AQUAFEED HORIZONS 2015
June 9, 2015, Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany.
PRESENTATION OUTLINES
Towards Sustainable Feed and Food for the World –
Working Together with International Organizations
Alexandra de Athayde, Executive Director,
International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), Germany
IFIF is a
global organization of national and regional feed associations, feed related
organizations, and corporations from around the globe. Together, IFIF
represents over 80% of the animal feed production worldwide. In 2015 compound
feed production will likely reach close to 1 billion tonnes worldwide. The FAO
estimates that by 2050 the demand for food will grow by 60 % and that between
2010 and 2050 production of animal proteins is expected to grow by around 1.7%
per year, with aquaculture production increasing by 90%. IFIF believes that
only by working together with all stakeholders can we meet these challenges and
take advantage of the growth opportunities for our industry in a sustainable
way.
Alexandra
de Athayde is Executive Director of
the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF), a
post she has held since her appointment in April 2011. IFIF’s members from
around the world represent over 80% of the total global animal feed production.
Ms. de Athayde has extensive agriculture and international experience representing the industry with governments
and businesses. She previously held positions within the Monsanto Company
Corporate Affairs Department in Brazil, the US and Europe. She
has also worked
for the Brazilian
Government as Adviser
to the Deputy
Minister of Agriculture and as Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary.
Ms. de Athayde holds an International Executive M.B.A. from the University of
Pittsburgh, USA and a B.A. degree in International Relations from York
University in Canada.
Ingredient Selection and Extrusion Parameters for
Aquatic Feeds
Joseph P. Kearns, Vice President Aqua-Feed Div.,
Wenger Manufacturing, Inc., USA
Ingredients are always changing due mainly to availability
or costs, but there are also variations in ingredient quality. As many aquatic feeds move towards the use of
vegetable and other novel ingredients, the extrusion task at hand is to
maintain quality at the higher production rates with lower levels of starch
inclusion. When pushing the limits on all boundaries the process becomes a
challenge. Generally the situations can
be dealt with - but something usually needs to give. Trends in production
methods, both of hardware and running conditions, are allowing for wider ranges
of non-traditional ingredients or ones of lower quality. Reviewing ingredient
quality and the extrusion process will give insights on balancing the
system.
Joseph P. Kearns is a graduate of Kansas State University and has been
employed by Wenger for more than 40 years. He has spent a career watching and
being involved in the feed production in the aquaculture sector. He holds nine
US and foreign patents on aquatic topics relating to extrusion cooking. He has
authored numerous publications on aquatic feed production as well as made
presentations around the world.
Effect of Extrusion Technology on Physical and
Nutritional Quality of Extruded Fish Feed
Urs Wuest, Director Market Segment Aquafeed, Bühler
AG, Switzerland
The effect of extrusion technology on physical and nutritional
quality of extruded fish feed will be addressed. Mr. Wuest will explain the
roles of the pre-conditioner, of die design and of density control, a critical
variable if fish feed production that effects
pellet buoyancy, floating and sinking characteristics, oil impregnation during the
coating process and factory capacity.
Density and SME controllers can help to make floating, slow
sinking and sinking pellets. These devices reduce the need for changing the
screw configuration and provides control on shear stress, specific mechanical
energy and extrusion pressure. The controllers can also be connected to the
extruder control system to automatically adjusted and maintain the process
conditions to its chosen set-point in order to make aqua feed with a wide range
of bulk densities.
Urs Wuest is the
Director of the Market Segment Aquafeed at Bühler, Uzwil, Switzerland. Until 2010, he was responsible for technology
and R&D for the market segments Feed, Petfood and Aquafeed. Mr. Wüst worked
for more than 10 years in Japan and Korea in sales, engineering and customer
service as Manager Feed Technology & Extrusion Systems at Bühler Japan.
Prior to that he was Product Manager Food & Feed for analytical equipment
at Büchi Lab-technology Switzerland, responsible for strategy, worldwide sales
and development of new equipment. He was also Project Manager Feed & Oil
Milling at Bühler Belgium, South Africa and Switzerland and Feed milling
engineer at the Swiss Institute of Feed Technology (SFT).
Future Possibilities and Demands in Salmon Feed
Production
Dr. Mari Moren, Director of Nutrition and Feed
Technology, Nofima AS, Norway
The Norwegian government would like to see a
five-fold increase on today’s aquaculture production by 2050. A similar increase
in feed production is therefore required. Known
barriers are the limited access
to marine raw materials and incomplete understanding of the salmon’s nutritional requirements. Currently, many “new” ingredients are developed and tested in the search
for those that can be viable in terms of availability and cost.
