Today, a formal tasting of farmed salmon takes place in the premises of Matís ohf. What makes this salmon especially interesting is that it was raised on a feed mixture that contains insects.
In the project Metamorphosis, led by Birgur Erni Smárason at Matís, is working to turn organic waste into valuable raw materials for utilization in aquaculture feed. Lack of protein-rich feed has called for new solutions to meet growing industry demand. More than half of all fish species are now farmed and it is likely that production will double in the next 15 years.
Research has shown that insects are very suitable for the production of feed for fish, but many species of insects have the property of being able to convert organic waste into a diet rich in fat and protein. The project focuses on the development of new feed materials made from insects that could be used to respond to the growing protein deficiency in Europe in a sustainable way.
Now this research project is about to end and the only thing that is really left is to see how farmed salmon that has been fed with this innovative feed mixture tastes.
The project is funded by EIT Food .
