About

What we do and why we do it

Nutri-San is an innovative bio-technology company specialising in safe, sustainable, solutions for the animal feed and livestock farming industries.

We produce 100% natural feed supplements
made from a blend of sustainable seaweeds.

Our supplements promote optimal health, performance and condition in production and companion animals and reduce the need for antibiotics and other synthetic ingredients in feed.

Backed by research from our world-leading scientific partners, Nutri-San products are… more

Nutri-San is an innovative bio-technology company specialising in safe, sustainable, solutions for the animal feed and livestock farming industries.

We produce 100% natural feed supplements
made from a blend of sustainable seaweeds.

Our supplements promote optimal health, performance and condition in production and companion animals and reduce the need for antibiotics and other synthetic ingredients in feed.

Backed by research from our world-leading scientific partners, Nutri-San products are used by farmers and feed manufacturers across the world to support the general health and well-being of animals.

We let the results speak for themselves:

Animals whose feed includes Nutri-San seaweed supplements flourish.

We recognise that the health of animals, humans
and our shared ecosystem are interconnected.

Today, the need for integrated solutions that enable animals, people, and the planet to flourish has never been greater. Given the threats of climate change and disease resistance to antibiotics, these solutions are needed urgently and at scale.

Livestock farmers and feed manufacturers are looking for sustainable alternatives to improve the health of animals within the context of ever greater environmental challenges and the government regulations introduced to meet them. Increasingly, consumers want to know the story of the food they are eating and make informed decisions about it.

We recognise the importance of these trends and are responding to them.

Alongside our work in promoting animal health and nutrition, we are developing sustainable solutions to some of the environmental challenges faced by the businesses we support. Methane reduction in ruminants and nitrate run-off from poultry are high on our agenda and our world-class R&D teams are developing products to tackle these challenges.

Our mission: Feed. Flourish. Future.

We have a mission to provide alternative safe and natural feed ingredients that enable animals and humans to flourish while protecting our planet for future generations. For us, the idea of ‘flourish’ is not just about health. It is also at the heart of our commitment to support local communities.

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Seaweed

A nutritional powerhouse

For centuries farmers have added seaweed to the diet of livestock to deliver improvements in health and well-being.

Today, thanks to advances in research, the full potential of this remarkable group of marine macroalgae is being unlocked.

Seaweed is nothing less than an environmentally
friendly nutritional powerhouse.

We now know that as well as providing essential vitamins and minerals, specific brown, green and red macroalgae contain bioactives that significantly improve gut health in animals, and natural components that can be used as an alternative to many of the synthetic additives commonly found in animal feed.

Some species such as the red seaweed… more

For centuries farmers have added seaweed to the diet of livestock to deliver improvements in health and well-being.

Today, thanks to advances in research, the full potential of this remarkable group of marine macroalgae is being unlocked.

Seaweed is nothing less than an environmentally
friendly nutritional powerhouse.

We now know that as well as providing essential vitamins and minerals, specific brown, green and red macroalgae contain bioactives that significantly improve gut health in animals, and natural components that can be used as an alternative to many of the synthetic additives commonly found in animal feed.

Some species such as the red seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis have the potential to reduce the methane emissions from ruminant livestock that are so damaging to our planet.  Even at very low inclusion rates the right blend of seaweeds added to the diet of cows or sheep delivers outstanding results.

As if this were not enough, seaweeds also grow prolifically without needing fertilizers, land or fresh water – and as they grow, they soak up carbon while de-acidifying and re-oxygenating the ocean.

Seaweed clearly has an important contribution to make in the search for solutions to some of the challenges facing the global farming industry.

So why are seaweed-based products
not used more extensively in animal feed?

For many years, bringing the benefits of seaweed to market has been a challenge. To make products available in volume and at scale involves going beyond ‘getting the science right’ to secure adequate supply and maintain consistency of performance and quality. Not easily achieved with a wild product that grows around the coastlines of the world. For some producers, cultivation has been a solution, but often one that is limited to ‘lab and tank’ systems that are cost-heavy, difficult to scale and unsuitable for delivering the quantity of seaweed biomass required to make a difference.

What makes Nutri-San unique is
our ability to get three things right.

  1. Access to sufficient volume of seaweed biomass globally – both wild and cultivated – with an existing infrastructure and supply chain to guarantee consistency and quality.
  2. Production at a price that is right for our customers and enables our products to be adopted by farmers and feed manufacturers.
  3. Formulas whose efficacy have been proven and validated by world-leading universities, rather than small in-house research teams.

We are ideally positioned to harness the nutritional power of seaweed and bring its benefits to our customers.

