NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE November 2025 121 SGS, one of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification companies, signed a global cooperation agreement with Yili Group, one of the world’s top five dairy enterprises. This partnership aims to promote full-chain mutual trust and global standardization across dairy production, safety, sustainability and innovation. The signing took place on October 9, 2025, at Yili Modern Smart Health Valley, with Jian Wang, General Manager, Agriculture and Food, China, signing for SGS and Lyu Zhiyong, General Manager of Yili’s Quality Management Department, representing Yili. Charles Ly Wa Hoi, Head of Connectivity & Products and Health & Nutrition at SGS, and Liu Dapeng, Vice President of Yili Group, attended as witnesses. Before the ceremony, the SGS delegation toured Yili’s National Dairy Technology Innovation Center, Chilechuan Ecological Smart Pasture and Yili Modern Smart Health Valley, gaining firsthand insight into how Yili integrates digitalization, low-carbon practices and intelligent systems across its value chain – ‘from a blade of grass to a glass of milk’. During the tour, both teams discussed forage cultivation, milk supply quality, sustainable manufacturing and product innovation, strengthening SGS’s understanding of China’s high-quality dairy sector. Charles Ly Wa Hoi, SGS, said, “As a globally trusted leader in quality and integrity, SGS will play a pivotal role in advancing Yili’s global development strategy of ‘Comprehensive Value Leadership’. We look forward to working together to build a sustainable future for healthy food.” Read more>> SGS and Yili partner to strengthen dairy supply chain Photo: SGS A recent peer review published in ScienceDirect confirms Protix’s Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data, demonstrating that the company’s insect ingredients have a remarkably low environmental footprint in land and water use, as well as emissions. The results are based on primary data collated directly from Protix’s commercial operation, which operates 24/7 at full capacity. The figures therefore reflect real-life impact at industrial scale. The company highlights that while the data are specific to Protix’s insect ingredients, they highlight the insect industry’s exciting capacity to lead sustainable change. Protix is one of the leaders in insect ingredients for pet food, animal feed and plant care worldwide. The company describes itself as passionate about driving down the environmental impact across the feed and food system. Piotr Postepski, Chief Commercial Officer of Protix, says: “We welcome these peer-reviewed results as independent confirmation of the capacity of our insect ingredients to significantly reduce the environmental impact. There is still a lot of potential to lower the footprint of the black soldier fly ever further, for example with government approval for the use of lower grade feedstock. This is something we continue to work tirelessly on.” Read more>> Protix insect ingredients verified for low footprint Photo: Protix
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