NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2022 83 H.E. Ambassador Wiebe de Boer. On 21st January 2022; Larive, Lattice and Transcend presented the preliminary findings of the study at the South Beach Hotel in Kigamboni. Stakeholders from the private sector (animal feed millers, animal feed suppliers and animal feed associations) and the public sector both attended the event. The preliminary study findings pointed out alternative feed ingredients that have not previously been used in Tanzania on a commercial scale. The sources include Cattle Blood Meal, Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL), Brewer’s Yeast and Cashewnut Reject Meal. These ingredients require additional research to discover their full potential and to determine the maximum level of inclusion. In this study, there is a special focus on circular alternative proteins. Alternative ingredients were assessed on their quality, consistency, price, volume, and growth potential. The Netherlands has extensive experience with animal feeds, companies exporting and producing feeds worldwide. Several Dutch companies are already active in Tanzania and more have shown interest. The Dutch feed sector has a strong interest and experience in processing alternative raw materials in Tanzania, which offers opportunities for further collaboration in the future. “The Netherlands has great expertise in the field of animal feed and finding sustainable solutions. We believe in combining the strengths of both Dutch and East-African partners,” said Boer. The project is currently ongoing and the full report is expected by the end of March 2022. BioMar, which has been conducting research and development studies on algae-based ingredients for years, announced that it has increased the amount of microalgae used as a valuable ingredient in fish feed production. BioMar’s facility in Brande, Denmark significantly scales up the inclusion of microalgae into their raw material portfolio. The use of microalgae in the flagship product line produced in Brande enables BioMar to ramp up the sustainability criteria as this ingredient contributes to a reduced dependency on wild fish stocks. The expansion of an extensive raw material portfolio composes one of the most important cornerstones for pioneering innovation at BioMar as the search for novel ingredients to advance innovation and sustainability is ongoing. The research and development on algae-based ingredients in BioMar dates back in 2013 with extensive internal and external research projects. The first commercial feeds containing microalgae hit the markets in 2016, and by 2021 BioMar had reached one million tonnes of salmon feeds containing microalgae. Anders Brandt-Clausen, Managing Director, BioMar Baltics, explains, “Microalgae has been a game-changing strategic ingredient for us for years, and still is. We are now delighted to increase the volumes we use significantly and raise the sustainability bar for our flagship products. Microalgae is no longer a novel idea, it has become a commercial reality.” BioMar increases amount of microalgae use in feed production
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