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Malaysian fish extract used to make wound dressing spray

Admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:49:16 +0000

Water extract from the Haruan fish in Malaysia has proved safe and effective for healing incision and burn wounds.

Haruan is a popular fish to eat in Malaysia and is thought to have wound healing properties due to the abundance of fatty and amino acids, which help blood clotting and reduce pain. When prepared as fillets, researchers cook the fish using distilled water in a pressure cooker. The fillets are discarded and the water extract left over is compounded into an aerosol spray.

Rabbits, mice and rats were used to examine Haruan water extract’s effect on skin, and the animals were then treated for incision and burn wounds with the extract in aerosol form. Two aerosol formulas were made using the water extract, one with fusidic acid and the other without. Those treated with the fusidic acid spray had a slower healing time as it inhibited the growth of scar tissue. Like many topical antibiotics, it is thought that fusidic acid is harmful to the wound healing cells.

The Haruan water extract spray without fusidic acid, however, was far more effective in helping collagen proliferate and fibroblast production. Specifically in burn wounds the spray keeps the wound site cool, reducing inflammation.

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Paine & Partners to Acquire Scanbio of Norway

Admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:11:29 +0000

Paine & Partners, LLC (“Paine & Partners”), a global private equity investment firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Scanbio Marine Group (“Scanbio”), a leading producer of fish protein concentrate, fish meal and fish oil from fresh and ensiled fish by-products from Scanbio AS, which is owned by Rolf Eide, Per Arne Eide, Nordic secondary direct fund Verdane Capital IV (“Verdane Capital Advisors”) and certain other shareholders.

The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Scanbio is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, and its fish protein concentrate, fish meal and fish oil are produced from white and pelagic fish and salmon by-products and are primarily sold into the aquaculture fish feed, animal feed and bio-fuel markets. Scanbio’s business addresses the growing global market demand for protein ingredients for animal feed sourced from the sustainable processing of fish by-products.

Following the Paine & Partners transaction, Carl Eide will assume the position of Chief Executive Officer of Scanbio. Per Arne Eide will retire as Chief Executive Officer, but will remain involved with the company and will have a seat on the Scanbio Board of Directors.

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Marine MUFAs may improve metabolic syndrome: Mouse study

Admin — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:57:56 +0000

Long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids from fish sources may improve insulin sensitivity and reduce risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, according to new research in mice.

The study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, reports that blood plasma glucose, insulin, and lipid concentrations are enhanced, whilst insulin sensitivity is improved in mice fed a diet rich in marine derived long-chain monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs).

“This study demonstrates that fish-oil-derived MUFA ingestion reduces insulin resistance, as judged by the insulin tolerance test, and attenuates metabolic syndrome by improving hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperlipidemia,” wrote the study authors, led by Zhi-Hong Yang, from the Tokyo Innovation Center, Japan.

“Furthermore, intake of MUFA decreased obesity-induced inflammation by suppressing … inflammatory marker genes and arachidonic acid levels, thereby possibly, in turn, reducing insulin resistance in diet-induced obese mice,” they added.

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Bluewave Marine Ingredients Announces Commissioning of Food Grade, Fish Protein Isolate (FPI) Production Plant in Peru

Admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:47:05 +0000

This facility is being touted as the first of its kind in the world, mass producing fat‐free, membrane refined, Fish Protein and Fish Peptide products for human consumption applications.

The $6MM facility has been awarded its Sanitary License by the Peruvian Sanitary Authority, Instituto Tecnologica Pesquera (ITP), and will begin exporting and selling locally commercial quantities in June 2011.

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Bluewave Marine Ingredients expands Asia Pacific distribution network

Admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 22:59:58 +0000

Bluewave Marine Ingredients is expanding its Asia Pacific distribution network with the appointment of Nice Garden as distributor of PerfectDigest products for the Taiwan market.

“Nice Garden has exceptional knowledge of the Taiwan market and we believe that with their excellent distribution network, manufacturing capabilities and professionalism they will provide excellent market coverage for the PerfectDigest range,” said Mark Rottmann, COO of Bluewave. ”Taiwan is an important market with great potential as well as being the base of operations for leading companies in the Asia Pacific.”

Aurora Algae has announced the launch of new A2 product portfolio, including omega-3 products

Admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:30:01 +0000

Aurora Algae recently introduced the A2 product portfolio, a series of natural products derived from its proprietary algae platform. The A2 product portfolio is uniquely sustainable, scalable, and flexible to address growing demand in the explosive nutrition, aquaculture, pharmaceutical, and energy markets

A2 Omega-3™ is a family of Omega-3 oils aimed at the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical markets with the goal of providing a natural, sustainable and cost-effective alternative to fish oil and fermented products. The first offering in this family, A2 EPA Pure™ will make the benefits of EPA available to a broader market since it is derived from an allergen-free, vegetarian source.

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Marine Ingredients event planned for June in London

Admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:30:50 +0000

A growing body of research indicates the potential for the marine environment as a unique source of functional food ingredients. But what makes them unique? How can they be used in foods? And what are the benefits of using them?

Marine Ingredients: Oceans of Opportunity will explore these questions and equip delegates with an improved technical and market understanding of marine ingredients as well as an insight into their application potential.

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Bluewave Marine Ingredients’ fish peptide products now being distributed in Thailand

Admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:57:35 +0000

LinkAsia Partners, the commercial partner for Bluewave Marine Ingredients has appointed Protech Animal Health as distributor for PerfectDigest products in Thailand.Within the agreement, Protech will distribute and market liquid dispersible fish peptide concentrate and spray dried fish peptide isolate under the PerfectDigest brand.

Plans are underway to utilize PerfectDigest in varied applications including swine, poultry, aquaculture and pet food.

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Seafood byproduct research in Alaska in possible jeopardy

Admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:38:55 +0000

Seafood byproduct research at the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center (FITC) on Kodiak’s Near Island could be in trouble if President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year comes to fruition.

The proposal would eliminate funding for the federal agricultural research station in Alaska, and calls for a cut of $42 million to the Agriculture Research Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

If the cuts go through, it would result in a loss of almost $1 million dollars to the FITC — a bad proposition for the seafood waste research.

“The research that it funds stops,” FITC interim director Paula Cullenberg said. “It’s the primary source of funding for seafood byproduct research in the state and one of the few in the country. I think it would be a bad thing for Alaska.”

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Crayfish protein may be useful as emulsifier: Study

Admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:43:22 +0000

A study published in LWT – Food Science and Technology has suggested that crayfish protein extracted from a flour-like by-product powder produces a stable emulsion with good behavior at the oil/water interface, and may have potential applications in the food industry.

“We have demonstrated that crayfish proteins at pH 8 show higher solubility, smaller aggregates and better interfacial activity (higher surface pressure and lower interfacial tension) with higher interfacial viscoelasticity,” wrote the authors, led by Alberto Romero at the department of chemical engineering at the University of Sevilla, Spain.

The researchers said that the results “confirm the relevance … as well as the excellent potential” of crayfish proteins as a food emulsifier.

Study details

Crayfish flour was manufactured on a pilot scale by separating the exoskeleton from comminuted (pulverised) material, to form a crayfish “meat slurry”, which was then dried to obtain a powder.

From this, the researchers extracted a crayfish protein isolate, which was tested for its ability as an emulsifying protein.

The authors reported the crayfish protein isolate to vary in its solubility behaviour dependent on pH. However, they observed that the protein molecules aggregate at both acidic and alkaline pHs.

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