Horizon Proteins

In the past, whiskey by-products have always been used as animal feed. Nevertheless, as the population grows and the demand for food increases, the protein markets has raised too. In this context, Horizon Proteins developed an innovative method of utilising pot ale to produce a sustainable protein to be used in fish farming. This process was reached by adapting techniques usually employed in highvalue pharmaceutical products. It developed and patented a cost-effective process, which is easily scalable and enables to recover protein nutritionally suited for fish. This procedure combines essential value to a traditionally underutilised by-product when integrated into a distillery. The process of this GP consists of removing the yeast and protein from the pot ale stream as feed products leaving a protein-reduced, carbohydrate-rich stream that can also offer an improved downstream anaerobic digestion performance. This product is an alternative to the several proteins used in fish food, like soya bean meal. Furthermore, Horizon Proteins integrated into salmon feed could result in a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions in the feed manufacturing process.