March feed update: What did you miss?
All About Feed brings you the latest business developments and updates from around the world from March, including a 3-strain Bacillus probiotic that is now available for pigs, a significant investment into insect genetics, and an announcement of cell-cultured petfood ingredients in Europe. This and more.
Alltech releases 2025 Asia Import Risk Analysis
Alltech has released the results of the Alltech 2025 Asia Import Risk Analysis. Now in its 4th edition, the report provides Asian feed and livestock producers with insights that will help optimise nutritional strategies. It uses data from the Alltech 2024 Harvest Analysis carried out across Europe and North America. The report also contains risk assessments for individual species, such as broilers, grow-finish pigs and dairy cows.
Perstorp’s Waspik (NL) site achieves zero greenhouse gas emissions
Perstorp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, announced that the animal nutrition-focused plant in Waspik, the Netherlands, has reduced its direct emissions (Scope 1 & 2) to report zero over 2024. It is the first Perstorp location with this distinction.
IFF extends Enviva PRO probiotic range to improve swine welfare
IFF announced the extension of their 3-strain Bacillus probiotic, Enviva PRO, to pigs, which the company says can better protect weaned piglets against diverse health challenges. The product is currently available to swine producers across Japan and the US, with plans to extend availability to other territories following pending regulatory authorisations.
£2.1 million investment into insect genetics firm Beta Bugs
Scottish business Beta Bugs, launched in 2017, has secured a multimillion-pound investment as it looks to become a global leader in insect genetics. The investment will further its developments into Black Soldier Fly genetics and assist in scaling up production of eggs and juvenile larvae to supply to insect farming operations.
Cfeed expands aquafeed production with major investment in Norway
Cfeed, a Norwegian company involved in premium copepod production for marine larvae, has announced the expansion of its production facility in Vanvikan, Norway. Driven by a significant investment in advanced production technology, this facility, which aims to enhance capacity and efficiency, is set to open on 20 August. The company specialises in hatchery-stage live feed, producing Acartia tonsa copepods for over 15 species, including sea bream cod, grouper, seriola, seabass, tuna.
Zinpro Corporation releases 2024 Sustainability Report
Zinpro Corporation, manufacturer of high-performance organic trace minerals and animal nutrition solutions, has released its 2024 Sustainability Report, which outlines areas where the company assists customers in contributing to the pathway to help lower emissions, including improving animal health and wellbeing. Zinpro says its focus is on increasing animal productivity, which it says accounts for 25% of proposed overall emission reductions. This includes rumen manipulation (Zinpro IsoFerm) for dairy cows, feed and nutrition improvements (Zinpro Availa Dairy) to boost feed efficiency, and improved animal health (Zinpro Availa ZMC for broilers).
BioCraft to sell cell-cultured petfood ingredients in Europe
BioCraft Pet Nutrition, the first biotech company to develop animal cell-cultured ingredients for the petfood market, has received registration from Austrian authorities to use Category 3 animal byproducts in the EU, enabling it to begin selling ingredients to EU petfood producers. The company produces an unstructured ingredient from culture-grown animal cells that does not require additional downstream processing. With a nutritional profile and consistency that is similar to the meat slurry petfood producers already use, BioCraft’s ingredient can be used as a one-to-one replacement in wet or dry foods at similar inclusion levels to traditional slurry. BioCraft’s first cultured cell-based ingredient is made with mouse cells – the ancestral small prey diet of both cats and dogs.
SABO and Sevecom strengthen partnership to drive growth
Sabo, a chemical company specialised in the production of feed additives, polymer additives, cosmetic ingredients, and industrial surfactants, and Sevecom, a subsidiary of Barentz International and a key player in the animal nutrition sector, have announced an expansion of their partnership to accelerate growth in the global animal nutrition market. Sevecom will have exclusive distribution rights for Sabo’s Sabonutreem range (additives for animal nutrition) in selected markets across north-eastern Europe and the Far East. In addition, Sabo will exclusively manufacture Avi-Mul Top range, multi-component formulations patented and registered by Sevecom.
Innovaoleo launches Omega 3 Star, a premium oil for food, nutraceutical and pet nutrition
Innovaoleo, Natac‘s omega-3 division, has launched Omega 3 Star, a high-quality fish oil specially designed for its application in the food, nutraceutical, and pet nutrition industries. The product is produced at its factory in As Somozas (A Coruña) in Spain (pictured).
EW Nutrition acquires majority stake in Green Innovation
EW Nutrition, provider of animal nutrition solutions, has acquired the majority stake in Austrian company Green Innovation, producer and patent-holder of several in-feed solutions in the gut health space. This is EW Nutrition’s 4th acquisition in the last 5 years. The financial details of the sale remain confidential.
