, lambs and goat kids in milk phase, composed of 100% natural raw materials that stops diarrhea from the start.
• GENILAC GOLIATH Secure milk powder for calves ensuring digestive safety through pH control and intestinal flora regulation, designed to double birth weight at 56 days.
• RUMENSTIMUL Probiotic and enzyme formulation for boosting feed efficiency in dairy cattle by promoting fiber and grain digestibility and stimulating natural rumen function.
• LACTARINE IMMUNOTEC Complete milk replacer feed for piglets meeting nutritional requirements for good growth performances at weaning, with immune-boosting properties.
• VITACID SOUPE Acidifier product for pigs to ensure healthy digestive function.
• ZENILAC Range Piglet feeding range for supporting piglet nutrition.
• KARNOLAB Range (Pigs) Product range for pigs combining multiple nutritional solutions.
• KARNOLAB Range (Poultry) Product range for poultry combining multiple nutritional solutions.
• MYCOBINDER Mycotoxin binder for multi-species applications.
• VITACID HP Powerful complex of organic acids and minerals enriched with antibiofilm agent for drinking water application in pig and poultry breeding.
• SILO TOUR Tower silo solution for farm-scale feed manufacturing (FaF) enabling cereal preservation through inerting for pig farmers.
• VITASAFE RTM Preservative for limiting heating and stabilizing rations during hot periods, slowing yeast development and maintaining feed intake.
• FONGISAFE Antifungal usable on dry or moist ensiled cereals, silo fronts and surfaces, and hay.
• SILOSAFE Antifungal and antibacterial inoculant for securing forage conservation in silos, improving aerobic stability and reducing heating risks.
• Vitalac Biotech (Sanitary Solutions) Subsidiary offering sanitary solutions including biotechnology acidifiers, barrier flora products, antifungals, and monitoring tools for biosecurity applications.
• SALMOTRUCK Mobile and automated tool for on-site decontamination at rates of up to 100 t/h.
• SALTESTER Detection tool for monitoring and diagnostic purposes in sanitary control.
• SALMOCCIDE Bioprotection acidifier for hygienisation of complete feed and/or finished feed.
• MICROSURE Bioprotection acidifier for hygienisation of raw materials.
• MICROLACTYS Bioprotection and biopreservation solution for preventing recontamination risks.
• Rumivita Ration Formulation Software Proprietary ration formulation software developed by Vitalac nutritionists integrating limiting amino acid knowledge for formulating increasingly effective livestock rations.
• Custom Manufacturing & Private Label Services Custom formulation and contract manufacturing services for distributors and industrial manufacturers seeking animal nutrition products under their own brand, leveraging Vitalac's industrial capabilities, regulatory knowledge, and 50,000 tonnes/year capacity.

Quantifiable outcome

• +1 kg milk production per day with rumen-protected amino acids (Lysaprotect/Melyssa)
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Distributor PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVITALAC partners with distributors in France and internationally to extend market reach. Distributors benefit from technical training, field support, marketing materials, seminars, and custom formulation options for private label products. The company has established distributor relationships across all continents serving farmers in 60+ countries.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Olmix Group: French/Breton-based mid-sized animal nutrition specialist developing algae-based and trace-element feed additives, with similar European specialty-nutrition positioning. Comparable as a French-origin, science-driven family-scale player in livestock nutrition and health.
• Alltech: Privately held global animal nutrition company producing premixes, feed additives, and biotechnology solutions for livestock and aquaculture. Highly comparable to VITALAC as a mid-sized, science-led specialty animal nutrition manufacturer with proprietary formulations across species.
• Nor-Feed: French specialty animal nutrition company developing plant-based feed additives (saponins, essential oils, polyphenols) for livestock and aquaculture. Comparable as a French-headquartered, mid-sized science-led feed additive specialist serving European livestock markets.
• Adisseo (Pancosma): Global specialty feed additive platform owned by China National BlueStar, producing protected amino acids, enzymes, and rumen-by-pass technologies. Overlaps with VITALAC's Melyssa, Lysaprotect, and rumen-protected amino acid product positioning.
• Lallemand Animal Nutrition: Family-controlled, Montreal-based specialist in yeast, bacteria, and microbial-based feed additives. Directly comparable to VITALAC's Rumenstimul probiotic-enzyme platform and emphasis on rumen function, digestive health, and probiotics across ruminants.
• Innovad (now part of Barentz): Belgian-headquartered specialty animal feed additive manufacturer offering acidifiers, mycotoxin binders, and gut health solutions. Directly comparable to VITALAC's Vitacid acidifier and Vitabiocell mycotoxin binder lines in European livestock markets.
• Kemin Industries: Family-owned global manufacturer of feed additives, nutritional specialties, and animal health solutions. Comparable as a science-led, family-controlled specialty ingredient producer with proprietary formulations across livestock species.

Broad incumbents

• Phibro Animal Health: US-listed global animal health and nutrition company producing nutritional specialty products, feed additives, and vaccines. Comparable at the specialty feed additive level, though broader in scope (including pharmaceuticals) and publicly traded.
• Cargill Animal Nutrition: One of the world's largest animal nutrition and feed manufacturers, operating globally across premixes, complete feeds, and additives. Overlaps with VITALAC's premix and feed additive businesses, but at very different scale.
• Trouw Nutrition (Nutreco): Global animal nutrition subsidiary of Nutreco (owned by SHV) producing premixes, specialty feeds, and feed additives. Comparable at the level of premix and dairy nutrition, but with significantly broader geographic footprint and portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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