The appearance of betaine hydrochloride is white to yellowish crystalline powder, tastes sour,hygroscopicity,it’s easily soluble in water and  ethyl alcohol.It is an efficient methyl donor can replace part of methionine and choline chloride,then reduce the cost.Betaine has some functions as below:

Betaine hydrochloride can promote the protein synthesis.Adding certain betaine hydrochloride to pig feed, which can increase the area of eye muscle, decrease the average thickness of backfat, improve the lean meat rate and carcass quality.It can improve the carcass quality and breast muscle mass of broilers,reduce abdominal muscle deposition and decrease the meat ratio adding in chicken feed. Betaine hydrochloride can protect vitamin,can make vitamin in feed not be destroyed and has an effective protection on VA and VB stability in premix and concentrated feed,improve the use effect.

Betaine hydrochloride is a kind of quaternary ammonium alkaloid, which can induce food and stimulate the animal's sense of smell and taste,promote animal feeding,improve the palatability and utilization rate of bait.Betaine hydrochloride can increase feed intake and daily gain,is the  for main attractant components of aquatic bait.It is an ideal attractant especially for fish and crustaceans, and has a strong temptation for fish,greatly increase the amount of food intake, promote growth;  It also can improve the feeding rate and promote the growth of piglets.

Moreover,betaine hydrochloride can effectively prevent the cell water lost, improve the function of NA/K pump, improve the tolerance of the object to water shortage, high temperature, high salt and high permeability environment, stabilize the enzyme activity and the function of biological macromolecules, so as to regulate the ionic balance of animal intestinal water, maintain intestinal function, slow the occurrence of diarrhea.  At the same time, betaine hydrochloride can also improve the survival rate of young shrimp and fish fry.