NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2022 79 improvement was found of: • 39% heavier larvae • 32% more protein harvested per facility • 21% more fat harvested per facility Based on the achieved results in this trial, the annual improvement in production is estimated at 20%. So, more can be produced with the same energy, making insect protein even more attractive from a sustainability perspective. YEARS-LONG PARTNERSHIP FOR In 2018, Protix and Hendrix Genetics announced to be partnering on insect breeding with the aim to further improve the potential of insects as an efficient protein converter to use for feed. In the past 3 years, a team of experts from Protix and Hendrix Genetics worked on this project to show the contribution selective breeding can make to the insect industry. In 2019, a selective breeding program for increased larval body weight for Black Soldier Flies was commenced. The results were presented at Insecta2021 and will be presented at other relevant congresses. Detailed results will be published in a scientific paper. Protix and Hendrix Genetics continue to collaborate on selective breeding of BSF. The implications of the findings are not restricted to BSF but also apply to the whole insect food and feed industry. The Skretting Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) has been restructured as Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI) and is poised to drive the future of innovation. Skretting ARC restructuring as Skretting Aquaculture Innovation Skretting ARC has been renamed and restructured into a complete and multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability and digital teams into its midst. The new unit is called Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI) and integrates all aspects of innovation from basic to applied research, to product development to digital innovation and sustainability. “What we have created is a completely dynamic approach towards innovation, where we don’t focus only on one aspect of innovation, for example ingredients, health, digital or only sustainability,” says Alex Obach, Skretting Innovation Director. “We have put all of this together into an integrated and agile value center, with our clients’ current and future needs at the core.” The new unit remains headquartered in Stavanger, Norway, and comprises more than 150 experts across the functional areas, closely collaborating with colleagues around the world. With novel technologies in the Skretting Bubble combined with future solutions from Nutreco Exploration (NutEx) set to deliver exclusive ingredients through phytotechnology, biotechnologies and physical chemistry, combined with increasing opportunities through Nutreco’s breakthrough investment arm NuFrontiers, Skretting AI is at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation.
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