MaltRite from Malt Products Corporation is a portfolio of malted barely extracts for pet food applications. Some of the benefits of malt extract include: minerals (including calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese, potassium, selenium and zinc), B Vitamins (including niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, thiamin, nicotinic acid, biotin, folic acid and Vitamin B6), protein and amino acids, and palatability.
Grain extracts such as malt extract, and other plant-derived ingredients including molasses, possess free phenolic compounds providing protective benefits against reactive oxygen species (ROS), or free radicals.