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July 16, 2019 CFSI Staff

How non-land-based and non-fish-stock-based protein will become the protein of the future

In the future feed for fish and animals will be produced partly by using protein with minimum dependence on soil and water. Unibio is the project leader of a new project funded by GUDP, the Green Development and Demonstration Programme, a funding programme under the Danish Ministry for Food, Fisheries, Equal Opportunities and Nordic Cooperation.

Unibio and its project partners, DTU Aqua of the Technical University of Denmark, BioMar, a world leader in high-performance diets, the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences of University of Copenhagen (KU) and Danish Agro, an agro-industrial company, have been granted funding by GUDP for a project whose main objective is to validate and optimize the nutritional and functional properties of Unibio’s Uniprotein® when used as feed for salmonids and piglets.

Earlier studies in salmonids and piglets have shown that Uniprotein® may improve growth and intestinal health and reduce N and P excretion. By inclusion of Uniprotein® in commercial feeds, the aim is to increase the production potential and animal welfare through improved performance of the tested species…

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