BioMar is a world leader in high performance diets for more than 45 different fish and shrimp species in more than 80 countries. BioMar Group produces more than 1 mill MT of fish feed and the core business areas are feed for salmon and trout in northern Europe and Chile, for sea bass and sea bream in the Mediterranean, and feeds for shrimp in Latin America. Founded in 1962 by a group of Danish fish farmers, BioMar's heritage is a long-term commitment to developing the aquaculture industry in a responsible and sustainable way.
Our focus is supporting our customers delivering healthy, great tasting seafood. We do this by innovating efficient, safe and nutritious feed for aquaculture with minimal environmental impact.
Previously, feed producers could produce high quality fish feed using fish meal and fish oil as main protein and fat source. The demand for high quality feeds has increased several folds both in the salmon feed and in the shrimp feed industry. At the same time, global fish meal and fish oil production has not increased. We have therefore been forced to develop and use other ingredients in fish feed production. In my talk I will present the changes in feed composition in our feeds in the past 30 years. I will explain how we have successfully introduced a raw material sourced from India, and the successful implementation of novel ingredients like omega-3 algae meal and krill in our diets.
Introduction of new ingredients in feed always comes with new knowledge. Knowing how these raw materials function in the feed manufacturing, how the farmed salmon respond to them and how these raw materials interact with the other components in the feed. Lately, it has also been a strong focus on the ingredients themselves regarding their market acceptance and sustainability profile. BioMar uses therefore an advanced model for evaluating raw materials in regards to their sustainability and nutritional values.