More than 350,000 tons of fish feed with AlgaPrime DHA has been delivered to Norwegian salmon farmers since 2016, Corbion, a maker of algae-based food ingredients, said Tuesday.

AlgaPrimeDHA is an algae-based source of long-chain omega-3s, and is being incorporated into fish feed in Norway, enabling farmers to improve the omega-3 content and reduce the fish-in fish-out ratio of farmed salmon, the company said.

Corbion, through its partnership with feed manufacturer BioMar, is seeing growth in the use of its product, said Marc den Hartog, executive vice president of Innovation Platforms at Corbion.

“AlgaPrime DHA is helping to provide consumers with options that are better for their families and the environment and meeting retailer and consumer demand for healthy and more nutritious seafood," he said.

“At BioMar, we’ve seen increased global demand for feed formulated with alternative ingredients, such as AlgaPrime DHA, due to their nutritional performance and sustainability excellence,” said Vidar Gundersen, Global Sustainability director at BioMar.

Salmon brands that include the algae-based ingredient are now available in markets in North America and Europe.

Developed to reduce dependency on wild marine fisheries and enhance the nutritional value of seafood, AlgaPrime DHA is a native, whole algae ingredient that contains approximately three times the level of DHA of fish oil, the company said.

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