A relatively new approach in piglet nutrition is to see what role sow diets can play in getting the young ones to eat faster. Sensory imprinting plays this role: If sow and weaner diets are linked by the same flavour, young piglets learn to start eating like a pig sooner.

The use of feed flavors offers the opportunity to improve the lactation and voluntary feed intake of sows.

Voluntary feed intake of lactating sows