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Products

From feed to flourish

Containing multiple seaweed species harvested from sustainable sources, our feed supplements are rich in the nutrients required for animals to flourish.

Healthier animals. Naturally.

Developed to optimise animal health, while respecting the environment, our seaweed blends are produced and manufactured at our purpose-built facility in Vietnam. The brown, green and red seaweeds used in our 100% natural formulations are harvested and collected exclusively for Nutri-San from sustainable sources across the coastal regions of…. more

Containing multiple seaweed species harvested from sustainable sources, our feed supplements are rich in the nutrients required for animals to flourish.

Healthier animals. Naturally.

Developed to optimise animal health, while respecting the environment, our seaweed blends are produced and manufactured at our purpose-built facility in Vietnam. The brown, green and red seaweeds used in our 100% natural formulations are harvested and collected exclusively for Nutri-San from sustainable sources across the coastal regions of South East Asia and Zanzibar, close to our manufacturing hubs.

Carefully selected for their micro and macro ingredients, the seaweeds used in our blends are a concentrated source of natural bioactive compounds which deliver exceptional results at low inclusion rates.

Supporting clients
around the world.

Whether you are a large-scale producer, a niche farmer or a pedigree breeder, our supplements can benefit your production and companion animals at all life stages. We have proven formulations for Cattle (Beef and Dairy), Swine, Poultry, Shrimp, Equine and Pets.

We are committed to providing a bespoke service to our clients and are happy to produce customised blends, in pelleted or powdered form, and in quantities that are tailored to your needs.

All Nutri-San products are certified
and distributed directly to our clients.

To find out more about our feed supplements, and how they can be used to support your animals’ health and well-being, please consult our downloadable product guides. Click on the individual animal blend or download the full brochure for all six.

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Research

Validation studies with
world-leading universities

From the outset we have forged relationships with world-leading universities and research institutes that are renowned for the quality and rigour of their scientific research and analysis.

Our customers need effective solutions
backed by science they can trust.

We value and respect expertise, but we are also pragmatic – by choosing to collaborate with universities we have access to the most advanced technologies and leading-edge equipment as well as the best minds.

Through our global Scientific Research Partnerships, we have builtmore

From the outset we have forged relationships with world-leading universities and research institutes that are renowned for the quality and rigour of their scientific research and analysis.

Our customers need effective solutions
backed by science they can trust.

We value and respect expertise, but we are also pragmatic – by choosing to collaborate with universities we have access to the most advanced technologies and leading-edge equipment as well as the best minds.

Through our global Scientific Research Partnerships, we have built a high-caliber multidisciplinary team. From Australia to the UK and throughout Asia, our team includes research and veterinary scientists, animal nutritionists and experts in animal husbandry.

Working together for
a global solution.

This team shares our passion for researching, developing, and bringing to market safe innovative solutions, which enhance animal and human health and deliver significant benefits to the environment.

Like us, they are keen to see our solutions commercialised and available to customers across the world. Large-scale commercial trials enable us to validate our research trials and test the efficacy of our proprietary seaweed-based formulas beyond the laboratory in the ‘real world’.

We work with key commercial partners from the animal feed and livestock production industries to test our products on farm and at scale around the globe. Our scientific research partners oversee these trials, and all findings are validated by them.

Find out more about our scientific research partners below.

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Partners

Working together
for a sustainable future

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We value our relationships with partners from across the spectrum of our business operations and at every point in our supply chain.

Forming meaningful partnerships
is central to how we do business.

From our biomass harvesters and suppliers to our research, commercial and social impact partners, each brings the experience, specialist knowledge, skills or understanding that enables us to operate effectively at the local and global levels.

Collectively, our partners care about the themes that are… more

We value our relationships with partners from across the spectrum of our business operations and at every point in our supply chain.

Forming meaningful partnerships
is central to how we do business.

From our biomass harvesters and suppliers to our research, commercial and social impact partners, each brings the experience, specialist knowledge, skills or understanding that enables us to operate effectively at the local and global levels.

Collectively, our partners care about the themes that are important to us: issues connected to animal health and nutrition, sustainability challenges and our broader responsibility to people and our planet. We are all invested in bringing positive change while building successful, profitable, businesses and enterprises.

Together we can be greater than
the sum of our individual parts.

By working in collaboration, we build and strengthen our ability to deliver alternative solutions at the pace our customers require.

Together we can achieve a sustainable future.

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CSR

A responsibility to
each other and the planet

At the heart of our approach to CSR is the belief that we have a responsibility to each-other and our planet. To enable the world to flourish today and in the future, we need to be committed to making sustainability happen.

We are committed to playing our part
in helping the world flourish.

