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Sign upOctober 1, 2020
BioMar
Nesle
BioMar, a leading company in the aquaculture industry based in Denmark, has partnered with Innovafeed since 2020 to source its Hilucia™ protein through an integrated value chain. By delivering a unique set of nutrients for fish and shrimp, the partnership promotes innovative, circular, and restorative ingredients that help reduce the reliance on forage fish which will take pressure of our oceans. This collaboration stands as a strong example of how insect-based ingredients can drive the transformation of aquaculture toward more sustainable and resilient practices.
This trout project in France marks just the beginning for the integration of insect meal in aquaculture. At this early stage of innovation, it’s essential to deploy the ingredient strategically targeting high-value applications where its unique benefits can be fully leveraged. Insect meal contains active compounds such as antimicrobial peptides and lauric acid, which show strong potential to support animal health and welfare.
Innovafeed will double production to 15,000 tonnes annually in France within two years, strengthening a regional, resilient value chain with faster time to market. It reduces reliance on wild fish, avoiding the 4+ tonnes of forage fish used per tonne of traditional fishmeal. The initiative supports circular economic growth in rural France, enhances food security through local feed production, and has created over 350 full-time jobs across the value chain.
Our Blue Impact concept is dedicated to advancing more sustainable feed solutions, built around three key parameters: transitioning to net zero, conserving scarce marine resources, and championing circular and restorative ingredients. Novel feed ingredients, such as Hilucia™ Protein, have the potential to play a pivotal role in achieving this vision.
Vidar Gundersen, Global Sustainability Director, at BioMar Group
Fueled by a fast-growing world population, the global deficit in high-quality protein is widening and will be one of the key issues of the upcoming decade. Insects, thanks to their ability to convert low-value biomass into high-quality animal proteins are an excellent solution to produce protein for animal feed, more specifically for aquaculture. InnovaFeed has developed a unique industrial symbiosis model to produce insect protein while minimizing its environmental impact by following a zero-waste and circular logic. By placing the insect at the heart of the agri-food system and restoring it to its natural place in the ecosystem, InnovaFeed’s solution responds concretely and competitively to an increase in protein demand while contributing to the development of a more sustainable food system.
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