NEWS 86 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2022 Deep Branch, a creator of high-value ingredients for a more sustainable food system, has appointed Tanja van Dinteren as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). As well as leading the planning, implementation and managing of all the company’s financial activities, Tanja will be responsible for fostering a positive work environment as Deep Branch transitions from start-up to scale-up. She will also ensure the business is primed for commercialisation in a few years. With 25 years of experience in financial roles across multiple sectors, Tanja brings various skills and extensive knowledge to Deep Branch. She started her career with leading professional services firm KPMG and spent over eight years with renewable energy group ENGIE in various roles, including CFO at ENGIE Energy in the Netherlands. During this time, Tanja ensured ENGIE remained profitable in all areas and was responsible for identifying opportunities for acquisitions, including leading discussions with advisors and exploratory talks with potential targets, as well as conducting negotiations. Read more>> Deep Branch appoints Tanja van Dinteren as new CFO and COO Tanja van Dinteren Unibio, one of the leading sustainable protein companies, has announced that an initial trial of its single-cell protein, Uniprotein®, on whiteleg shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) has been conducted and delivered up to 75% improved survival rate compared to a control group fed with fishmeal. In shrimp production, mortality, which can be as high as 80%, is a major challenge and an economical and ethical problem for the producer. Accordingly, Unibio is undertaking a series of trials depicting an improving survival rate, substituting high-quality protein fishmeal with its own sustainable protein, Uniprotein®. Initial tests, conducted by the Instituto de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias in Spain as part of the Valuewaste EU project, confirmed that substituting fishmeal with Uniprotein® increased survival rates. With a 100% inclusion of fishmeal the survival rate was 37% and by substituting all fishmeal with Uniprotein® the survival rate increased to 67% – an improvement of 75%. Additionally, Uniprotein® performs as well as fishmeal on feed conversion ratio. The results indicate that the shrimp production industry could improve productivity and profits by replacing fishmeal with Uniprotein®. Commenting on the trial, David Henstrom, CEO of Unibio said: “We are delighted with the positive results of this trial, which confirmed the viability of Uniprotein® as a replacement for fishmeal in whiteleg shrimp. Importantly, it has shown that Uniprotein® can increase the survival rate of shrimp by about 75%, which could potentially transform the shrimp industry by improving sales and increasing profits”. Read more>> Unibio's shrimp trial shows 75% improved survival rate
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