Ten French companies have shown interest in developing and cultivating the algae industry in Saudi Arabia, with the aim of establishing an effective network capable of meeting the enormous future food and chemical needs. As a result, Riyadh and Paris have entered into a new phase of cooperation in the algae industry. The project will begin […]

A graduate student in animal science at the University of California, Davis, Roque is experimenting with a cow named “ginger” and monitors everything from the animals’ food rations to the somatic cells in their milk — indicators of inflammation or stress.  The research is into reducing methane emissions from livestock by supplementing their diets with a […]

ZIVO Bioscience, Inc. , a biotech/agtech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains, has announced the execution of a letter of intent to produce its proprietary algae strain at Tianjin Norland Biotech (Norland) facilities in China. Norland is one of the largest producers of algae in China, […]

The development of a protein source from algae for feed is one of the objectives of an EU funded €5.5m circular economy project – ALG-AD – being led by scientists at Swansea University in the UK. The idea is that nutrients produced anaerobic digestion of food and farm waste will be used to cultivate algae biomass […]

VitaminSea LLC, a family-owned seaweed harvesting and processing company based in Buxton, received a Phase I $10,000 grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Small Business Innovation Research Program to fund a concept study for larger-scale commercialization of its seaweed products. VitaminSea harvests seaweed from Maine sources and creates health products from the seaweed, including […]

Zivo Biosciences has announced positive results from studies on the use of its algal biomass ingredient in poultry feed as the company continues to work on market entry for dietary supplement applications. The feed angle is another attempt by the company to rapidly commercialize its algae strain on which it has worked for many years. […]

Researchers from Washington State University and National University of Colombia have developed a faster way to generate microalgae on a biofilm with potential applications for feed. The aim of the project is to develop mixotrophic algal biofilm reactor incorporating glycerol and urea as sources for carbon and nitrogen, establish biomass and lipid production, estimate fatty acid […]

Bunge, one of the world’s largest food companies, is hoping to see optimal results from the feed additives plant it holds as a joint venture with TerraVia in Brazil before making further investments in aquaculture. Bunge and TerraVia set up the plant at one of Bunge’s biggest sugar mills in Sao Paulo state and have been […]

Scientists at James Cook University, Australia have found that cows when fed with small amounts of seaweed along with their normal diet of grass could reduce methane emissions by up to 99%. The researchers tested 20 species of seaweed and found that Asparagopsis taxiformis, a species of red algae effectively reduced cows’ methane emissions by […]

Clearas Water Recovery, a US based company has developed a process to use algae to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from public wastewater treatment plants, keeping waterways from being inundated with the compounds that starve fish and plant life of oxygen. In turn, the algae can be sold to other companies for fertilizer, biofuels and other uses. […]

Mialgae, a UK startup, is cultivating microalgae using wastewater from whisky industry. The cultivated algae is used to produce feed for aquaculture industry. The company produces the nutrient-rich microalgae in large stainless steel tanks. The company believes that the cultivation of microalgae rich in omega content would help revolutionize the animal and fish feed industry and […]

Metabolium has launched new DHA oil sourced from microalgae for the human and animal nutrition market. The new oil combines algae DHA and selenium sourced from organic sources. The new product called Olise is suitable in any product or ingredient where DHA is currently used such as infant formula, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, pet food and […]

Evonik Industries and Royal DSM will be setting up the commercial scale US production facility for their omega-3 fatty acids from marine algae for animal feed market in Nebraska. The companies plan to invest around $200 million in this facility over the next two years. The initial annual production capacity will meet roughly 15% of […]

Valensa International has partnered with Algae Biomass Organization in order to drive innovation in microalgae based nutraceuticals and functional foods. By this partnership, the company joins the growing ranks of companies and organizations that are becoming part of the ABO to create awareness about microalgae as a sustainable source of human nutrition, animal feed, water […]

Algae.Tec has launched its FeedMe algae product line to cater the aquaculture and animal feed markets. This product line is part of the company’s expansion into a range of high value product lines. The FeedMe product line offers many healthy options for both aquaculture and animal feeds. It also offers superfoods for human consumption. The […]

Leroy Seafood Group has planned to raise salmon fed with algae based aquatic feed from this month. The firm will start using the new aquatic feed after entering into an agreement with Danish aquatic feed manufacturer BioMar Group. Salmon typically get their omega- 3 fatty acids from fishmeal and fish oil. The new feed called […]

Dutch researchers are highlighting the benefits of seaweed and microalgae as novel protein sources as well as a partial replacement to soy in animal feed. Seaweed as a new protein source is gaining attention in Netherlands with the Dutch government allocating €5m worth of funds to a project that is looking to exploit the nutritional […]

A project being conducted by National Food Institute and Technical University of Denmark has shown that microalgae could be a suitable alternative to fishmeal – an important ingredient in fish feed. Traditionally used fish meal is made from industrial fish such as sprat and sand eel that are unfit for human consumption. With increase in […]

Institute of Agricultural Research and Training and University of Almeria have signed an agreement to develop a biorefinery of marine microalgae for the production of sustainable products with high added value as fertilizers, feed additives etc. The signing of this agreement will help in the development of bioproducts from microalgae and their utilization to improve […]

DSM and Evonik have announced a joint venture for algae based omega-3 fatty acids for animal nutrition. Currently, the aquaculture industry uses 75% of annual production of fish oil. With this joint venture, Evonik and DSM will be able to offer a sustainable non-fish alternative, derived from marine algae. Initially, the product will target salmon […]

Aquaculture is an important source of protein and nutrition to meet the world’s food needs.  With the industry gaining more importance recently, it is necessary to provide the industry with high performing and nutritious feed. Owing to the above needs, Heliae and Syndel have signed a distribution agreement to supply a new DHA precision formulation […]

ZIVO Bioscience Inc., a company dedicated to the development and commercialization of nutritional compounds and NutriQuest LLC, a leader in animal health and nutrition solutions have partnered to  jointly develop and test animal nutrition products derived from the proprietary ZIVO algae strain. Product formulation and validation may begin as early as February 2017 in NutriQuest […]

Skretting, Nutreco’s fish feed division, has told that a breakthrough in R&D development by Evonik and DSM has opened a path to provide feed formulations containing EPA and DHA from algal oil as and when the industry requires them. As global supplies of fish oil remain static or decline and demand for aqua feed grows […]

A Galway seaweed feed company Oceanfeed has secured a deal with Battles, a leading manufacturer of animal health and equestrian products. Oceanfeed produces seaweed based formulas based on the bioactive ingredients present in various seaweeds such as red, brown and green seaweeds that replace the synthetic substances found in a variety of agricultural and aquacultural […]

TerraVia and Bunge Limited have launched native, whole algae DHA as a sustainable, specialty feed ingredient for the aquaculture market. AlgaPrime™ DHA will be produced at the companies’ SB Renewable Oils joint venture facility in Brazil. The companies will act as distributors. AlgaPrime™ DHA is their first major new product which could offer a non-marine […]