NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2023 7 dated footprint results for the full year 2024 onwards. Grupo Almar wanted to formalise its sustainability journey and chose dsm-firmenich and Sustell™ to accurately measure and validate its carbon footprint as part of a full ISO 14040/44 compliant lifecycle assessment (LCA) based environmental footprint. The company looked at a multiple array of options and took inspiration from the salmon industry which has made significant progress in measuring and improving its environmental footprint thanks to tools like Sustell™. Wolfgang Harten, Chief Operating Officer of Grupo Almar, said: “Almar is making important and incremental progress to improve the sustainability of its shrimp production, by learning from others and by investing in technology – with tangible improvements already made. We are committed to continue moving forward, both in technology and in sustainability. Through our partnership with a global heavyweight in animal nutrition and health, dsm-firmenich, we have our sights set firmly on improving the sustainability of our industry. We chose Sustell™ to go beyond measurement by taking ownership of our full environmental footprint, managing our footprint 24/7 within our teams and organization.” Dr. David Nickell, Vice President Sustainability and Business Solutions, Animal Nutrition & Health at dsm-firmenich, added: “Grupo Almar is a first mover in the shrimp industry, with Sustell™ they will possess both a full, accurate environmental footprint and the scenario testing capabilities to map and make tangible improvements in sustainability. As seen from Sustell™ users around the world and across multiple industries, this then opens the door to greater production efficiency and farm profitability while unlocking new value opportunities, such as product eco-labelling, and access to sustainable finance.” Read more>> Novus International debuts a new program aimed at enhancing the financial success of broiler producers. The Scale Up™ Program for Broilers is focused on improving meat production and carcass quality through sustainably driven intelligent nutrition. “Intelligent nutrition is the combination of experienced people, insightful perspectives and smarter solutions that allow us to put more into everything we create,” said Dr. Gabriela Cardoso Dal Pont, the poultry solutions manager for Americas, Novus. “The Scale Up™ Program for Broilers focuses on three focus areas – performance, meat quality and carcass yield, and sustainability and animal welfare. By supporting these pillars through intelligent nutrition, we can positively impact profitability for the broiler producer.” According to the company's statement, Mintrex® Bis-Chelated Trace Minerals serve as the foundation for the program. Available in organic zinc, copper and manganese, the mineral is bonded to methionine source HMTBa, which protects the mineral as it travels through the digestive system to the site of absorption making it less susceptible to antagonism in the gut. This also means that over-supplementation, which is often found with inorganic trace minerals, is unnecessary. The program’s strategies, which are customized to meet the farm’s goals, include Mintrex® Zn trace mineral to support meat and carcass quality, Mintrex® Cu trace mineral to support performance, and the Reduce And Replace™ strategy, which is shown to reduce the excretion of zinc (up to 37%), copper (up to 41%) and manganese (up to 35 %). Read more>> Novus launches its new Scale Up Program for Broiler
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