NEWS 80 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE January 2023 FreezeM, an Agri-tech company from Israel, announced it has raised €6.3M in European Innovation Council (EIC) funding. The combined grant and equity investment will aid the company’s journey towards making insect farming simple, sustainable and accessible for everyone on a global scale through its unique technology. Dr. Yuval Gilad, FreezeM CEO, said “We are very grateful to the European Innovation Council for their financial support, and that they have recognized us as a company with a breakthrough innovation within our industry. We are very proud of the work that we do and of the value our pioneering technology provides the insect protein market, and in particular the Black Soldier Fly. The world is facing an unprecedented food crisis, with the global population expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050, thus new technologies are needed urgently to sustainably produce, store and transport animal protein feed.” The company said in a statement: Insects, and in particular BSF, have been proven to be a great source of protein for humans and animals alike, containing up to 45% of high-quality protein. However, conventionally, BSFs are difficult, unpredictable and expensive to reproduce, store and transport. Read more>> Simple, sustainable and accessible insect farming for everyone - FreezeM Aker BioMarine has renewed its registration with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) following the removal of ethoxyquin as a feed additive to its krill meal product, QRILL Aqua. The approval by the CFIA means that the Canadian aquaculture industry can now include QRILL Aqua in fish feeds. Aker BioMarine modified elements of its krill meal manufacturing process in 2018, which resulted in the removal of ethoxyquin as an antioxidant. The company also developed a unique vacuum-packing method, using extra robust material that exceeds the toughest U.N. standards, to secure the krill meal in large, oxygen-free packaging directly on board the fishing vessel. “We now package our krill meal product under modified atmospheric conditions. We remove the oxygen from the produce and flush it with nitrogen, which then eliminates the need for ethoxyquin. The addition of nitrogen to the process required a new evaluation from the CFIA to show that nitrogen had zero effect on the nutritional values, quality, or stability of the krill meal,” says Sigve Nordrum, EVP Animal Health and Nutrition, Aker BioMarine. Read more>> QRILL™ AQUA approved for import in the Canadian market
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