Nekton Gel is a highly effective pigment for feather coloring in yellow factor birds.

NEKTON-Gelb is a bird food supplement that is specially developed to intensify color in yellow areas of the feathers. NEKTON-Gelb also prevents colors from fading and naturally supports the bird’s health during the molt.

NEKTON-Gelb contains ground marigold flowers. Tagetes (marigold) is a natural product that contains various carotenoids and can intensify the yellow plumage color. Carotinoids are of vital importance for colored feathers.

The main pigment of the marigold flowers is xanthophyll lutein. Feeding experiments have shown that the yellow plumage in birds only occurs when lutein is ingested with the food. Carotenoids are not only known for their coloring effect, they also have physiological effects (as biological antioxidants or immunostimulatory effects). Tagetes also contains active ingredients that are involved in the formation of new plumage.

In order to increase the quality of NEKTON-Gelb, we focused on high-value, natural components. NEKTON-Gelb contains pure brewer’s yeast & yeast cell walls. This combination has the advantages of the prebiotic and immunostimulatory effects of yeast cell walls, with valuable nutrients of brewer’s yeast.