Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 3 April 2021

NEWS 6 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2021 New trial shows FeedKind an ideal feed ingredient T he International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF), the European umbrella organisation representing stakeholders active in the production of insects for food and feed, welcomed publication of the European Com- mission ‘Action Plan for the Devel- opment of the Organic Sector’. This communication is an import- ant leap forward for European agri- culture, supporting farmers and the agri-food sectors in achieving at least 25% of the EU’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030 and a significant in- crease in organic aquaculture, in line with the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy. IPIFF welcomes the Commission’s aim to explore the use of feed based on insects as well as to increase the supply of locally sourced feed proteins, as men- tioned in the Organic Action Plan. More specifi- cally, the European insect sector could support the objectives of the Organic Action Plan on improving animal nutrition or reinforcing organic aquaculture. Insects are a natural source of nu- trition for a wide range of species - such as fish, poultry and swine. They can help to tackle certain de- ficiencies in animal nutrition. The association considers that such measures - which aim at strengthening agricultural circularity - should be stimulated in the context of national Organic Action Plans. IPIFF welcomes ‘Action Plan for the Development of the Organic Sector’ Published in an international scientific journal, new trial shows Calysta’s sustainable protein FeedKind an ideal feed ingredient for Japanese yellowtail. C alysta’s sustainable pro- tein FeedKind® has been shown to be an ideal feed ingre- dient for use in Japanese yellow- tail or Hamachi, one of the most popular food fish in Japan and a sushi staple. Published in the jour- nal Aquaculture, the latest study shows that FeedKind integration into the Hamachi diet has no im- pact on growth rates or health of the fish up to 20% of total feed. The study comes after Calysta confirmed a 50/50 joint venture with Adisseo to form Calysseo, which is building the world’s first commercial FeedKind production facility in China for supply to Asia. Twenty-thousand tonnes of pro- tein will be available from 2022. The paper, Methanotroph (Methylococcus capsulatus, Bath) bacteria meal as an alternative protein source for Japanese yel- lowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata, by Dr. Amal Biswas of Japan’s Kindai University, details two tri- als, one of 1,500 yellowtail fish, the second of 800. Both were an- alysed over an eight-week period. In both cases, a control diet was used, alongside increasing con- centrations of FeedKind. Fish survivability was 100% across all tests, with no signifi- cant difference between the con- trol diets and the 25% inclusion rate across both trial groups. The study further showed that the al- ternative protein can effectively replace 30% of fishmeal protein in the diet of yellowtail without any impact on growth rate, di- gestibility, daily feeding rate or feed efficiency.