The government also says that the growth
should meet environmental, social and economic sustainability demands. This presentation will aim to give a view on the future
demands in salmon
feed production and present
possibilities from the viewpoint of a research
institute working on R&D
throughout the whole
value chain in aquaculture.
Mari Moren is
Director of Research at the food research institute Nofima. She is responsible
for Nutrition and Feed Technology, which is one of the research areas in the
Division Aquaculture. This area encompasses research, development and
innovation projects along the complete aquaculture value chain, with a special
focus on research into new feed raw materials, feed technology and questions
related to nutrition. Dr. Moren holds a Ph.D. in nutrition from University of
Bergen (2004) and has 15 years of experience in fish nutrition research.
Aqua feed extrusion line optimization. Process automation as key to secure consistent aqua feed quality and cost efficient operation
Nicolai Nexus, Manager
of Automation, Andritz Feed & Biofuel A/S, Denmark
Most aqua feed process plants
are making a wide variety of specialized feeds with very exact properties in
terms of specific pellet size, density, moisture content, and texture. All to
be made from a wide range of formulas, and based on feed ingredients of
different origin, further influenced by seasonal availability and maturation.
Further most plant are producing
the feeds “just in time” to secure freshest possible feeds to the aquaculture
farms. This often leads to requirements for frequent changes in products and
short runs.
Efficient automation systems for
the entire extrusion process line, extruder, dryer, coater and cooler are key
to repetitively secure quick start-ups to reach maximum capacity at the desired
- and consistent quality and with less dependency from the human factor.
Further the process statistics derived from automation systems provides
essential knowledge in support of trimming the process line, optimizing line
efficiency and costs of production.
On-line connections allows for
remote monitoring, best practice sharing, and long-distance support.
Practical Manufacturing Constraints and Their Impact
on Feed Formulation Resource Allocation Models
Ian Mealey, Head of Operations, Format International,
U.K.
Traditionally, feed formulation tools have primarily focused
on nutrition and resource allocation decisions as the driver for their output.
Issues that affect the actual manufacturing of the feeds designed by these
tools have been difficult to adequately incorporate. These issues include
weighing constraints, effects of ingredients on quality, throughput and energy
use and silo availability. This presentation will discuss optimization techniques
that are now becoming available and offer the formulator the ability to more
accurately model these aspects alongside nutritional and ingredient purchasing
parameters, in a more holistic approach. This capability will inevitably have a
positive feedback on the measurement of ingredient value and subsequent
resource allocation decisions.
Ian Mealey has 25
years’ experience in the feed industry; first as a formulator within a large UK
feed business, and then with Format International. He has worked in a
consultancy role for many years and with many different clients around the
world in various sectors, for the practical application of formulation software
to improve profitability and efficiency in these businesses. Ian is
particularly enthusiastic about formulation software’s capability in the area
of resource planning and risk evaluation.
Innovating by Experience - Ideas and Cases
Dr. Olav Fjeld Kraugerud, Manager, Centre for Feed
Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway
The constraints and challenges of aquaculture open up a lot
of opportunities. However cost, combined with the volumes in the sector, create
incentives for only incremental improvements. As most needs have been defined
regarding EAA and EFA, the floor is wide open to ingredient suppliers because
they know what to overcome. Based on all the different variations in the
ingredients pool, a new or alternative protein concentrate could potentially be
included at the rate of 5 – 25%. Examples
from trials performed with krill meal, gluten and plant meals will be shown. A
feed recipe with a diversified protein portfolio could benefit from tailor-made
processing. But would this be realistic? Data of such trials undertaken at the
Centre will be shown. An exciting new and innovative tool created for feed
production will be revealed.
Dr. Olav Fjeld Kraugerud leads the Centre for Feed
Technology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway. In this
role he works with customers in both academia and industry. The challenge of
always making feed in new ways leads to innovation, as new demands are imposed
on both hardware and processes. As a previous scientist at the Aquaculture
Protein Centre in Norway, Dr. Kraugerud was one of the demanding customers of
the Centre from 2004 to 2012. In his thesis, he mainly examined the processing
of novel ingredients, especially the carbohydrate fraction, and studied their
nutritional effects. He received his PhD in 2008.
