5. Veramaris
Veramaris is a joint-venture between Evonik and DSM, based in Delft, the Netherlands, and was launched in 2018. The company’s global marketing and communica- tions director Øyvind Ihle told those at the Animal AgTech Summit that the company focuses on the production of omega-3 fatty acids for animal nutrition, without using wild fish for that purpose. The company produces the fat- ty acids straight from natural marine algae. The company has a production facility in Blair, NE, United States.
Oyvind Ihle, Veramaris
The Animal AgTech Summit drew about 250 agtech experts worldwide to Amsterdam in September.
3. Ÿnsect
Ÿnsect was one of the major sponsors of the event. The company promotes the use of for instance ŸnMeal, a de- fatted free flowable protein that comes from insects. At Animal AgTech, the company’s CCO Benjamin Armenjon shared trial results, conducted in Thailand. There it was tried and tested in shrimp, where the effects of the use of this type of protein was observed to have an effect on growth and immune status. Some trials on poultry were also shared. The company also markets the product ŸnOil.
4. String Bio
String Bio, headquartered in Bangalore, India presented itself as ‘changing how waste flows through the ecosys- tem’, according to the company’s CEO Ezhil Subbian. String Bio’s solution leverages methane produced from waste or available from natural sources, to create chemi- cal monomers and single cell proteins. Single cell proteins extracted from microbes can be used as sustainable ani- mal feed. The protein content of the biomass is between 60-70% and can be used directly in the feed.
Benjamin Armenjon, Ÿnsect
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