Technology

Grown, not extracted.
We have a proprietary, modular fermentation platform that uses whisky by-products into a premium Omega-3 ingredient.​

Feed

By-products from the Scottish whisky industry – pot ale and spent lees to feed our microalgae inside our 30,000 closed bioreactors. Whisky by-products in. Omega-3s out.

Grow

Algae doubles in mass, accumulating DHA at concentrations and consistencies that ocean-derived oil cannot match.

Deliver

Once the algae is grown, it’s then dried and shipped as a vital ingredient in pet nutrition.

MiAlgae's Omega-3 Solution

Why it matters

Target
50,000+ tonnes a year of Omega-3 rich microalgae from Scotland

Feedstock
300 million tonnes of whisky by-products

Ocean Impact
Zero wild fish caught in the process

Scalability
Modular bioreactors, based near feedstock and customers

The algae elixir

Scottish whisky is produced in abundance with roughly 3 billion litres of whisky by-products disposed of every year. We feed it to our algae and turn this into a premium Omega-3 ingredient.

For technical buyers:

  • Same fatty acid profile as marine-derived Omega-3s
  • High, consistent levels of DHA batch-to-batch
  • Free from heavy metals, microplastics, contaminants
  • Entirely plant-based