Lysine is mainly used as a feed additive, food fortifier, and pharmaceutical.
1. Used in the food industry. Lysine is one of the important components of protein, one of the eight amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body itself but are very needed. It is an excellent food fortifier. Due to the lack of lysine in food, it is also known as the "first essential amino acid". Adding lysine to foods such as beverages, rice, flour, and canned foods can improve the utilization rate of protein, thereby greatly enhancing the nutrition of foods, promoting growth and development, increasing appetite, reducing disease, and enhancing physical fitness. It is used in canned foods for deodorization and preservation.
2. Used in the pharmaceutical industry. Lysine can be used to prepare complex amino acid infusion, which has better effects and fewer side effects than hydrolyzed protein infusion. Lysine can be made into nutritional supplements with various vitamins and glucose, and is easily absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract after oral administration. Lysine can also improve the performance and efficacy of certain drugs