Award KENT Nutrition’s ARGIS Earns IPPE Best of the Best Recognition
KENT® Nutrition has reached a significant milestone in animal agriculture, earning top industry recognition for its groundbreaking probiotic solution, ARGIS®, which has been named a Best of the Best Award winner in the Animal Food category at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. This prestigious honor highlights the company’s commitment to scientific innovation, performance-driven nutrition, and transformative solutions that address some of the most pressing challenges facing poultry and swine producers today.
The Best of the Best Award is one of the most respected distinctions within the IPPE New Product Showcase, reserved for products that demonstrate exceptional advancement, commercial potential, and measurable impact on animal production systems. Winners are selected from a highly competitive field of exhibitors, each presenting cutting-edge technologies designed to improve efficiency, sustainability, animal health, and profitability across the global livestock and feed industries.
ARGIS® stood out among the contenders for its novel scientific approach to feed optimization, offering a next-generation probiotic solution that helps unlock the full nutritional value of soybean meal—a primary protein source in poultry and swine diets. Through the use of a unique strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, ARGIS® enhances nutrient digestibility, improves feed efficiency, and supports stronger animal performance, providing producers with a practical and scalable tool to maximize production outcomes.
A Science-Driven Solution to Feed Efficiency Challenges
Feed represents one of the largest cost components in poultry and swine production, and optimizing nutrient utilization remains a top priority for producers worldwide. Traditionally, feed formulations rely on multiple exogenous enzymes to improve nutrient breakdown and performance. However, managing enzyme stability—particularly under high-heat processing conditions and varying pH levels—can be challenging, and inefficiencies can lead to nutrient waste, inconsistent results, and increased operational costs.
ARGIS® addresses these challenges with an innovative probiotic strategy that reduces the need for multiple enzyme additives while maintaining strong performance across processing and digestive environments. Judges at IPPE recognized ARGIS® for its ability to remain stable during heat processing and perform effectively in lower pH conditions—two critical factors that can compromise many conventional feed additives.
By simplifying feed formulations and enhancing nutrient release from soybean meal, ARGIS® offers producers a more efficient and resilient solution that supports better feed conversion ratios, improved animal growth, and optimized performance outcomes. The product’s performance benefits make it particularly valuable in an industry where rising ingredient costs, sustainability goals, and production efficiency are closely linked.
Recognition at IPPE 2026: A Moment of Industry Validation
The award was officially presented during a special recognition ceremony on Tuesday, January 27, in the Discovery Zone at IPPE 2026. The Discovery Zone serves as a hub for innovation at the expo, showcasing technologies and products shaping the future of animal agriculture.
Kale Causemaker, Senior Director of Innovative Solutions at KENT Nutrition, accepted the award on behalf of the company, marking a proud moment for the organization and its research and development teams.
“Winning the Best of the Best Award is an incredible honor for KENT Nutrition and a strong validation of our work,” Causemaker said. “ARGIS is changing the game in poultry nutrition, giving producers a powerful, science-backed tool to help improve feed efficiency and performance. This recognition underscores the meaningful impact our team is delivering to the industry.”
Causemaker emphasized that the award not only reflects the success of ARGIS® but also highlights KENT Nutrition’s long-term commitment to innovation, customer-focused solutions, and research-backed product development.
Patented Technology Ensures Long-Term Competitive Advantag
ARGIS® is protected under U.S. Patent US20220347234A1, safeguarding its proprietary formulation and ensuring that KENT Nutrition maintains a differentiated and defensible position in the global animal nutrition market. The patent underscores the originality of the technology and reinforces the company’s ability to deliver exclusive, science-driven benefits to poultry and swine producers.
By securing intellectual property rights, KENT Nutrition can continue investing in product enhancement, scientific validation, and expanded applications across additional livestock sectors, further strengthening its role as a leader in performance nutrition.
Transforming Poultry and Swine Nutrition Through Innovation
The impact of ARGIS® extends beyond incremental feed improvements. Its ability to enhance nutrient utilization from soybean meal positions it as a key solution for producers seeking to reduce waste, improve sustainability, and maximize the return on feed investments.
As feed ingredient prices fluctuate and global demand for protein continues to rise, innovations like ARGIS® play an increasingly important role in maintaining profitability while supporting responsible production practices. Improved feed efficiency also contributes to reduced environmental footprint by lowering overall feed consumption and minimizing nutrient excretion.
By supporting stronger gut health, consistent performance, and improved digestibility, ARGIS® aligns with industry trends toward antibiotic-free production systems, healthier livestock, and more sustainable production models.
Showcasing Innovation at Booth A1059
Throughout IPPE 2026, KENT Nutrition is showcasing ARGIS® at Booth A1059, where company representatives are engaging with feed manufacturers, integrators, veterinarians, nutritionists, and industry stakeholders to demonstrate how the award-winning probiotic is reshaping animal nutrition standards.
At the booth, visitors can learn about the scientific foundation behind ARGIS®, explore trial data, and discuss real-world performance results with technical experts. The exhibition provides an opportunity for producers to better understand how the product can be integrated into existing feed programs to enhance efficiency, simplify formulations, and improve overall production outcomes.
KENT Nutrition is also using the event to highlight its broader portfolio of nutritional solutions, reinforcing its mission to deliver innovative, performance-driven products that support modern livestock production.
Strengthening KENT Nutrition’s Leadership in Animal Agriculture
The Best of the Best Award marks another step forward in KENT Nutrition’s ongoing journey as a trusted partner in animal health and nutrition. The company has built a reputation for combining scientific research, technical expertise, and producer-focused solutions to address evolving industry needs.
By investing in advanced probiotics, patented technologies, and research-backed formulations, KENT Nutrition continues to position itself at the forefront of feed innovation, gut health science, and sustainable livestock nutrition.
The success of ARGIS® demonstrates how targeted microbial solutions can unlock greater feed efficiency while reducing reliance on traditional enzyme systems. As producers seek to improve margins, enhance animal welfare, and meet sustainability expectations, products like ARGIS® offer a promising path forward.
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