# What Did Your Salmon Eat? Chicken By-Products in Salmon Feed

> Several large European salmon producers have begun using poultry by-products in feed, with Lerøy using them at its offshore farms and Grieg and SalMar also introducing or testing them. The ingredients cost less than half as much per tonne as fishmeal, while some consumers and retailers object to their use or restrict it.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-07T03:06:57.022Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/85400-what-did-your-salmon-eat-chicken-by-products-in-salmon-feed
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Replacing some fishmeal with cheaper poultry ingredients could reduce salmon-feed demand for fishmeal and ease cost pressure for producers. The article gives no quantities to gauge the size of that effect.

## Read by commodity

- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- chefsmag.com: https://chefsmag.com/lab/what-did-your-salmon-eat/

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