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Mueller. “This major, inter-gen- fatty acids. These are vital nutri- the last decade, the company
erational challenge needs to be ents in pet food, supporting the has built a high-tech produc-
tackled step by step with a long- health of the brain, joints, skin, tion facility in the Netherlands
term vision.” heart and eyes in both animals – the largest operational facil-
and humans. The oil produced ity in the world, according to van
Omega fatty acids by Veramaris enables pet nutri- der Raad. “Building on its own
from algae tion companies to become more and its customers’ experiences
A completely different contribu- independent of fish caught in the with this plant, Protix is now in
tion to greater sustainability in wild and to meet the growing de- the phase of expanding inter-
the pet industry is made by Ve- mand for sustainable seafood nationally to meet growing de-
ramaris, which was established and animal protein. The conse- mand for its insect ingredients,”
in 2018 and is headquartered quence of this would be a reduc- he said. Van der Raad referred
at Delft in the Netherlands. It is tion in the number of fish that to a study conducted by the Ger-
a joint venture between DSM have to be caught. man Institute for Food Technol-
and Evonik. Both companies ogies (DIL), which shows that
are world leaders in science Insect ingredients Protix’s insect ingredients have
and speciality chemicals. Jean- Another company that sees a lower CO footprint and use
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François Laudouze, global busi- bringing pet food into balance less water and less land com-
ness development manager for with nature as its mission is the pared with commonly used al- Industry representatives
discussed the topic of sustainability
the companion segment at Vera- Dutch company Protix. The com- ternative ingredients. They can in the pet business at the
maris, explained in Bologna that pany was founded in 2009 and be included by food, feed and International Pet Conference:
the company extracts oil from calls itself the leading company fertiliser manufacturers in their (from left) Ralf Majer-Abele (host),
Caitlyn Dudas, Paul van der Raad,
marine algae, which are rich in in insect ingredients for pet formulations to meet their sus- Chantal Saelen, Andreas Mueller
both Omega-3 and Omega-6 food, feed and fertilisers. Over tainability goals. n and Jean-François Laudouze.

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