Circular-based feed turns Swedish rainbow trout green
An innovation from Axfoundation and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has resulted in Sweden’s first green rainbow trout now available for consumers. Instead of feeding on soybeans and wild-caught fish from all corners of the world, the rainbow trout have instead eaten a Swedish circular-based feed that mainly consists of insects, which have themselves been fed on food waste.
“It is a huge waste of resources to let farmed fish eat soybeans from Brazil and fish from the Pacific Ocean, whilst tonnes of food are thrown away in Sweden. Food waste can instead be used to