Betaineisetyenziswa njengento yokutsala ukutya kwezilwanyana zasemanzini.

Ngokutsho kwemithombo yangaphandle, ukongeza i-0.5% ukuya kwi-1.5% ye-betaine ekutyeni kweentlanzi kunefuthe elinamandla elivuselelayo kwiimvakalelo ezivumbayo kunye ne-gustatory yazo zonke ii-crustaceans ezifana neentlanzi kunye ne-shrimp.Inomtsalane wokutya okunamandla, iphucula ukuthandeka kokutya, inciphisa ixesha lokutya, ikhuthaza ukugaya kunye nokufunxa, ikhawuleza ukukhula kweentlanzi kunye ne-shrimp, kwaye igweme ukungcoliswa kwamanzi okubangelwa yinkunkuma yokutya.

Betaineyinto ekhuselayo yokuguquguquka koxinzelelo lwe-osmotic kwaye inokusebenza njengomkhuseli weseli ye-osmotic.Inokuphucula ukunyamezela kweeseli zebhayoloji kwimbalela, ukufuma okuphezulu, ityuwa ephezulu, kunye neendawo eziphezulu ze-osmotic, ukuthintela ukulahleka kwamanzi kunye nokungena kwetyuwa, ukuphucula umsebenzi wepompo ye-Na K yeembrane zeseli, ukuzinzisa umsebenzi we-enzyme kunye nomsebenzi we-biological macromolecule, ukulawula izicubu. Uxinzelelo lwe-osmotic yeseli kunye nokulinganisela kwe-ion, gcina umsebenzi wokufunxa izondlo, kwaye uphucule intlanzi Xa uxinzelelo lwe-osmotic lwe-shrimp kunye nezinye izinto eziphilayo zenza utshintsho olukhulu, ukunyamezela kwabo kwanda kwaye izinga labo lokusinda liyenyuka.

 Betaineinokubonelela ngamaqela e-methyl kumzimba, kunye nokusebenza kwayo ekuboneleleni amaqela e-methyl ngamaxesha e-2.3 ye-choline chloride, okwenza kube ngumnikeli we-methyl osebenzayo.I-Betaine inokuphucula inkqubo ye-oxidation ye-fatty acids kwi-cell mitochondria, yandisa kakhulu umxholo we-long-chain acyl carnitine kunye nomlinganiselo we-acyl carnitine ende yokukhulula i-carnitine kwi-muscle kunye nesibindi, ukukhuthaza ukubola kwamafutha, ukunciphisa ukuchithwa kwamafutha kwisibindi kunye umzimba, ukukhuthaza iprotein synthesis, ukuhambisa kwakhona amanqatha e-carcass, kunye nokunciphisa izinga lokunyuka kwesibindi esinamafutha.