The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) believes its recommendations for copper concentration in commercial dog foods are appropriate, until scientific data shows otherwise.
There is increasing use of processing animal proteins (PAPs) in European feed formulations, but market and regulatory constraints are still proving a barrier to greater take-up of those ingredients within that sector, say representatives of the EU rendering...
The Yield Lab Asia Pacific is the latest investor in Asian insect ingredient developer, Protenga. The Singapore-based company’s most recent funding round also saw participation from SEEDS Capital and JBI Innovations.
Mini-insect farm developer, Better Origin, has raised $16m. The funding round was led by Balderton Capital but existing investors Fly Ventures and Metavallon VC also participated.
A US federal court has ordered a Carneys Point, New Jersey company to stop to stop selling and manufacturing raw pet food until it can show adherence to federal law.
Arbiom has received a grant of €12m (US$13.2m) from the France Relance investment program. The French-US company is focused on the production of proteins for feed and food applications, based on the use of agricultural and wood residues.
Protenga has closed a US$2m venture debt facility with a syndicate of Singapore-based investors to develop its next generation production facilities and launch YumGrubs, its new pet food brand.
French innovator, InnovaFeed, has announced a strategic partnership with ADM Petfood to pioneer large scale commercialization of insect protein in pet food in the US.
US feedstuffs handler, Scoular, recently announced that it has selected Jerome, Idaho, as the location to manufacture a new plant-based alternative protein made from barley.
Edinburgh-based biotech startup, MiAlgae, has received investment of £1m (US$1.3m) in total to focus on the commercialization of its microalgae product, targeting the aquaculture and pet food sectors.
