Hofseth BioCare transforms salmon off-cuts into premium bioactive marine ingredients using a proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis process. This technology extracts high-quality lipids, proteins, and calcium, creating valuable nutritional products for human and pet nutrition, with potential pharmaceutical applications.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
The utilization of salmon off-cuts as by-products often results in significant waste within the aquaculture industry. This represents a missed opportunity to extract valuable nutritional components that could otherwise contribute to human and animal health.
Solution
Hofseth BioCare employs a proprietary enzymatic hydrolysis technology to process salmon off-cuts into premium bioactive marine ingredients. This method efficiently separates and preserves high-quality lipids, proteins, and calcium from fresh salmon, transforming waste into valuable nutritional products. The company's approach ensures minimal processing, retaining the natural composition and bioactive properties of the source material. These ingredients are then utilized in human and pet nutrition, with ongoing research exploring their potential in pharmaceutical applications.
Target Audience
The primary customers are manufacturers and formulators in the human and pet nutrition industries seeking high-quality, sustainably sourced bioactive ingredients. Additionally, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies are targeted for their potential in developing new therapeutic agents.
Features
- Patented enzymatic hydrolysis process for efficient separation of salmon components.
- Produces human-grade ingredients including bioactive peptides (ProGo®), salmon oil (OmeGo®), and calcium collagen complex (CalGo®).
- OmeGo® Full Spectrum Omegas contains over 84% Natural Anti-inflammatory Fatty Acids (NAFAs), including DPA and Astaxanthin, and offers a full spectrum of omegas (3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11).
- ProGo® bioactive peptides are over 99% pure protein, highly soluble, rapidly absorbed, and possess unique mechanisms of action for weight management, glucose metabolism, iron absorption, gut health, and anti-inflammatory effects.
- Utilizes fresh salmon off-cuts, ensuring minimal processing, no added antioxidants, and a long shelf life for ingredients.
- Focus on sustainability and upcycling by transforming aquaculture by-products into high-value nutritional ingredients.
- Ongoing research and clinical studies investigating therapeutic potential for conditions such as asthma, COVID-19 recovery, gastrointestinal disorders, and age-related sarcopenia.