Purina Turbo Hog Feed Product Lines:
1. Purina Turbo Pre Startina — Super Premium Piglet Pre-Starter Feed
Description & Formulation:
Purina Turbo Pre Startina is formulated as a super premium starter feed for newly weaned piglets. It includes Pig Candy (high-energy palatability enhancer), Immunopower (immune support complex) and Digestisorb (digestive aid) with Purina’s Turbo 360 Protection Technology that helps neutralize pathogens including African Swine Fever (ASF). (UBTAC – Animal Nutrition Center)
Properties & Special Features:
- Enhanced Palatability: Pig Candy promotes early feed intake for better growth.
- Immune Support: Immunopower supports resistance to disease.
- Digestive Efficiency: Digestisorb improves nutrient absorption and feed conversion.
- Biosecurity Boost: Turbo 360 Technology adds protection against feed-borne pathogens. (UBTAC – Animal Nutrition Center)
- AroMass – enhanced flavor plus aroma for better intake and growth
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Promotes uniform early growth via superior digestibility.
✔ Economic: Reduces feed waste; improves daily weight gain and FCR.
✔ Environmental: Better nutrient uptake reduces manure nutrient load.
✔ Health: Boosts immunity, reducing antibiotic dependency.
✔ Profitability: Faster market weight attainment lowers production costs.
2. Purina Turbo Startina — Premium Starter Feed
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Startina is a starter feed designed to bridge piglets from pre-starter to grower phases. It contains balanced proteins, amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and Turbo 360 protective features for continued resilience and performance. (UBTAC – Animal Nutrition Center)
Properties & Special Features:
- Formulated to maintain growth momentum after weaning.
- Includes digestion and health-supporting additives for strong gut function.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Supports stable feed intake during stressful post-weaning period.
✔ Economic: Helps minimize growth setbacks and need for corrective supplements.
✔ Health: Supports gut health to reduce diarrhea incidence.
✔ Profitability: Optimizes growth performance, improving ROI.
3. Purina Turbo Growina — Grower Feed
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Growina is formulated for the “grower” stage where pigs need increased energy and protein to develop lean muscle mass. It contains digestibility enhancers and Turbo 360 tech. (UBTAC – Animal Nutrition Center)
Properties & Special Features:
- Balanced macro- and micronutrients for bone and muscle growth.
- Enhanced feed efficiency and lower feed conversion ratio.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Promotes uniform, lean growth.
✔ Economic: Improved FCR results in lower feed cost per kg gain.
✔ Environmental: Efficient nutrient use reduces waste excretion.
✔ Profitability: Better carcass quality enhances market value.
4. Purina Turbo Finishina — Finisher Feed
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Finishina is a finishing diet tailored to optimize final growth and weight gain before market. It is nutrient-dense with energy and amino acids required at later growth stages. (UBTAC – Animal Nutrition Center)
Properties & Special Features:
- High energy levels for rapid weight gain.
- Turbo 360 and other digestive support components maintain intake and conversion.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Supports rapid final weight gain and carcass leanness.
✔ Economic: Maximizes conversion at higher body weights.
✔ Health: Balanced minerals and vitamins support muscle and reproductive health.
✔ Profitability: Shortens days-to-market while maintaining feed efficiency.
5. Turbo Sow Lactina — Sow Lactation Feed
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Sow Lactina is specifically developed for sows during lactation to support high milk yield while maintaining maternal body condition.
Properties & Special Features:
- Higher energy and nutritional density to match lactation demands.
- Includes protective tech to support sow health and lactation output.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Improves milk quality and quantity.
✔ Economic: Reduces weaning lag and improves piglet survival.
✔ Health: Supports metabolic health of nursing sows.
✔ Profitability: Increases litter weaning weights and reduces sow weight loss.
6. Turbo Brood Sow Gestating Feeds — Sow Gestation Feed
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Brood Sow Gestating feed is formulated for pregnant sows to meet maintenance and fetal growth requirements.
Properties & Special Features:
- Balanced energy and protein for gestation.
- Supports reproductive performance and fetal development.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Enhances sow condition going into and out of farrowing.
✔ Economic: Improves farrowing outcomes and reduces reproductive losses.
✔ Health: Provides stable nutrition to minimize gestation stress.
✔ Profitability: More uniform litters and healthier sows.
7. Turbo Milk Boostina (Piglet Milk Replacement)
Description & Formulation:
Turbo Milk Boostina is a micro-milk pellet designed for piglets between 3–37 days old, providing milk-like nutrition to support early growth, iron, and immune function.
Properties & Special Features:
- High digestibility and palatable for early intake.
- Complements sow milk or replaces it when necessary.
Strengths & Benefits:
✔ Technical: Supports critical early growth when milk is primary nutriment.
✔ Economic: Improves survival and reduces need for medicated feeds.
✔ Health: Provides immune support during a vulnerable period.
✔ Profitability: Better uniformity and higher weaning weights.
📌 Key Features Across the Turbo Hog Line
Turbo 360 Protection Technology
A hallmark feature across the Turbo hog feed line which provides an extra safeguard by helping deactivate harmful pathogens (e.g., ASF) that may contaminate feeds during handling and storage — contributing to improved health security.
Digestisorb & Other Proprietary Additives
Digestisorb supports digestion and nutrient absorption, improving feed conversion and reducing waste — a technical advantage that translates to economic and environmental benefits through higher growth efficiency and lower nutrient output in manure.
📊 Overall Strengths of Purina Turbo Feeds
| Category | Key Benefits |
|---|---|
| Technical | Stage-specific formulations promote optimal growth & health. |
| Economic | Improved feed conversion reduces feed cost per kg gain. |
| Environmental | Efficient nutrient use decreases nutrient run-off/waste. |
| Health | Immune support and biosecurity features reduce disease risk. |
| Profitability | Faster time-to-market and better carcass quality improve ROI. |
