Lutavit® E
BASF’s Lutavit® E50 and E50 S are formulated with a high quality silica that provides high stability. It guarantees at least 50% vitamin content through the whole shelf life of the product, making Lutavit® E50 and E50 S one of the top performers in the market.

Application of Lutavit® E
Lutavit® E is a high quality synthetic vitamin E acetate that is usually applied to a silica carrier as a 50% adsorbate. As an essential feed additive, it is easy to add to premixes, base mixes, and complete feed for swine, poultry, cattle, and dairy cows. It is also used in a variety of pet care products, including top dog and cat food brands.
Ideal vitamin E livestock diet fortification has to meet the physiological requirement of animals and should consider special needs as well. Optimal vitamin E nutrition can make a significant contribution towards safeguarding animal health, productivity and product quality and therefore profitability of animal production. Vitamin fortification is closely correlated with animal stress. Competitive meat, milk and egg production requires constant adjustment in inputs, especially if outputs are constantly changing.
Benefits of Lutavit® E
Lutavit® E is a high quality synthetic vitamin E acetate that is usually applied to a silica carrier as a 50% adsorbate. As an essential feed additive, it is easy to add to premixes, base mixes, and complete feed for swine, poultry, cattle, and dairy cows. It is also used in a variety of pet care products, including top dog and cat food brands.
Vitamin E is an essential nutrient, performing a variety of vital functions in the organism that include various metabolic processes and the formation of antibodies. It is also a well-known antioxidant that helps to suppress the autoxidation of Vitamin A and unsaturated fatty acids.
Benefits of vitamin E
- Primary role: protection of body tissues from damaging oxidative processes
- Regulation of muscle metabolism
- Preparation and protection of pregnancy

Vitamin E deficiency symptoms and its implications
Insufficient supply with vitamins can lead to disorders. While nowadays a truly deficient vitamin supply for farm animals is only rarely observed in agricultural practice, suboptimal vitamin supply or partial undersupply occurs more frequently.
In calves, lambs, pigs and poultry, muscular dystrophy is prominent, combined with lightening of skeletal musculature and degenerative changes in the heart musculature, which can lead to sudden heart failure. In poultry, encephalomalacia occurs, which is characterized by uncoordinated movements and by abnormal posture of the head. Also in poultry, the concentration of the blood contents and thus the loading of the heart musculature is increased. In the rat, vitamin E deficiency reduces fertility.
Why choose BASF Lutavit®?
- Lutavit® E50 is formulated with a high quality silica that provides high stability
- It is a well-established product that has been used in animal nutrition for more than 40 years
- Lutavit® E stands for consistently high-quality, a reliable performance and is safe to use
- It is easy to add to premixes and base mixes
- At least 50% vitamin content guaranteed through the whole shelf life of the product
Dosage recommendations
Pigs (per kg complete feed (88% dry matter)) | |
Piglets, prestarter1 | 100-150 mg |
Piglets, starter | 80-120 mg |
Grower | 60-80 mg |
Finisher1 | 40-60 mg |
Breeding sows | 60-80 mg |
Breeding boars | 140-160 mg |
1 up to 250 mg to increase immunity and improve meat quality |
Poultry (per kg complete feed (88% dry matter)) | |
Chickens, starter1 | 40-60 mg |
Chickens, pullets | 20-30 mg |
Laying hens2 | 20-30 mg |
Breeding hens | 40-60 mg |
Broilers1 | 30-50 mg |
Turkeys, starter1 | 40-60 mg |
Turkeys, grower | 30-50 mg |
Turkeys, finisher1 | 30-40 mg |
Turkeys, breeding animals2 | 40-60 mg |
Ducks/geese | 40-60 mg |
1 up to 200 mg to increase immunity and improve meat quality 2 up to 100 mg under stress conditions, heat related stress and to increase reproductive performance of breeding animals |
Ruminants and horses (per animal and day) | |
Calves, milk replacers1 (per kg feed) |
80-120 mg |
Cows, breeding | 100-150 mg |
Beef bulls2 | 200-300 mg |
Dairy cows3 | 500-1000 mg |
Sheep/goats | 50-80 mg |
Foals (per 100 kg live weight per day) |
100-120 mg |
Saddle horses (per 100 kg live weight per day) |
80-100 mg |
Racing horses and breeding horses (per 100 kg live weight per day) |
200-300 mg |
1 up to 200 mg to increase immunity during the 14 days following the colostrum phase 2 to improve meat quality from the 100th day prior to slaughtering 3 to improve the udder condition during the dry period within the first 10 lactation weeks |
Pets and fish (per kg complete feed (88% dry matter)) | |
Dogs | 80-120 mg |
Cats | 100-150 mg |
Rabbits | 30-50 mg |
Minks | 80-120 mg |
Cold water fish1 | 200-300 mg |
Warm water fish1 | 150-200 mg |
Shrimps1 | 180-250 mg |
1 high content in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) requires addititional doses |
Disclaimer: National regulations may vary and need to be considered prior to product use.
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