• 6
    Oct

    Press release- Unibio makes its first ever commercial shipment of Uniprotein® in Europe to Danish Agro

    • The first ever shipment of Uniprotein® to a European based customer has been made to Danish Agro, the international agribusiness group
    • Uniprotein® is a hiqh-quality, sustainable protein that is made from the microbial fermentation of natural gases, including biogas
    • Danish Agro announces that Uniprotein® has proved to be very suitable for piglet feed and will be included in Danish Agro’s feed mixtures as a supplement to protein from potato flour and fishmeal from 15 October 2021

    Copenhagen,  6th October 2021 – Unibio, the sustainable protein company, today announced that an initial shipment of 24 tonnes of its groundbreaking Uniprotein® product has been made to Danish Agro, the international agribusiness group, its first commercial customer in Europe. Unibio will deliver Uniprotein® to Danish Agro at an ongoing basis to be a part of Danish Agro’s feed mixtures.

    Unibio has developed an innovative continuous-flow microbial fermentation process that uses its proprietary U-Loop® technology and natural gases, including biogas, as the primary feedstock. Uniprotein® is differentiated through its high quality, allowing it to replace products such as fish meal, protein from potato flour, and concentrated soy in feed for fish and animals, such as pigs. The majority of fishmeal is unsustainably sourced, threatens biodiversity and ocean ecosystems. Similarly, global demand for soya threatens further rainforest deforestation and wider habitat destruction. Unibio’s technology enables production of more sustainable protein in very large and scalable volumes to help meet the world’s growing protein needs.

    David Henstrom, Chief Executive Officer said: “The shipment of our first commercial order within Europe is an important milestone for Unibio. We have put a lot of hard work into the development of our U-Loop® fermentation technology over the last decade and our Uniprotein® product has now been tested by international compound feed companies with a resoundingly positive response. This is the first time that any single-cell protein has been used as a key ingredient in Danish Agro’s pig feed. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Danish Agro and increasing our industrial production of sustainable protein to meet the increasing global demand we see.”

    Arne Ringsing, Product Manager, Swine, Danish Agro said:We have been actively looking for a supplement to the conventional protein used in animal feed. We have tested Uniprotein® and it has been shown to be very suitable for piglet feed and will be included in the feed mixtures as a supplement to protein from potato flour and fishmeal from 15 October. We are happy to now be able to use Uniprotein® because it will benefit both the farmers’ pig herds and the environment. There is an ever-growing demand for sustainable protein and Uniprotein® can play an important part in meeting that need.”

    Notes to Editors

    About Unibio

    Unibio, the leading sustainable protein company, uses microbial fermentation to convert natural gases, including biogas, into high-quality and sustainable protein for fish and animal feed. It is Unibio’s mission to deliver sustainable protein for farming and fishing practices. Unibio’s technology – the U-Loop® fermentor is highly resource efficient and is sustainable. The process mimics microbial consumption of gases emitted by decaying plant material that happens every day in nature.

    About U-Loop® technology

    U-Loop® technology is a continuous-flow fermentation process allowing for a high conversion rate, the high utilization of gases, and economical production. Through its proprietary process, the gases are converted to a protein that is subsequently treated and purified to a nutritious, high-quality feed grade. Unibio owns the intellectual property rights to U-Loop® technology.

    About Uniprotein®

    Uniprotein® is derived from the continuous-flow fermentation of a microbial culture using natural gases, including biogas. Uniprotein® has a 70% protein content that easily compares with high-value proteins like super-prime fishmeal and highly concentrated soy products, especially in aquaculture feeds and as starter feed for piglets. Uniprotein® will be sold through a network of distributors, as well as directly to large key accounts around the world. Uniprotein® is not genetically modified.

    About Danish Agro

    The Danish Agro Group consists of a number of agro-industrial companies at home and abroad. They all have the overall goal – in close interaction with the customers – to contribute to value-creating solutions on the individual farms. The group is mainly engaged in the sale of feed mixtures, raw material, and vitamin premixes, fertilizers, plant protection products, seeds and energy as well as the purchase of crops from agriculture. Furthermore, the group sells a number of strong machine brands for agriculture and operates an extensive chain of hobby and leisure shops. The Danish Agro Group employs more than 5,000 employees and in 2021 will have a turnover of around DKK 37-38 billion DKK.

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