Step by step, we are working towards a circular food supply. We do this by developing and applying various technologies and raw materials, and by participating in initiatives, research and partnerships. Recently, we joined a new research project. We’re using a new type of fermentation as a technology to upgrade raw materials that are not suitable for human consumption and use them as animal feed. This project fits well in our ambition to promote circularity, in which using co-products as feed is a key pillar.
In this project academic and industrial stakeholders work together under the leadership of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Schothorst Feed Research (SFR). Main objective is to upgrade low-value / low-nutritional raw materials into highly digestible ingredients. For this purpose, purely circular raw materials are being used; moreover, these are raw materials that are not suitable for human consumption, but can be used as animal feed. This is different from the fermentation technique we already apply at ForFarmers, which focuses on improving intestinal health through lactic acid fermentation. In this new project, we’re focusing on pig and poultry feed.