Product description

Product obtained from fish bones consisting in tricalcium phosphate in form of hydroxyapatite crystals, elemental calcium and phosphate and collagen. It may also contain magnesium as well as trace elements as iodine, iron, zinc and selenium.

Other products in the market are composed only of hydroxyapatite, obtained as a co-product of the production of fish collagen and gelatin.

Generally sold bulk in powder form or formulated in capsules or pills.

It can be also obtained from bivalve molluscan shells but in form of pure calcium carbonate.

Product application

The product obtained from fish bones can be used:

• As food marine mineral supplement in nutraceutical market or as mineral- collagen complex supplement.
• As food ingredient.
• As mineral supplement in feed and pet food.
• As soil improver or mineral fertilizer.

Raw materials

Bones constitute a significant part of the fish; approximately 10–15 % of total fish biomass is bones from the head and vertebrae. The composition of fish bones varies among different species and the type of bone being constituted mainly by 45-60 % tricalcium phosphate and 35-55 % collagen (dry matter basis).

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