Ma ke kāohi ʻana i ka metabolism o nā microorganisms a me ka hana ʻana o nā mycotoxins, hiki i nā mea anti mildew ke hōʻemi i nā hopena kemika a me ka nalowale o nā meaʻai i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kumu like ʻole e like me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mahana a me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka haʻahaʻa i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai.Kalikiuma propionate, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopale i ka mildew hānai, hiki ke hoʻolaha i ka hana hou ʻana o nā microorganisms pono a kāohi i ka hana hou ʻana o nā maʻi ʻino a me ka mold. Ke hoʻohui ʻia i ka silage, hiki iā ia ke kāohi pono i ka ulu ʻana o ka mold, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka silage a hoʻokō i ke kumu o ka mālama hou ʻana.

Kalikiuma propionatehe mea pale antifungal palekana a hilinaʻi hoʻi no ka meaʻai a me ka hānai i ʻāpono ʻia e ka World Health Organization (WHO) a me ka Food and Agriculture Organization o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa (FAO). Hiki ke omo ʻia ka calcium propionate e nā kānaka a me nā holoholona ma o ka metabolism, a hoʻolako i ka calcium e pono ai no nā kānaka a me nā holoholona. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he GRAS.

Kalikiuma propionateHoʻoulu i ka omo ʻana o nā meaʻai o ka meaʻai a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka waiwai meaʻai, hoʻoponopono i ka waiwai pH o ka ʻōpū gastrointestinal o nā holoholona a me nā manu, paipai i ka ulu ʻana o nā bacteria maikaʻi e like me ka bacteria lactic acid, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana o nā enzyme digestive e like me ka pepsin a paipai i ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka omo ʻana o nā meaʻai.

Kalikiuma propionatehiki ke pale i ka hānai ʻōmaʻomaʻo mai ka mildew i ka wā mālama, hoʻonui i ka palatability o nā holoholona i ka hānai a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka helu hoʻohana o ka protein i ka hānai. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻo ka silage waiū i mālama ʻia me ka calcium propionate e kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā waikawa momona kaulahao pōkole i ka waiū a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka nui o ka momona waiū o ka waiū; Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, he mea kōkua ia i ka ulu ʻana, ka ʻeli ʻana a me ka ʻeli ʻana o nā meaʻai i loko o ka rumen a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana waiū o nā bipi waiū. ʻO ka hoʻokolohua o ka hānai ʻana i nā bipi waiū me ka mauʻu kulina silage i pale ʻia ekalima propionatehōʻike ʻia he emi ka pala o ka meaʻai, palupalu ke ʻano, maikaʻi ka ʻono, a makemake nā bipi waiū e ʻai, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hua waiū a me ka nui o ka momona waiū o nā bipi waiū.