NUTROSCIENCE (Pty) Ltd was established in June 1998. In August 2002
the company was taken over by a consortium of investors with the vision of
securing NutroScience as the main feed supplier to the developing aqua culture
industry.
NutroScience is owned by a consortium of investors including management
and workers. The empowerment of people of disadvantaged background was
and will always be pre-requisites in managing the company and therefore all
employees on all levels became shareholders in the company since August
2002. NUTROSCIENCE’s shareholders include New Farmers Development
Company, University of Stellenbosch (Division of Aqua culture), CatFish SA and
all permanent NutroScience employees.
The company focuses on the design, development and manufacturing of high
quality extruded feeds for the aqua culture and pet food industries. Owing to the
technology involved in the designing, developing and manufacturing process, an
exclusive collaboration agreement has been set up between NUTROSCIENCE
and the Feed Technology Program at the University of Stellenbosch, for the
purpose of developing new feeds and continuously improving existing types of
feeds for different species of animals within the above mentioned industries.
Products which are already well established and manufactured commercially
are a full range of feeds for aqua culture species including but not limited to
trout, tilapia, catfish, koi/carp, freshwater crayfish and crocodile. These feeds
are marketed under the brand name AQUANUTRO. Feed for abalone, cob and
prawn are currently under development and will be part of this well established
AQUANUTRO brand.
A full range of products was also developed for the pet food industry and
are sold under the brand names DOGSENSE & AVINUTRO. The DOGSENSE brand includes a range of dog food for puppies as well as adult dogs, while the
AVINUTRO range will cater for the different activity stages within the life-cycle
of a racing pigeon.
Two further product brands (NUTROSCIENCE & NUTROCAST) will be launched
during the second half of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. These brands
will include products for the pet food industry (mainly premium dog food and
cat food) and as well as products for the commercial and recreational fishing
industries.
Further to the above the company also caters for contract manufacturing on
behalf of third parties (including Woolworths, Lionel’s Veterinary Supplies, K9
Petfoods, Omega, Rex, etc.) mainly for products into the pet food industry
(including dog food & cat food). The objective with the contract manufacturing
is to optimise and expand the manufacturing capacity of the company and to
service the pet food industry with high quality products to the benefit of all
stakeholders and to the welfare of the animal.
The achievement of an ISO 9001 : 2000 certification for the design,
development and manufacturing of scientific formulated extruded feeds as well
as other quality management certifications during 2005 & 2006 (including
HACCP en EU export status) was seen as a highlight in the quality awareness
of the company. No less than four external independent annual audits are
currently being done on the manufacturing facilities of the company. These
audits include all aspects of the business and includes (but are not limited)
hygiene audits, product process control audits, traceability audits, ethical and
corporate governance issues.
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