SeaWeb Delegates Tour Thai Union Feedmill to See World’s Most Sustainable Aquafeed in Production
June 16 2019 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
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Delegates attending last week’s SeaWeb Seafood Summit in
Bangkok, Thailand, were given a sneak peek into how one of the
world’s most sustainable aquafeed is produced and used.
Thai Union Group PCL hosted a field trip to its Thai Union
Feedmill in Samut Sakhon to show how the FeedKind® protein produced
by Calysta is incorporated into feed – utilizing 10% FeedKind
protein. The only marine ingredients remaining in the feed were
Thai Union derived tuna byproducts and fish oil.
The tour followed a partnership event at Seafood Expo Global in
Brussels in May, where Thai Union offered the world its first taste
of commercially reared shrimp fed FeedKind protein.
Allan LeBlanc, Vice President and FeedKind Product Manager at
Calysta, said: “The SeaWeb Seafood Summit brings together global
leaders in seafood sustainability. It is exciting to see so many
delegates interested in FeedKind and the role it can play in
helping food producers meet the world’s growing demand for food
without placing extra stress on our planet’s resources.
“Results from trials conducted by Thai Union at this site have
shown that, like other species fed FeedKind, shrimp enjoy a growth
rate at least equal to conventional feeds. Trials have also pointed
towards an improvement in feed conversion ratios over other feed
products.”
Darian McBain, Ph.D., Global Director of Corporate Affairs and
Sustainability at Thai Union, said: “FeedKind meets a major part of
our SeaChange® sustainability strategy in that it can bring a
greater level of transparency and sustainability to aquaculture
feed through the use of innovative alternative protein
sources.”
Calysta’s FeedKind is made via a patented natural-gas
fermentation platform. Made using very little land and water by
fermenting natural gas, an abundant source of energy, it is a safe,
nutritious and traceable protein which has been commercially
validated through extensive trials.
For more information on Calysta, see www.calysta.com or
www.FeedKind.com. More information on Thai Union’s sustainability
strategy SeaChange® can be found at
www.seachangesustainability.org
About Calysta
Calysta, Menlo Park, CA, is an innovator in sustainable products
to improve worldwide food security. Calysta develops and
commercializes FeedKind® protein, an alternative feed ingredient
for fish, livestock and pet nutritional products.
About Thai Union Group
Thai Union Group PCL is the world's seafood leader bringing high
quality, healthy, tasty and innovative seafood products to
customers across the world for more than 40 years.
Today, Thai Union is regarded as the world's largest producer of
shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 133.3
billion (US$ 4.1 billion) and a global workforce of over 47,000
people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative
seafood products.
The company's global brand portfolio includes market-leading
international brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit
Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, and Rügen Fisch and
Thai-leading brands SEALECT, Fisho, Qfresh, Monori, Bellotta and
Marvo.
As a company committed to innovation and globally responsible
behaviour, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations
Global Compact, and a founding member of the International Seafood
Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In 2015, Thai Union introduced
its SeaChange® sustainability strategy. Find out more at
seachangesustainability.org.
Thai Union's on-going work on sustainability issues was
recognized in 2018 by being ranked number one in the world in the
Food Products Industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index,
achieving a 100th percentile ranking for total sustainability
score. Thai Union has now been named to the DJSI for five
consecutive years. Thai Union was also named to the FTSE4Good
Emerging Index for the third straight year in 2018.
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Contacts:Calysta: Steven Flanagan,
sflanagan@webershandwick.com, +44(0)141.343.3250; Lyn Christenson,
lyn@linkagesgroup.com, 650.492.6880, ex. 100.
Thai Union: Leigh Murray, Leigh.Murray@thaiunion.com,
+61.473.658.807