With careful stewardship, seaweed aquaculture has the potential to make a highly positive contribution to economic, social, and environmentalmore

At the heart of our approach to CSR is the belief that we have a responsibility to each-other and our planet. To enable the world to flourish today and in the future, we need to be committed to making sustainability happen.

We are committed to playing our part
in helping the world flourish.

With careful stewardship, seaweed aquaculture has the potential to make a highly positive contribution to economic, social, and environmental sustainability.

Sustainable livelihoods.

We recognise that business and communities are inextricably linked and that in building a profitable, scalable, business we have a responsibility to those communities we source from and operate in.

We are committed to supporting local communities and enhancing producer livelihoods within them. Together with our supply chain partners we are working with coastal communities across The Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Zanzibar to provide safe, equitable and sustainable income-generating opportunities though seaweed aquaculture.

In many coastal and rural communities around the world, women play a significant role in seaweed harvesting and farming. Given this context, seaweed aquaculture represents an important economic opportunity with the potential to improve gender inequality and self-sufficiency for women.

Sustainable production.

We work with our partners in the seaweed supply chain to procure sustainably sourced seaweeds and address the key sustainability challenges of harvesting and cultivating seaweed while conserving marine habitats. When done well, these processes have a low environmental footprint and can offer important benefits to local ecosystems.

Some species of macroalgae grow prolifically and have the capacity for rapid biomass increase over short periods of time. While this regenerative growth can be positive, in some cases seaweed ‘bloom’ can prevent much needed sunlight from reaching marine life in shallow waters, harming biodiversity. In addition, a seasonal overabundance of seaweed on beaches and in shallow waters can negatively impact tourism, fishing, and other much needed economic activities that coastal communities rely upon.

Preventative harvesting of these ‘green tides’ – before the macroalgae has beached – has a positive impact on marine habitats and fragile coastal ecosystems and mitigates the negative impact on livelihoods.

Improved harvesting and farming practices are central to the development of a sustainable seaweed aquaculture that is in harmony with marine conservation objectives, supports livelihoods in coastal communities and provides stable and traceable sources of seaweed. Nutri-San works through and with our supply chain partners to encourage and maintain best practice and industry standards.

UN Sustainable Development Goals.

We aim to maximise our alignment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Adopted by all UN Member States in 2015, the goals are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.

We are actively working towards five key SDGs:

SDG 1 – No Poverty
Providing employment opportunities that will support and revitalise marginalised coastal communities within developing nations.

SDG 3 – Ensure Healthy Lives
Reducing/removing the need for synthetic antibiotics and growth promoters in animal feed by replacing them with our natural seaweed-blend products, delivering significant benefits to human health.

SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
Developing safe and sustainable employment in coastal areas and working to promote a new industry that improves self-sufficiency and provides economic opportunities for women.

SDG 13 – Climate Action
Creating a powerful new tool to counter methane emissions from ruminant livestock feed digestion, a key contributor to climate change.

SDG 14 – Life Below Water
Sustainably managing and developing marine resources and conserving the marine environment.

An on-going commitment.

We are proud that our commitment to sustainable practices and social responsibility has meant that we are certified with a .eco web domain. However, we recognise that this is ‘work in progress’ and our commitment to make a positive impact is ongoing.

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    Feb 2024 Two day visit to discuss Nutri-San/ZASCO seaweed projects... Read more
  • An auspicious start to 2024

    Jan 2024 President Hon. Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi lays foundation stone... Read more
  • Nutri-San at Cop28 in Dubai

    Dec 2023 High level support for our seaweed project... Read more
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    Nov 2023 Seaweed partnership with Government of Zanzibar... Read more
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    Nov 2023 Strategic impact investment ... Read more
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  • Thai Universities working with Nutri-San

    Oct 2023 Showcasing Nutri-San's dairy trial results... Read more
  • Nutri-San Charity Concert in HCMC

    Sep 2023 Celebrating 50 years and supporting two charities!... Read more
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    Sep 2023 A visit to Nutri-San's Vietnam facility... Read more
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    Sep 2023 Nutri-San's winning team!... Read more
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    Sep 2023 NS-Zanzibar seaweed collaboration... Read more
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    Aug 2023 NS honored to have an audience with HE Dr Hussein Mwinyi... Read more
  • Premier League support for Nutri-San!

    Aug 2023 Arsenal FC supports NS Charity event... Read more
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    Aug 2023 UK-VN Business Forum... Read more
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    Aug 2023 Bobby Chinn joins the team!... Read more
  • An evening of exceptional music in support of charity!

