Premium French brand Caviar d’Aquitaine is working with Denmark-based BioMar to integrate the latter company's Blue Impact feed into Caviar d’Aquitaine's sturgeon-farming operations.
Blue Impact feed aims to replace marine ingredients with circular, restorative raw materials.
"We are thrilled to see Aquitaine Caviar become the first sturgeon farmers to adopt Blue Impact feed," Biomar Mediterranean Sustainability Lead Rocio Gonzalez said. "Their commitment to innovation and sustainability aligns perfectly with the goals of the Blue Impact initiative.”
Biomar has made a push toward sustainable feed in recent years, announcing that it would source its soybean feed sustainably, moving toward achieving a deforestation- and conversion-free supply chain, and forming a partnership with Missouri, U.S.A.-based food tech company Benson Hill to develop more sustainable soy sources. It has also invested in partnerships with producers of alternatives to traditional feed, such as French biotech firm Agronutris, which raises insects for sustainable feed.
An association of four sturgeon farmers produces Caviar d’Aquitaine in the Aquitaine region of southwest France, which has long produced caviar. In the early 20th century, sturgeon were fished from the River Gironde, which flows through the region, but producers moved to farming sturgeon in the area after species depletion led the government to prohibit the harvesting of wild fish.
"Together, we are demonstrating that premium quality and environmental responsibility go hand in hand,” Gonzalez said.
