NEWS 18 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE May 2025 Avril took a new step in its innovation strategy with the opening of Innolab, its first integrated laboratory, located at the heart of the group’s campus in Bruz (near Rennes, France). Designed to foster cross-functionality collaboration and synergy between food, feed, and data expertise, the company describes the space as being dedicated to designing the food of tomorrow. The laboratory is focused on addressing the needs of Avril’s business units and the support of its clients. Nearly 50 researchers are united around a common mission: To provide concrete and innovative solutions and technical support to tackle the challenges of agricultural, food, and environmental transitions. Strategically located in the heart of France’s livestock region and close to the nutrition and animal expertise teams of Sanders and MiXscience, the FEED division of Innolab is designing solutions to meet key challenges in animal agriculture: Farm competitiveness and product quality, greenhouse gas reduction, disease prevention, and animal welfare. Innolab houses in vitro testing capabilities that replace traditional animal testing. By simulating the digestive systems of ruminants, poultry, and pigs, Avril notes that the lab is fully equipped to develop new nutritional and functional innovations. Read more>> Skretting China celebrated the grand opening of its new LifeStart production line in Zhuhai – Skretting’s first dedicated LifeStart facility in Asia, on April 17, 2025. At the same time, they launched five new innovative hatchery feed products, for diverse species including salmon, tilapia, golden pompano, snakehead and catfish. According to the announcement, the double celebration is significant as it signals Skretting’s confidence in the future of China’s aquaculture industry, and its commitment to supporting its long-term growth. As China is the largest animal protein market in the world, where seafood is second only to pork, Skretting and its parent company Nutreco have chosen to boost production capabilities to serve the LifeStart segment, and become the most value-driven nutrition company in China. “China is one of the most dynamic and competitive markets globally, not just in scale, but in speed of development, diversity of species, and evolving customer needs. Within the global Nutreco organisation, China plays an increasingly strategic role as a key market,” said Bastiaan van Tilburg, CEO of Skretting. “Our ambition in LifeStart in China is high. We aim to be the undisputed leader in this space by 2030, particularly for salmonids, shrimp and marine fish,” he adds. Skretting points out LifeStart products as feed products fed to larvae and juveniles in the first few months of their life, in order to influence the quality and success rate of farming through the whole production cycle. Read more>> Avril opens first internal laboratory for feed and food Skretting inaugurates its first dedicated LifeStart facility in Asia
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