    Jul 2023 FLOURISH: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY... Read more
  • High level support for NS charity event

    Jul 2023 NS charity concert to be held in Vietnam... Read more
  • Honoring our oceans and marine environments

    Jul 2023 Nutri-San at BLUEGent event... Read more
  • Thailand-UK Bio tech Research Collaboration

    Jun 2023 NS attends algal biotechnology event in Bangkok... Read more
  • Developing innovation between industry & research

    May 2023 Nutri-San & University of Kent collaboration... Read more
  • Seaweed and regenerative farming

    May 2023 Collaborating on seaweed bio stimulant project... Read more
  • Supporting grassroots football, creating champions!

    Apr 2023 Nutri-San team scores a win!... Read more
  • Discussing the current business climate

    Apr 2023 Bank of England's Deputy Agent visits Nutri-San... Read more
  • Nutri-San interns visit Zanzibar

    Apr 2023 Finding a low tech solution!... Read more
  • Partnering with Chiang Mai University

    Mar 2023 NS honored to be collaborating with prestigious university... Read more
  • 50-year anniversary of Vietnam-U.K. diplomatic relations!

    Mar 2023 Nutri-San joins the celebrations!... Read more
  • Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit!

    Feb 2023 NS proud to sponsor prestigious horse race in Bangkok... Read more
  • Open for Business in Zanzibar!

    Feb 2023 NS opens new office in East Africa... Read more
  • Panel discussion on climate change

    Feb 2023 Bank of England & South West Business Council lead the debate... Read more
  • MoU signed between UNCDF and ZASCO

    Nov 2022 Nutri-San delighted to attend this important event... Read more
  • Introducing our new Associate!

    Nov 2022 A warm welcome to Max Jencks... Read more
  • RMIT / Nutri-San trials to resume

    Nov 2022 Initiating important trials disrupted by pandemic... Read more
  • Nutri-San’s new Head of Business for Thailand

    Nov 2022 Welcoming Vipamas Sriusvagool to the team!... Read more
  • UNCDF / ZASCO / Nutri-San

    Oct 2022 Three organisations committed to the same goals... Read more
  • Showcasing Sustainability

    Oct 2022 Nutri-San's Michelle Marin Chau presents the case for seaweed!... Read more
  • Nutri-San / ZASCO partnership

    Oct 2022 Nutri-San formalizes its partnership agreement with ZASCO Zanzibar ... Read more
  • Welcoming the University of Kent to Vietnam!

    Sep 2022 Professor Colin Robinson visits Nutri-San facility ... Read more
  • Supporting Biodiversity Innovation

    Sep 2022 Co-Sponsor of South West Business Council's Biodiveristy Event... Read more
  • Meeting the ‘seaweed lady’ in Zanzibar

    Aug 2022 The honour of meeting Dr Flower Msuya... Read more
  • Partnering with The Zanzibar Seaweed Company

    Aug 2022 Putting into action our vision to improve community livelihoods.... Read more
  • This year’s summer interns!

    Aug 2022 Joining the team in Zanzibar ... Read more
  • Nutri-San in Zanzibar

    Aug 2022 Honoured to be working with the Ministry of Blue Economy... Read more
  • Down on the farm!

    Aug 2022 NS Seaweed Blends Support Regenerative Agriculture ... Read more
  • From Zanzibar to … Scotland!

    Feb 2022 Replacing plastics with sustainable alternatives... Read more
  • Great to be travelling again – this time Zanzibar!

    Jan 2022 Supporting the blue economy in Zanzibar!... Read more
  • Science partnership with University of Kent

    Jan 2022 Developing horticultural applications for our seaweed blends... Read more
  • Nutri-San meets HRH The Prince of Wales at Cop 26

    Nov 2021 Discussing the potential of seaweed to combat climate change... Read more
  • Initiating a UK Seaweed Movement!

    Nov 2021 Partnering with GreenSea Solutions... Read more
  • Strengthening our scientific partnership

    Sep 2021 An opportunity to reaffirm commitment & support with RAU... Read more
  • Meeting at Chatham’s Historic Dockyard

    Sep 2021 Seaweed, wool and rope!... Read more
  • Nutri-San ‘solution’ accepted by Safe Seaweed Coalition

    May 2021 Nutri-San joins Safe Seaweed Coalition's 'seaweed revolution!'... Read more
  • Nutri-San signs partnership with Kelpi

    May 2021 Partnership with pioneering bioplastics company Kelpi ... Read more
  • Nutri-San signs Scientific Research Partnership with RAU

    May 2021 An exciting scientific research partnership with world-leading team... Read more
  • Nutri-San launches fully updated website

    May 2021 Presenting our values, products and work from around the world... Read more

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