NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2023 15 Ocean Harvest Technology Group plc, a leading global producer of animal feed supplements from multispecies seaweed blends, announced the results from four recently completed feed trials. The first three trials were carried out by universities in conjunction with potential customers whilst the swine trial was undertaken directly by a potential customer. According to the company statement, the highlights of the trials are as follows: • A laying hen trial confirmed improvements in both egg production and feed efficiency when birds were fed an OceanFeed™ Poultry supplemented diet. These performance improvements materially increased income per hen. • A catfish trial demonstrated that fish fed with OceanFeed™ Aqua in their diets had higher feed intake and weight gain, leading to a substantial increase in final weight. • A trial with juvenile shrimp where OceanFeed™ Aqua improved both weight gain and feed efficiency, thus reducing production costs. OceanFeed™ Aqua also helped reduce mortality in a disease challenge trial run in parallel. • A commercial swine trial reported material improvements in feed efficiency in piglets with OceanFeed™ Swine included in their diet. OceanFeed™ Swine successfully replaced a combination of seven conventional gut health additives. These results add to the company’s substantive dataset demonstrating the efficacy of OceanFeed™ in improving animal performance across a range of species, and highlights the important benefits of using OceanFeed™ ingredients in a number of applications. The substantial and growing breadth of data across multiple species is helpful in driving new customer adoption which remains an important aspect of OHT’s revenue growth. Read more>> New trials: OceanFeed improves animal performance VAFO Group, a leading European producer of super premium pet foods, officially opened its first factory in Finland. The new facility is the largest of its kind in Finland and the eighth overall for the group. With a production capacity of 20,000 tonnes of pet food each year, VAFO (under the direction of its subsidiary Prima Pet Premium) has thus further strengthened its dominant standing in the local market. The total investment in the new factory exceeded 16 million euros, and at full capacity it will employ up to 20 people. In addition to a positive economic impulse for the region, the project marks the return of production of the HauHau Champion brand to the local market, which means VAFO is also increasing its overall production capacity in the private label segment, an area that has seen remarkable growth in recent times. Test operation at the new factory in Nokia, Finland, got underway at the beginning of March. The factory is situated in the Kolmenkulma Eco3 park, which features a system of organic and circular economy based on the most advanced production technologies. According to Timo Pärssinen, CEO of Prima Pet Premium, a Finnish subsidiary of VAFO Group, this makes the new factory the most sustainable pet food production facility in the whole of Finland. Read more>> VAFO opens its first pet food factory in Finland
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