# Some Norwegian salmon are eating poultry by-products people don't eat, and their producer says that could cut its feed's carbon footprint by up to 16 percent, but wild fish in the recipe complicate the story

> Norwegian salmon producer Lerøy Seafood Group added poultry by-products to its feed in spring 2025, making up 2 percent of feed that year. The material comes from Belgium, Finland, the United Kingdom and Spain, and the company says it would otherwise not be used for human food.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-14T21:06:24.492Z
- Category: market · region Europe · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99922-some-norwegian-salmon-are-eating-poultry-by-products-people-don-t-eat-and-their
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Poultry by-products are a lower-cost, non-food protein ingredient that can partly replace marine and crop meals in aquafeed. Wider uptake would add demand for animal by-product meals, though the share involved is small and wild forage fish use rose.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral
- FISHMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- ecoticias.com: https://www.ecoticias.com/en/some-norwegian-salmon-are-eating-poultry-by-products-people-dont-eat-and-their-producer-says-that-could-cut-its-feeds-carbon-footprint-by-up-to-16-percent-but-wild-fish-in-the-recipe-complicate/54088/

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