Every Al Tahooneh chicken is raised on a 100% vegetable and grain diet, with no animal by-products and no animal fats. It is one sentence, but it describes a specific way of feeding poultry. Here is what it means in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poultry feed is built around two things: an energy source and a protein source. At Al Tahooneh both are plant-derived. Yellow corn supplies the energy, and soybean meal supplies the protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of that base, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and nutritional supplements are blended in. These are sourced from suppliers working to international standards and high-quality specifications. Nothing in the mix comes from an animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Poultry feed formulations across the industry sometimes include processed animal proteins and rendered animal fats, because they are inexpensive sources of protein and energy. A 100% vegetable and grain diet excludes both categories entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is the substance of the claim. It is not a description of flavour or a marketing style \u2014 it is a statement about what is and is not permitted in the formulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The feed produced in the Al Tahooneh feed factories is also free from antibiotics. Combined with the plant-only formulation, that keeps the diet limited to grain, plant protein and nutritional supplements from the first day through to market weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Feed is not a single recipe applied to every bird. Ingredients are mixed according to the age category of the birds receiving them, so a day-old chick and a bird approaching market weight are not eating the same blend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A producer that buys feed in is relying on someone else to honour the formulation. Al Tahooneh operates three feed factories with a combined capacity of 40 tons per hour, a premix factory, and a soybean processing plant, supplied from its own grain silos holding more than 100,000 tons of yellow corn, soybeans, soybean meal and premixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the company runs the whole chain \u2014 breeder farms, hatcheries, feed factories, broiler farms \u2014 what the birds eat is decided and made in house rather than bought from a third party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every batch of feed is analysed for protein, starch, moisture, ash and energy using a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy device before it is distributed to the farms, and it undergoes steam and heat treatment. The testing is done in the Al Tahooneh central laboratory, which has a dedicated feed analysis department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more about what goes into the feed<\/a>, how every batch is checked<\/a>, or see the plant-fed chicken overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No animal by-products, no animal fats, no antibiotics. What a 100% vegetable and grain poultry diet actually excludes, and how Al Tahooneh controls it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"\n