AquaSim - digital solutions for precision farming
Our powerful AquaSim suite offers advanced forecasting and analysis for fish and shrimp farmers to optimise farm performance and provide tailored advice.
Our innovations
Skretting's ultimate goal is to see research implemented into innovative and sustainable solutions for the aquaculture industry, whether in the form of products, methodologies or manufacturing improvements. Our innovation directions cover three horizons – from improvements to current business, right through to completely new business models. Below you can find some examples of these.
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) - an innovation in aquafeed production
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an accurate and rapid analysis method that is well suited for quantitative determination of nutrients in feed ingredients and feed.
RAS
Today, Skretting is the market leader for feeds specifically designed for recirculating aquaculture systems. Skretting has invested many research resources into RAS because of their potential to enhance the sustainability of the aquaculture industry. We have three dedicated RAS-based research facilities across the world, each of which has a unique focus. Our central RAS team at the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) is comprised of many knowledgeable researchers,specialising in these systems.
MicroBalance®
The raw material flexibility of MicroBalance presents a major advantage over traditional aquafeeds, as it reduces the aquaculture industry's dependence on raw materials by replacing them with alternatives that maintain the same nutritional values.
Ingredient innovation
As the global population continues to grow, there is increasing focus on aquaculture to provide the protein to feed the world. At Skretting, as one of the largest aquaculture feed suppliers in the world, we see that we have an essential role to play. A 30 million tonne projected increase in aquaculture production means there will be a need for an additional 45 million tonnes of raw materials. So where will they come from? Here, we deepen on some of our ongoing activities in this arena, exploring novel ingredients and some of our most important partnerships.
A timeline of our innovations
2023
2023
Launch of Elevia
Elevia is an innovative feed engineered to offer superior nutrition and water quality in shrimp hatcheries and nurseries. The precisely produced, stable micro diet improves larval performance while simplifying feed management and ensuring a cleaner system.
2023
Combining expertise with HIPRA to tackle devasting trout disease
The collaboration provides Italian fish farmers with a sustainable solution to the significant and growing challenge of Lactococcosis.
2023
A leap forward for farmed Atlantic bluefin tuna
The production of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna within aquaculture systems moved a step forward thanks to a cooperation agreement signed by tuna farming start-up Next Tuna and Skretting. The agreement takes the Next Tuna project on to the next exciting level, with world-class aquaculture and feed R&D ensuring the ideal feed solution to lead the way and put sustainable farmed Atlantic bluefin on the map.
2022
2022
Skretting AI Guayas Research Station opens
This world-class R&D station is fully dedicated to shrimp farming and establishes the ideal platform to further expand our knowledge of shrimp nutrition and health, and to apply this intelligence on-the-ground in one of the global seafood economy’s most important shrimp producing regions.
2022
Strengthening cooperation with eniferBio
Skretting and eniferBio signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on continued cooperation. The Finnish biotech start-up was the winner of the 2020 Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge. This biannual competition acknowledges the best breakthrough innovations within livestock farming, aquaculture, and alternative food proteins. The first prize included a scientific validation trial, and the agreement defines the future steps for testing PEKILO® protein in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout.
2022
Atlantic Sapphire announces the inclusion of algal omega-3 feed ingredients
Atlantic Sapphire reaches an agreement with Skretting and algal oil specialist Veramaris® to deliver sustainable omega-3 rich salmon to the United States, highlighting our broader ambition to phase out the use of marine-derived ingredients in feed to 2025.
2022
Driving the future of innovation – introducing Skretting Aquaculture Innovation
Skretting ARC is renamed and restructured into a complete and multi-functional unit incorporating the global marketing, sustainability and digital teams into its midst. The new unit is called Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI) and integrates all aspects of innovation from basic to applied research, to product development to digital innovation and sustainability.
2021
2021
Bigger trout, better feed intake and lower FCR
Skretting launches new starter and grower feeds for rainbow trout to help farms to meet their full potential: Nutra Sprint & Celero.
2021
Launch of groundbreaking new hatchery diet GEMMA Neo
GEMMA Neo reduces the dependence on traditional feed ingredients, while also providing ideal nutrient composition, unprecedented production system performance and weaning flexibility.
