Vitamin additives

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING A STABILIZED VITAMIN EMULSION AS A FEED ADDITION FOR RUMINANTS, WHICH COMPRISES STIRRING TOGETHER IN A NON-AERATING AGITATION ZONE A PREPARATORY SEPARATE SMALLER MIXTURE OF APPROXIMATELY 100 PARTS OF WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF 15* TO 50*C. WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL QUANTITY OF A WATER-INSOLUBLE VITAMIN IN OIL SOLUTION AND AS LITTLE AS ABOUT 10 PARTS OF A NONTOXIC RUMINANT-PALATABLE WATER-SOLUBLE WETTING AGENT UNTIL A CONCENTRATED SEMI-STABLE OIL-WATER EMULSION THEREOF IS FORMED AS A SEPARATE FIRST STEP, STIRRING IN A SEPARATE SECONDARY NON-AERATING AGITATION ZONE A LARGER MIXTURE OF WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF 40* TO 70* WHILE INCREMENTALLY ADDING THERETO MOLASSES UP TO A TOTAL QUANITY OF THE ORDER OF 45,000 PARTS WHEREBY IN THE COMPLETED MIXTURE THERE ARE AT LEAST 50% SOLIDS AND ALSO ADDING THERETO PHOSPHORIC ACID SUFFICIENT TO GIVE PH TO THE FINAL MIXTURE OF 4.0 TOO 4.75, SO USED TO PROTECT THE HIGHLY REDUCED VITAMINS AGAINST OXIDATION, MEANWHILE AFTER ABOUT 10% TO 20% OF THE MOLASSES HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LARGER MIXTURE INCREMENTALLY ADDING THERETO TO BLEND THEREWITH THE CONCENTRATED SEMISTABLE EMULSION FROM THE PREPARATORY SMALLER MIXTURE, AND FINALLY WITHDRAWING FROM THE COMBINED MIXTURE A LIQUID STABILIZED EMULSION HAVING A BITTER TASTE PALATABLE TO RUMINANTS AND BEARING A CONTENT OF HIGHLY-REDUCED VITAMINS OF HIGH POTENCY DISPERSED AND PRESERVED BY THE MOLASSES AND THE PHOSPHORIC ACID AGAINST OXIDATION BY ANY OXIDANTS ENCOUNTERED IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN FEED CONSUMED BY A RUMINANT.