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Innovations that facilitate a national investment on sustainable feed in the blue and green sectors

After nine years of research in Foods of Norway, Norway's first Centre for Research-Driven Innovation in Food, Aquaculture and Agriculture can look back on significant advances in sustainable and reso…

Foods of Norway final seminar

The Center for research-based innovation, Foods of Norway, will organize a final seminar to mark the end of nine years of research on sustainable feed resources for blue and green sectors. Research hi…

Promising research results made by Foods of Norway will be presented at the European Aquaculture Society meeting

Researchers from Foods of Norway will have a total of eight oral presentations at the conference which will be held in Vienna from 18 to 21 September. The topics are new microbial ingredients and func…

Cheese from cows fed local protein sources is just as good!

The quality of cows’ milk and cheese will be just as good even if the Brazilian soy are replaced with locally produced ingredients. Norwegian spruce can be turned into proteins in the concentrate.

This yeast makes environmentally friendly feed for salmon

Salmon need to be fed without harming the environment. The solution to this is a small yeast fungus that can be cultivated from timber, as well as a range of raw materials that would otherwise be disc…

Seaweed can provide good salmon, sheep and cattle feed

Feed from the sea gives healthier farmed animals and tastier meat

Everything from sheep to salmon to chickens that eat seaweed can benefit.

Ingrid Marie Håkenåsen med en av bidragsyterne i forskningen hennes på armen

Local and sustainable protein sources for weaned piglets

Piglets eating yeast grown on sugar from spruce trees have a healthier gut at weaning, new research shows.

Can fish grow on trees? Yes!

Yeast produced from tree sugars can be used as a valuable feed ingredient to promote growth and health in Atlantic salmon, new research shows.

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.

Feeding our animals Norwegian seaweed gives better meat to eat

Local and sustainable food is in demand, and with the world’s second longest coastline, seaweed can play an important role in Norway's self-sufficiency. Feeding our cattle with sugar kelp can have gre…