Antarctic krill meal
Antarctic krill mealAntarctic krill meal is a feed colour and ingredient, used to colour the flesh of farmed fish. It is the route closest to what wild salmon actually eat.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 73.32retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Dried and milled Euphausia superba, a small Antarctic crustacean harvested in the Southern Ocean. It is a crustacean and therefore both an animal product and a declarable allergen.
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- May raise a halal question
- May raise a kosher question
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
As it appears in regulation
- Antarctic krill meal
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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