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Level Three B-BBEE certified feed factory producing high quality aquatic feeds and contract manufactured pet foods for the local and export market. We aim to work collaboratively with our clientele to create the best possible diet to suit their aquaculture production system needs.
We are a proudly South African, specialised formulated aquatic feed manufacturer, we pride ourselves on providing our customers with the best possible diet for their specific feeding requirements. We have a very strong team with vast experience in aquaculture and nutritional science. This provides a platform in which we not only contribute with regards to producing high quality formulated abalone, trout and tilapia feeds but we are also able to give advice on husbandry practices to maximise the performance of our feeds.
Integrity – always delivering on our promises
Quality – consistently providing a product of the highest standard
Creativity – continual research and development of feeds
Respect – respecting our customers, competitors and each other
Accountability – being held accountable for what is required of us
Abalone farming is a capital intensive operation which characteristically embodies very high running costs. One of the main contributing factors to these high running costs is the cost of formulated abalone feeds. In 2010 Abagold Limited started to investigate producing their own formulated diets in the hope that they could become completely independent and reduce running costs accordingly.
By the end of 2012 they no longer purchased formulated abalone feed from outside of the company and had specialised their diets to suit their specific farming requirements. This was a great achievement for their feed department, which grew significantly over a very short space of time.
In 2014 the feed department became a separate high performing organisation which specialised in aquatic feeds. This business was separated from Abagold Limited to ensure that it is solely focused on the development and manufacturing of formulated feeds for the aquaculture industry.
The feed department is no longer run as a department of Abagold Limited and operates as a separate legal entity called Specialised Aquatic feeds (“SAF”). This newly formed company identified that there was a gap in the market for formulated aquatic feeds – not only within the abalone market but across the aquaculture spectrum including trout and tilapia as well as numerous other species. Specialised Aquatic Feeds has since been experimenting with and producing various fresh water and saline fish diets.
In order to achieve our vision we required a state of the art processing plant. The plans for this plant have been on the cards from early 2013 and have finally come into fruition. The new plant has been up and running since October 2015.
The Office
Tel: +27 28 313 8581
Cnr of Church & Still Rd, Hermanus
Ryan Weaver
Technical Support and Sales Manager
Tel: +27 28 313 8581
Cell: +27 83 235 8027
Email: ryanw@safeeds.co.za
