According to the Alltech Coppens team it is. Aquaculture is sustainable and efficient according to the company. All About Feed had the opportunity to visit their aquafeed production site and research facility and catch up with the dedicated team.
At the aquafeed production site in Nettetal, Germany the company produces 60,000 tonnes of feed per year. Safety, quality, efficiency and taking care of the environment are of paramount importance according to Gerrie van der Mee, plant manager at Alltech Coppens. Producing fish feed comes with some challenges, since every species has its own preferences, for example some pellets need to sink and others don’t. Van der Mee shows a wall of all kinds of different pellets that are produced in the facility. Pellets in various shapes, colours and each with different properties. “It’s quite a challenge to produce exactly the same feed every time for our customers. A challenge which we as a team are happy to take on.”…
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