GreenRoot Animal Wellness — Documented plant inputs

A documented licorice extract for cattle operations that need clarity, consistency, and performance.

GreenRoot is a single-input plant-based feed additive built around glycyrrhizic acid — a documented licorice extract, reviewed in Japanese university materials and used in Wagyu and Holstein ration contexts.

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Cattle herd grazing in open pasture at sunset, with a mountain panorama in the background.
Plate 01 / Botanical GR—001
1 Single-input formulation
5g Standard daily inclusion per head
100% Plant origin (licorice)
IETS 2019 Conference paper, Japanese Black cows
02 / Promise

A single-input licorice extract, dosed at five grams a head, integrated into the rations of working herds. Documented in source materials, traced from named supply, used in Wagyu and Holstein ration contexts.

Plate study / Botanical

One plant. One extract.

A short visual reference for the source of the active — Glycyrrhiza, the licorice plant. Sourced from Central Asia and the Eurasian continent, processed and tested in Japan.

Coarsely grated dried Glycyrrhiza glabra root — the active source of glycyrrhizic acid in licorice extract.
Glycyrrhiza root Source of glycyrrhizic acid Wikimedia Commons · public domain
Glycyrrhiza glabra in flower — the purple-and-white pea-family inflorescence of the licorice plant.
Licorice plant Legume family Photo: Pharaoh han · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A black bull grazing in open pasture, with distant mountains in the background.
Cultivation Central Asia / Eurasia Photo: Gülşah Aydoğan · Pexels
03 / Composition

A single plant. A documented extract.

GreenRoot is a short list, plainly stated. Below is what is in the additive, what is not, and the reasoning a nutritionist can read at the document level.

In the additive

Single input
Licorice extract
100% Glycyrrhiza. The whole product is a documented licorice extract — no blend.
Glycyrrhizic acid
Active component. Specified minimum content per documentation pack.
Flavonoid accessory chemistry
Naturally co-occurring antioxidant-class compounds in the licorice root.
Central Asian / Eurasian licorice supply
Sourced in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Multi-region procurement to remove single-country risk; not sourced from China.
Made in Japan
Imported raw material processed domestically. Each batch passes confirmation testing at Japanese domestic testing institutions before shipment.

Not in the additive

By policy
Animal by-products
Excluded. Plant origin is the formulation, not a marketing line.
Filler grain or oil
No bulking agents. The product is concentration, not volume.
Synthetic flavourings
Palatability sits with the existing ration; the additive does not mask it.
Routine antibiotics
Not formulated in. Veterinary use is a vet’s decision, not a feed decision.
Anonymous commodity supply
Whole-chain manufacturing control from raw material to finished extract.
Last year’s blend, rebadged
Each batch ships with its own documentation pack.
Plant · Extract · Use

From a single plant to a place in the ration card.

Three short reads — the plant, the extract, and the way it sits inside an existing ration.

01 / The plant

Glycyrrhiza. Legume family. Central Asia.

Licorice raw material is sourced from Central Asia and the Eurasian continent — Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Material is imported into Japan and processed domestically, with each batch passing confirmation testing at Japanese domestic testing institutions before shipment.

Genus
Glycyrrhiza
Family
Fabaceae (legume)
Source regions
Central Asia / Eurasia
Made in
Japan
Living Glycyrrhiza glabra plant — the licorice botanical, foliage close-up.
Plate 02 / The plant GR—002 Photo: Raffi Kojian / Gardenology.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
02 / The extract

Glycyrrhizic acid, in concentration.

The active component is glycyrrhizic acid — discussed in animal-science source materials in a liver-function frame. The product is 100 % licorice extract, with naturally co-occurring flavonoids in the accessory chemistry. Compact concentration; designed to blend cleanly with an existing ration. Findings require documentation review.

Active
Glycyrrhizic acid
Accessory
Flavonoids
Composition
100% licorice extract
Filler
None
Dried Glycyrrhiza glabra root sticks — the raw material from which the licorice extract is processed.
Plate 03 / The extract GR—003 Photo: Danny S. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
03 / The use

Five grams a head. Adjusted by life-stage.

