Spanish scientists develop octopus dry feed

A team of professors and researchers from the School of Agricultural Engineering and Natural Habitats (ETSIAMN) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) developed artificial dry food to feed octopuses reared in captivity. Proponents of the initiative aim at producing octopuses for the aquaculture field in a "low cost" way in order to help increase the supply of this cephalopod on the market.

Octopus gained weight having extruded dry food (Photo stock File/FIS

Under the guidance of professors Ana Tomas and Miguel Jover, Institute of Animal Science and Technology, the group managed to create a feed similar to the food eaten by octopuses, but with a different texture and ingredients: fish meal, krill meal and gelatine, among other products. Read more ...