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Feeding pigs yeast from trees can promote healthy gut bacteria

Feeding pigs yeast from trees can promote healthy gut bacteria

Feeding pigs a novel diet with yeast from spruce trees as the protein source may have a positive impact on their intestinal health.

Is a healthier fish a happier fish? What the fish eats may impact its behaviour

Is a healthier fish a happier fish? What the fish eats may impact its behaviour

What feed ingredients we use may be linked to how fish behave in stressful situations. This could have significant implications for the aquaculture industry.

Insects grown on organic leftovers can become valuable fish feed

Insects grown on organic leftovers can become valuable fish feed

New research shows that insects grown on low quality organic material can be converted into high quality feed ingredients. This knowledge can help to facilitate the circular bioeconomy while feeding the increasing global population.

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The research story

The challenge

The challenge

Today, Norwegian fish farming and livestock industries rely largely on imported plant ingredients for feed, such as soy. Norway cannot continue to depend so heavily on imports, as climatic and economic changes in the world in recent years has led to increased cost and reduced supply of feed resources.

The solution

The solution

Norway has limited land area for cultivating food and feed but is a country rich in natural resources, such as forests, seaweed, grass, and by-products from fish, animals and plants. This is an excellent starting point for the production of local and sustainable novel feed ingredients.

The technology

The technology

Foods of Norway develops new technology and innovative methods to create novel feeds from land-based and marine resources as well as to improve the feed efficiency of fish and farm animals.

Key research

Key research

To increase value creation in the Norwegian aquaculture, meat and dairy industries Foods of Norway will target three key research areas: Biomass, feed efficiency and new feed resources.

About us


 

  • Foods of Norway is a Centre for Research-based Innovation (CRI) linking academia and industry at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, funded by The Research Council of Norway and the centre's industry partners.

  • The centre contributes to growth and increased value creation in Norwegian aquaculture, agriculture and forestry by developing novel feed ingredients from blue and green biomass, and thereby alleviating the pressure on natural resources for human food production.

  • The centre develops novel feed ingredients from forestry, agriculture, and animal and marine by-products through research on bioprocessing and technology.

  • Foods of Norway aims to improve feed efficiency by developing new methods to improve feed efficiency of farm animals and farmed fish in order to produce more fish and meat with less feed.

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