“Ground-breaking” salmon agreement

Under the agreement, Loch Duart will supply CellsUnited Ltd, a company pioneering new developments in advanced nutrition, with up to 450 tonnes of salmon viscera (guts) and heads.

Currently, when the salmon are prepared for customers, the guts are safely disposed of through insilation, and, once filleted, the heads and frames are used in low-grade applications such as fertiliser and pet food.

Now, the salmon by-product will be used to produce Cellper, a new nutritional compound that CellsUnited says has the potential to “revolutionise” the treatment of malnutrition in people who cannot otherwise digest protein.

Andy Bing, director, Loch Duart, said: ‘’The Cellper process, derived from technology developed for long-distance space travel, adds significant value to those parts of the salmon usually discarded or used for fertiliser and pet food.”

“We plan to spend the next 18 months working closely with Loch Duart before establishing volume production. Our relationship with Loch Duart will continue as part of our permanent R&D base in Dingwall,” added Andy Smith, managing director, CellsUnited.