2021
Introduce AquaCare Mineral Balance
Expand AquaCare portfolio with a new water care solution for fish and shrimp pond farming. AquaCare Mineral Balance is a mineral combination offering high bioavailability of macro and trace minerals.
2020
2020
Vitalis PRIMA
Vitalis PRIMA is a marine broodstock diet from Skretting that supports the health of parent fish and young fry, thereby improving the performance of hatchery systems globally.
2020
AquaCare: Safeguarding our planet’s most precious resource
As a key part of our ongoing commitment to improve the sustainability of the industry, we extend our scope beyond the supply of sophisticated and sustainable feeds by creating a new global product line – AquaCare – specifically focused on providing practical solutions to improve water quality for fish and shrimp farming systems.
2020
Infinity
Infinity, our final development of the MicroBalance® concept to become completely independent of marine feed raw materials, is launched.
2019
2019
Promoting tilapia health in Egypt, Ecuador and Vietnam
First dedicated, documented tilapia health feed supports fish health and survival.
2018
2018
Ingredient innovation: Bridging the raw material gap
As the global population continues to grow, there is increasing focus on aquaculture to provide the protein to feed the world. At Skretting, as one of the largest aquaculture feed suppliers in the world, we see that we have an essential role to play. A 30 million tonne projected increase in aquaculture production means there will be a need for an additional 45 million tonnes of raw materials. So where will they come from?
2018
HTO2
High temperature can have a significant influence on growth performance. HT is a feed solution to support fish during periods with high water temperature.
2017
2017
Prime & Express
Prime & Express are the next generation premium feeds for post-transfer salmon. These grower salmon feeds enable a shorter production time in the sea, without compromising final product quantity or quality. Thanks to Skretting ARC’s focus on optimising appetite, feed intake and digestion, Prime and Express together enable salmon farmers to potentially reduce their production time by as much as four weeks. Alternatively, if they wish to maintain their current production timescales, the harvest weight can be increased by up to 700 grams.
2017
ORI-N3
ORI-N3 is an innovative algae blend of high DHA algae allowing maximal uptake of DHA into the artemia in a very flexible and convenient manner. Dosage and enrichment time can be tailored to best suit operational and nutritional requirements. ORI-N3 stands for n-3 fatty acids enrichment and also represents an entry into a new generation of enrichment technology.
2016
2016
Lorica
Lorica is the most advanced functional health feed for shrimp, and is designed to strengthen the shrimp before and during environmental and bacterial challenges. Lorica differentiates itself from other products in the marketplace by being a health shrimp diet that offers a complete solution for feeding shrimp, applying the vital knowledge that Skretting ARC has built with longstanding collaborative relationships with some of the world’s leading experts on shrimp diseases and shrimp health.
2013
2012
2010
2009
2009
RAS
Today, Skretting is the market leader for feeds specifically designed for recirculating aquaculture systems. Skretting has invested many research resources into RAS because of their potential to enhance the sustainability of the aquaculture industry. We have three dedicated RAS-based research facilities across the world, each of which has a unique focus. Our central RAS team at the Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) is comprised of many knowledgeable researchers,specialising in these systems.
2009
Breakthrough for the Mediterranean
Strong R&D identifies specific nutritional requirements for European seabass and Gilthead seabream, previously fed the same diet. This first time introduction of dedicated products for the species is a significant breakthrough for the Mediterranean.
2007
2005
2001
2000
2000
AquaSim
Over the course of the last 20 years, we have established a comprehensive portfolio of models for the large number of species that we supply feeds for. Each Skretting diet has a unique FCR model, based on research done by Skretting Aquaculture Innovation (AI), which tests all raw materials and diets both in the lab and under field conditions. Combining biology, quality and economics, the robust set of innovative AquaSim management tools give qualified references through which aquaculture farmers can calculate expected farm performance.
1993
1990
1990
NIR
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an accurate and rapid analysis method that is well suited for quantitative determination of nutrients in feed ingredients and feed. NIR instruments are installed at every Skretting plant worldwide and provide rapid, accurate analyses of feed ingredients, intermediate products and finished feeds.