F3 – the Future of Fish Feed challenge has selected two winners in the latest edition of its initiative to promote alternatives to wild-caught ingredients in fish feed.
The latest edition of the challenge, the F3 Krill Replacement Challenge, was launched in June 2023 as a means of finding a replacement for krill in aquaculture feed ingredients. The challenge attracted 40 initial applicants, which were narrowed down to just 10 finalists in November 2023.
Those 10 finalists then had to perform comparative feed trials pitting each replacement ingredient against one another to see which would result in the best health and growth of Atlantic salmon.
Now, the challenge announced two finalists: Brazil-based BRF Ingredients and Germany-based Symrise, have jointly won the top prize and will share the USD 100,000 (EUR 92,000) award.
According to the challenge organizers, both companies saw ...
