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Cutting Out the Middle Fish

Marine Microalgae as the Next Sustainable Omega-3 and Protein Source

Isaac Berzin Algaennovation

Strandbúnaður 2018, Grand Hótel Reykjavík, 19.-20. mars.

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Protein demand

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More mouths to feed

9.7B by 2050

http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/2015-report.html

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With a growing appetite

10 Kg/capita 10 Kg/capita 26 Kg/capita 20 Kg/capita 37 Kg/capita 36 Kg/capita

1960 2012 2030 (projected)

http://www.fao.org/docrep/me eting/025/md883E.pdf; http://www.fao.org/docrep/0 19/i3640e/i3640e.pdf

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Protein supply

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Marine protein supply

• Of the 600 marine fish stocks monitored by the FAO in 2013:
• 58 percent are fully exploited, with no expected room for further expansion
• 31 percent are over-exploited at unsustainable

One of the World's Biggest Fisheries Is on the Verge of Collapse Major disputes in the South China Sea are putting critical habitat—and the food supply of millions—at risk

September 9, 2016 http://www.fao.org/fishery/sofia/en

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Terrestrial protein supply

17,000 Liter/Kg Beef 13.4 m2/Kg/year Beef

Fresh H2O Footprint Fertile Land Footprint

http://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/srep26074

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The scientific community knows it

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The investment community knows it

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Entrepreneurs know it

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The narrative: “Made fr from

• m pl

plants ts is is mo more sustai ustainab nable le”

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Is that necessarily so?

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Essential Amino Acids (EAAs)

• Amino acids are the building blocks of protein
• Nine of the twenty-two amino acids that make up

human proteins cannot be synthesized by adults, and a tenth cannot be made by children - These are called essential amino acids (EAAs).

• EAAs determine food quality as a protein source.

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Fresh water footprint

147,252 Liter/Kg EAA 66 g EAA/m2

Land annual productivity

81,291 Liter/Kg EAA

63,097 Liter/Kg EAA

36,246

Liter/Kg EAA

8,997

Liter/Kg EAA 42 Liter/Kg EAA

15 g EAA/m2 8 g EAA/m2

7

g EAA/m2 6 g EAA/m2

666 g EAA/m2 Beef Beef Seabream Seabream Pork Pork Chicken Chicken Soybeans Soybeans

Nanno

Peas

2

g EAA/m2

Peas

74,592 Liter/Kg EAA

http://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Report-48-WaterFootprint-AnimalProducts-Vol1.pdf http://www.nature.com/articles/srep26074

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Nannochloropis Oculata composition

40% 29% 14% 15% 2%

NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION

Protein Carbohydrate Minerals Fat Other

High nutritional content

• Protein and peptides
• Fats - including omega-3 fatty acids
• Carbohydrate - fiber, sugar and

polysaccharides

• Minerals - including trace minerals
• Other - chlorophyll, carotenoids

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Representative amino acid distribution on 100% protein basis Bold are Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAA’s)

Nannochloropsis protein profile

PRDA highlights:

• Balanced amino acid profile
• Relatively high in BCAA’s

Amino acids Essential % Amino acids Non-Essential % Arginine 6 Alanine 3 Histidine 2 Aspartic acid 11 Isoleucine 4 Cystine 1 Leucine 9 Glutamic acid 10 Lysine 8 Glycine 6 Methionine 2 Hydroxyproline <1 Phenylalanine 5 Proline 6 Threonine 5 Serine 4 Valine 6 Tyrosine 3

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Are all microalgae made equal?

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The bottom line

• Global trend towards sustainable feed/food
• Proteins and Omega-3 main ingredients of interest
• Sustainability depends on both nutritional profile

and cultivation technology

• Why Iceland?

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Sustainable and cost-effective Inputs: Electricity, cold/hot H2O, waste heat, CO2 Cutting-edge Research and Engineering Proactive Business and Corporate culture

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