NEWS 88 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2023 Grieg Seafood, one of the world’s leading salmon farming companies, unveiled that it will invest in a new post-smolt unit in Finnmark to improve fish health, welfare, and sustainability. The new land-based facility, which is estimated to cost 1.1 billion NOK, will produce 300 tonnes of postsmolt starting in 2026. Post-smolt improves survival, fish health, and welfare as well as sea lice control, according to Grieg Seafood’s experience from Rogaland. “We are working across the board to improve fish health, welfare, and biological control. Post-smolt is an important tool to advance these objectives. Our aim is to find the right balance between land-based and ocean-based farming, and ultimately achieve sustainable growth,” said Andreas Kvame, CEO of Grieg Seafood ASA. According to the company’s statement, postsmolt means that a larger part of the production cycle takes place on land or in closed containment facilities, reducing the time the fish spend in ocean farms. The fish are thus less exposed to diseases, sea lice, and other challenges in the ocean. Both fish welfare and sea lice control will improve. Read more>> MicroHarvest, one of the leading industrial biotechnology companies dedicated to advancing sustainable protein production, launched its cutting-edge pilot plant in Lisbon, Portugal – enabling the company to produce single-cell protein samples. The official launch of the pilot, marked by an event held on November 16th in Lisbon, attended by investors FoodLabs and Faber to name but a few, marks a significant milestone in MicroHarvest’s mission to reshape the landscape of sustainable food production. With the ability to operate beyond labscale inhouse, the pilot plant will accelerate MicroHarvest’s journey toward commercialization and market availability. The plant will produce protein samples for customers, allowing the company to further hone its technology and test production runs before bringing them to commercial scale. The pilot plant is located at their Factory Lisbon site. In a remarkable span of six months, MicroHarvest transformed a portion of its office space into a fully equipped laboratory and pilot plant. Luísa Cruz, CTO of MicroHarvest, notes, “This pilot plant serves as tangible evidence of the scalability of our process. With a lower investment when compared to alternative technologies, and within a mere 200 square meters, we can achieve a daily production of 25 kg.” Simultaneously, after successfully transferring the technology and scaling up production to reach daily outputs in tons, the team engaged a commercial production partner. Katelijne Bekers, CEO of MicroHarvest, comments, “Within just six months of opening our Lisbon office, our team has doubled in size, and we’ve achieved an impressive feat by constructing the pilot plant in record time – a truly remarkable journey. Within the next three months, we are on track to introduce our first product to the market. These milestones underscore our commitment to driving real impact by bringing commercially competitive, consistent, and sustainable ingredients to market fast.” Read more>> Grieg Seafood to invest in new post-smolt unit MicroHarvest launches pilot plant to produce single-cell protein samples
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