Pond Technology Holdings and UK-based animal nutrition and feeds producer AB Agri and their responsible protein division Livalta have joined forces to develop the world’s first commercially viable production of algae-based animal feed ingredients from CO2 emissions. The new technology is designed to take CO2 emissions out of the air to create high-quality protein.
José Nobre, the CEO at AB Agri, explained:
At AB Agri, we are committed to pioneering new and bold technologies to provide safe, high-quality nutrition while minimizing our environmental footprint. That is why we created Livalta as a specialist division to address the global protein challenge.
Valerie Schuster, Livalta’s Managing Director, added:
We believe that science and technology are key to turning the protein challenge into an opportunity. We are very excited about this partnership with Pond and the potential that lies in their technology to produce algae using CO2 emissions. We look forward to working together to make positive change happen.
Algae has gained increasing attention as a game-changing animal feed ingredient. Yet, until now, the technology to harvest algae at the scale, quality, and cost needed to be a viable ingredient for animal feed has remained indefinable. However, this pioneering global partnership, which unites Pond’s innovative technology with Livalta’s expertise in new proteins for animal feeds, is bound to change that.
Grant Smith, the President & CEO at Pond Technology, said:
Together with AB Agri and their new responsible proteins division, Livalta, we are working to develop algae as a cost-effective responsible feed ingredient, transforming climate change emissions into commercial animal feed ingredients.
AB Agri and Pond joining forces to tackle producing affordable, high-quality, and responsible food are a major step forward, and this commercialization project will foster excellence in the way our industry produces food for people and animals. AB Agri is a perfect partner, having a strong history of bringing new animal feed ingredients to market and the vision to see responsible proteins as a key growth driver in the years to come.
Their first product will be the mighty spirulina, combining 60% protein with Omega 6 and essential vitamins and minerals. According to numerous scientific studies, spirulina provides high nutritional and functional value in human food and animal feed.
Next year, Pond will install Livalta’s first pilot plant at British Sugar’s Wissington site in Norfolk. This project will be followed by a commercial-sized plant at the same site producing 20K tons of spirulina from CO2 emissions, with the anticipation of further collaborations in the future to set up more production sites.
Another company making non-algae-based animal feed from CO2 emissions is the UK company Deep Branch, which developed a way to turn carbon dioxide captured from industrial plants into high-quality protein for animal feed.
