CELLANA'S ALDUO™ PROCESS: THE FARMING OF ALGAE-BASED AQUAFEEDS

Large-scale outdoor algae biomass production for aquaculture and animal feeds has historically been limited by the combination of high costs and inconsistent yields due to contamination.  However, the combination of Cellana's patented ALDUO™ process and novel multi-product business model have overcome these persistent limitations.  With almost 30 tons of algae biomass produced at industrial scale to date across more than 10 diverse algae strains, Cellana has produced a paradigm shift in the ability of farmed algae to become a large-scale aquafeed ingredient at an economical price point between soymeal and fishmeal.

Cellana combines the most environmentally sustainable aquafeed in the world with an economically sustainable business approach.  This involves combining the production of low-volume, higher-value specialty products (such as Omega-3 oils) and high-volume, lower-value commodity products (such as feeds and fuels) simultaneously.  In 2013, Cellana successfully leveraged its three-product business model - involving the simultaneous production of ReNew™ Feed, ReNew™ Fuel, and ReNew™ Omega-3 oils from the same algae biomass - to sign one of the world's largest commercial-scale biocrude oil off-take agreements, with Neste Oil.  Using the ALDUO™ process, Cellana has successfully produced over 5,000 kg of high-quality biomass from five of the most valuable algae strains for aquafeed applications (Nannochloropsis, Tetraselmis, Isochrysis, Pavlova, and Chaetoceros).  Successful large-scale feeding trials involving multiple types of Cellana's algae meal for finfish, shellfish, and livestock have provided a growing body of high-quality data that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.  Many of these same strains could also be used for small-volume, high-value, whole algae applications such as aquaculture hatchery feed supplements en route to large-scale production in multi-product biorefineries.  Data from completed large-scale feeding trials will also be presented (see photo below).