The standard daily inclusion referenced across the field reports and the Japanese-Black embryo trial is five grams per head. The source materials also document body-weight-scaled and life-stage-specific protocols — suckling, growing, postpartum, and embryo-donor — that the documentation pack carries in full. The additive sits inside the existing ration as a top-dress or mix-in; it is not a replacement for the ration.

Standard inclusion
5 g/day/head
Integration
Top-dress / mix-in
Adjusted by
Body weight, life-stage
Protocol detail
In documentation pack
Black cattle and calves in a verdant pasture under a tree, photographed in soft documentary light.
Plate 04 / The use GR—004
04 / Research

Documented in the research, framed by the researchers.

Three reads — a peer-style conference paper on embryo production, a Japanese university calf trial, and the mechanism context the researchers themselves use. The numbers stay where the researchers put them; the language stays as cautious as theirs.

Paper 01 · IETS 2019

Embryo production in Japanese Black cows.

Presented at the International Embryo Technology Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans (2019). Documented in the source materials: feeding the licorice extract through a superovulation protocol was reported to yield a higher mean number of transferable embryos and a higher mean embryo-quality score than control. The source materials also describe a continuous donor-cow feeding protocol in the lead-up to embryo collection — detail in the documentation pack. Findings as published; not presented as a guaranteed outcome. Authors: Miyagi, Takeuchi, Murakawa, Ono, Koiwa — Hokkaido.

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Trial 02 · Rakuno Gakuen

Calf and dairy work, Hokkaido.

Author phrasing preserved: feeding the licorice extract may have increased body weight at growing-phase transfer, and may help recovery of daily gain in compromised calves. Source materials also reference a postpartum dairy-cow feeding protocol developed in joint research with Rakuno Gakuen University — detail in the documentation pack. Source: Dr. Osamu Dochi, Rakuno Gakuen University; with Dr. Masateru Koiwa, Cattle Research Center.

Trial parameters table — sample sizes (16, 16, 32), initial body weights (37.8, 37.2, 36.7 kg), age at start of automated milk feeding (48.1, 52.9, 55.2 days), and age at weaning (139, 141.8, 133.3 days) for two treatment groups and one control group.
Trial parameters · Farm A in Hokkaido / Rakuno Gakuen University, Dr. Osamu Dochi.
Documented postpartum dosing structure — three protocol variants showing dose levels across the dry period, early lactation, peak lactation, and mid-to-late lactation timeframes around calving.
Documented postpartum dosing structure · Source materials, joint research with Rakuno Gakuen University.
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Mechanism · Dr. Koiwa

Glycyrrhizin in the liver-function frame.

Dr. Masateru Koiwa, Cattle Research Center, discusses glycyrrhizin — the active component of licorice — in a liver-function frame, with comparative properties reported in source materials. In a separate published note, Dr. Koiwa argues that breeding-driven increases in milk yield have outpaced cow body-size growth, raising the metabolic burden on the liver — the frame in which the source materials position licorice. Findings reported in a study context; not presented as a guaranteed field outcome. Documentation available on request.

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05 / Sourcing

Sourced in Central Asia. Made in Japan.

Licorice raw material is sourced from Central Asia and the Eurasian continent — Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia — through a partner whose joint-venture factories operate in those regions. Material is imported into Japan and processed domestically, and every batch passes confirmation testing at Japanese domestic testing institutions before shipment. Multi-region procurement is designed for supply continuity.

Central Asia / Eurasia
Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia
Glycyrrhiza root
Multi-region
Japan
Imported and processed domestically
Per-batch confirmation testing
Pre-shipment
Documentation
Pack ships with finished product
Reference
On request
06 / Standards

Three standards. No sustainability slogans.

GreenRoot avoids the generic eco register. In its place — three things the documentation actually supports: research, traceable supply, and continuous farm use.

Standard 01

Documented research.

A peer-style conference paper at IETS 2019 (Japanese Black cows, superovulation), a university-attributed calf trial, and a mechanism note from the Cattle Research Center. The documentation pack carries the references.

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Standard 02

Traceable supply.

Licorice raw material from Central Asia and the Eurasian continent — Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia — processed in Japan and confirmation-tested per batch before shipment. Multi-region procurement is designed for continuity if any one region is disrupted. Partner identity is available on request.

