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The invention is a sugar solution-based, preferably molasses-based, animal feed supplement which is produced as a viscous liquid that is gelled into a hard solid by the addition of a soluble calcium salt or oxide, preferably calcium oxide, a soluble phosphate, and a substantial quantity of magnesium

The invention is a sugar solution-based, preferably molasses-based, animal feed supplement which is produced as a viscous liquid that is gelled into a hard solid by the addition of a soluble calcium salt or oxide, preferably calcium oxide, a soluble phosphate, and a substantial quantity of magnesium oxide. Prior to its solidification a limited amount of discrete cellulose fibers can also be added to reinforce the solid and prevent its cracking. The solid product is hard and water resistant and has a limited consumption rate.

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The method of preparing an animal feed supplement from an aqueous sugar solution which consists essentially of the steps of adding a calcium reactant selected from the class consisting of calcium hydroxide and calcium oxide and soluble phosphate reactant selected from the class consisting of ammoniu

The method of preparing an animal feed supplement from an aqueous sugar solution which consists essentially of the steps of adding a calcium reactant selected from the class consisting of calcium hydroxide and calcium oxide and soluble phosphate reactant selected from the class consisting of ammonium and alkali metal phosphates and phosphoric acid to said solution, each in an amount from 1.0 to 5.0 weight percent, sufficient to cause gelation of said sugar solution, agitating the resultant mixture to disperse the aforesaid reactants, and admixing into the sugar solution, subsequent to the addition of said calcium and phosphate reactants but prior to gelation of the solution into a solid, from 2 about 15 weight percent magnesium oxide, in an amount adequate to increase the hardness of the resultant solid product sufficiently to inhibit its consumption. The method of claim 1 wherein discrete pulped cellulose fibers having lengths from about 1/16 to about 1 inch, are added to said sugar solution prior to its gelation in sufficient quantities to reinforce said solid products and inhibit the formation of cracks therein.