Alternative protein production

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Every year, 20 million tons of expensive wild fish are caught and processed into feed for the fastest growing part of the world food system aquaculture. Feeding fish to fish has been necessary but increasingly pricey. Since 2000, there’s been a 5-fold increase in prices of feed ingredients rendered from wild fish (fishmeal and fish oil). This nutritional challenge at the heart of the ~$133+ billion aquafeed sector is the most significant cost contributor to the $333B+ seafood market.

NovFeed has developed a proprietary chemical-free biotechnological platform where organic waste is converted into a natural, traceable, and safe non-animal and non-GMOprotein source to be used in aquaculture. The platform relies on a proprietary fermentation process in which a selected group of bacterial strains produce a nutritious, high protein feed and that has the following features: 1) release of 80% less CO₂ in the production compared to traditional processes; 2) the final product is free of toxins or feed inhibitors; 3) the process is highly scalable; and 4) the final product is high in protein content, which allows a better nutrition, while being 30% cheaper than traditional sources. The platform allows to replace the production of unsustainable protein ingredients, like fishmeal and soy protein concentrates that are extensively used in aquaculture feeds globally. With NovFeed, there is no longer a need to catch fish from the marine environment as nutrition for farmed fish.

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