Advanced Research Initiatives for Nutrition &Aquaculture (ARRAINA): Fine tuning the delivery
Dr. Jorge Dias, Co-Owner & General Manager, Sparos
Lda, Portugal
Results will be presented from the Advanced Research
Initiatives for Nutrition & Aquaculture (ARRAINA) project, a European
FP7-funded Collaborative Project coordinated by INRA and associating 21
institutions, among which are nine industrial partners.
The overall objective of the ARRAINA project is develop
sustainable alternative aquaculture feeds tailored to the nutritional
requirements of the five main European farmed fish species, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), gilthead seabream
(Sparus aurata), European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio), over their full life
cycles, with reduced levels of fish meal and fish oil; and assess the long term
physiological consequences by applying targeted integrative tools that
accurately measure and predict the effects of alternative feeds on fish
metabolism and health. The project is using these tools to develop alternative
feeds and novel delivery vectors for early life stages of fish and study the
long-term effects of these alternative feeds on metabolism, performance,
quality and waste management over the full life-cycle (from egg to
broodstock). ARRAINA is also exploring the concept of nutritional
programming in fish.
Dr. Jorge Dias will focus on new knowledge generated on the fine
tuning of the dietary supply of trace elements in larvae and juvenile feeds,
relying on the use of innovative delivery vectors such as microencapsulated and
nano-sized mineral forms and a closer look on the interactions among trace
elements and other nutrients. Activities on the effect of vegetable ingredients
on physical pellet criteria and fecal properties will be discussed. A
predictive tool to compare the environmental impact (total, N and P waste) of
different feed formulations developed for gilthead seabream will also be
presented.
Dr. Jorge Dias,
together with Luis Conceição are the managing partners of SPAROS Lda, a
technology-driven SME dedicated to the development of new products and tailored
nutritional solutions for the aquaculture market. Jorge Dias has a PhD in Fish
Nutrition and expertise in feed technology; feed formulation; the practical use
of novel ingredients and feed additives. Prior to SPAROS, Jorge Dias was a
researcher at both Academia (INRA-IFREMER, France; CCMAR, Portugal) and
Industry (DSM Nutritional Products, France).
Acidifier Concepts in Aquafeed: Technical and Functional Considerations
Tilman Wilke, Product Developer, Dr. Eckel GmbH, Niederzissen, Germany
The concept of acidifiers has been successfully transferred from agriculture feed to aquaculture feed. We want to share our experience on some important technical and functional aspects of this transfer.
Acidifiers as functional feed additives are a well-proven concept in feed for agriculture animals. Acidifiers have the ability to preserve feed, to improve feed conversion and to reduce pathogen pressure. The basic approach is to include organic acids and their salts in the feed. While organic acids are preservatives and are used as such, there is also a high interest in their nutritive value and the impact on pathogen cells and gut epithelial cells. Scientific studies and practical experience in the field have shown that organic acids can improve performance and health in livestock. Although acidifiers are usually easy to handle, organic acids can lead to problems in the feed manufacturing process. When organic acids are used in its reactive form, unexpected exogenous chemical reactions can occur during the mixing process and they can lead so severe corrosion of silos, floorings, pipes, conveyors and roofings. Therefore we have optimized our acidifier formulas to use non-reactive calcium salts of organic acids to prevent this.
Tilman Wilke is a product developer at Dr. Eckel, with a focus on aquaculture feed. His job is to find innovative solutions for our customers’ challenges and to bridge the gap between new academic concepts and practical customer requirements, keeping in mind the global challenges in animal feed production. He studied veterinary medicine until 2009 with a growing interest in the interfaces and borderlines between veterinary science and animal production. After graduation he went to an agricultural faculty to work as a research assistant. In 2014 he joined Dr Eckel, one of the leading feed additive producers in Germany.
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The extrusion process must produce feeds for
various aquatic species, while meeting the specific nutritional needs and the
demanding physical characteristics for a wide variety of aquaculture
needs. Typically, producers of aquatic
feeds make a range of products for various species. All of the possible combinations or
differences in feeds for a given animal’s life cycle, as well as the overall
different species in aquaculture production areas, requires the extrusion
cooking device to be controllable with regards to all of the inputs to the
system. Ingredients, energy, pressure,
water and steam, oils and the hardware used all need to be coordinated for
final product characteristic control.
Feed sizes, densities, sinking rates, water stability, pellet hardness,
water absorption and cell structure are just a few topics that come up when
discussing an exacting feed for specific animals. It is actually amazing how one machine has
the ability to handle all of the above.
Extrusion is greatly enhanced by advanced control systems and effective
tools to manage the feed production cycle.