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Standard 03

Continuous farm use.

Source materials describe use of the additive across Wagyu and Holstein operations through multiple production cycles. The field-note summaries below carry the patterns those source materials report; review the documentation pack for the full record.

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07 / Formats

Three formats. One extract.

The product is a single licorice extract delivered in three presentation formats. Specific composition, packaging, and dosing detail sit in the documentation pack.

Format 01 / Powder

Standard powder

A documented daily-feed supplement, dosed at 5 g/day/head. Top-dress or mix-in with the existing ration.

Inclusion · 5g/day/head Detail · in pack
Format 02 / Solution

Drinking-water solution

Water-soluble form for protocols where powder is not the intended route.

Form · water-soluble Detail · in pack
Format 03 / Tablet

Tablet form

For situations where powder presentation is not practical. Composition disclosed in the documentation pack.

Form · tablet Detail · in pack
08 / Field notes

Field notes drawn from the source materials.

Anonymised summaries of patterns reported in the source materials. Named operations and direct quotations from the source materials available on request; findings require documentation review.

Wagyu fattening Kagoshima Prefecture Multi-year continuous use Field report
Reported pattern in source materials: increased forage intake during early fattening, stabilised formulated-feed intake, and reduced cold-recovery time at calf introduction. The operation’s own framing — a liver-function reading — is preserved as documented. Findings reported in a study context; not presented as a guaranteed field outcome.
Japanese Black breeding Oita Prefecture Calf, breeding, donor cows Field report
Reported pattern in source materials: calf-rearing outcomes described as more consistent, including daily-gain stability through hot seasons. Particular note made for cows on high-protein diets, including Holstein contexts. Findings reported in a study context; not presented as a guaranteed field outcome.
Embryo-transfer programme Hokkaido Japanese Black donors IETS 2019 reference
Documented in research, not testimonial: feeding the licorice extract through a superovulation protocol was reported to yield a higher mean number of transferable embryos and a higher mean embryo-quality score than control. Findings as published; author group named in the documentation pack.

A note on the work

GreenRoot is one plant — Glycyrrhiza — and one extract. The dose, the chemistry, and the framing are drawn from source materials predating the brand. Japanese university materials and working-operation source materials are referenced throughout, and the documentation pack carries the citations. Claims here require documentation review; nothing is presented as a guaranteed field outcome.

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09 / Questions

Practical questions, plainly answered.

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A plant-based cattle feed-additive line built around a documented licorice extract — the active is glycyrrhizic acid. The current focus is plant-based cattle feed and nutrition support; this is not a pet wellness or veterinary-clinic product.

Glycyrrhizic acid, the principal active component of licorice. The product is a 100 % licorice extract. Standard inclusion is 5 g/day/head — the rate referenced consistently across the field reports and the IETS 2019 trial. The source materials also document body-weight-scaled and life-stage protocols (suckling, growing, postpartum, embryo donor) which the documentation pack carries in full.

Raw material is sourced from Central Asia and the Eurasian continent — Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia — through a partner with joint-venture factories in those regions. It is imported into Japan and processed domestically. Every batch passes confirmation testing at Japanese domestic testing institutions before shipment. Specific partner identity is available on request.

A peer-style conference paper at the International Embryo Technology Society Annual Meeting (New Orleans, 2019) reported a higher mean transferable-embryo count and embryo-quality score in Japanese Black cows fed the licorice extract through a superovulation protocol. A separate Japanese Black calf trial (Dr. Osamu Dochi, Rakuno Gakuen University) reports cautious gains in compromised-condition calves — the authors’ own “might” phrasing is preserved in the documentation pack. Findings are documented, not presented as guaranteed outcomes.

GreenRoot does not sell on the generic “sustainability” register. The product position is documented sourcing, traceable supply, and whole-chain manufacturing control. Certification status sits with the manufacturer; the documentation pack carries the current detail.

Yes. The documentation pack — composition statement, research summary, and dose protocol — is sent to a named nutritionist on request. Independent review is welcome.

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A composition statement, the research summary, the source-region disclosure, and the life-stage dose protocols — sent in writing, no follow-up call.

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