FEED QUALITY
Instant insights into aquafeed and ingredients with portable on-site analyzers Chris Larkin, NeoSpectra by Si-Ware
Aquaculture production is projected to increase globally by 8-15% over the next decade. Meeting the increased demand for seafood will require aquafeeds to meet nutritional and environmental sustainability standards. But new pressures imposed on aquafeed manufacturers pose a challenge to meeting increased demand. Factors like unstable global markets for core commodity ingredients, new aquafeed ingredient sources, and market and end-use changes threaten to obstruct industry production. Like other livestock feed producers, aquaculture feed manufacturers are challenged to create recipes for a
multitude of aquaculture feeds utilizing many different ingredients, often sourced globally, to balance the palatability and proper nutritional profile at the lowest price point. Formulating feed recipes on a least-cost basis is not a simple task. On the quality side of the equation, aquaculture feed ingredients are natural products with inherent variability in composition based on growing environments, variety, processing, and storage conditions. Wheat bran can vary from 14-17% protein, as an example, while fishmeals can range from 60-75% protein depending on type and season.
Aquafeed: Advances in Processing & Formulation Vol 14 Issue 3 2022
