The Shrimp meal production plant is located in Taura, in Guayas province, 45 km from Guayaquil.

  The shrimp meal that we produce is constantly subjected to a strict quality control avoiding losing protein properties

   Our shrimp meal production is carried out with cutting-edge technology.

Marine Hydrolyzed Zone

• FORTIDEX S.A. Since 2016 he began to produce hydrolyzed proteins of marine origin, taking a momentous step in his business life by joining the exclusive group of global companies capable of producing the so-called “Second Generation Proteins”.
• These hydrolysates come from marine by-products (shrimp and fish) from canning plants for marine products for human consumption.
• The marine hydrolysates produced by FORTIDEX S.A. they are concentrates of Bioactive Peptides (PBAs) with molecular weights less than 1200 Da.
• Among the functional properties of these PBAs are:
   o Immunodulatory effect
   o Antioxidant properties
   o Antibacterial properties, which makes them Natural Growth Promoters.
   o They provide high attractability / palatability, which improves food intake by optimizing FCA (Food Conversion Factor).
• In experimental "in vivo" tests, the marine hydrolysates from FORTIDEX SA have shown the above that has resulted in better individual growth of the tested shrimp and fish, a higher level of survival and a greater resistance to intentional attacks with mixtures of pathogens such like Vibrios.
• The marine hydrolysates of FORTIDEX S.A. They are designed mainly to be used in animal feed plants, but they can also be used in fish farms by means of a "top coat". • The marine hydrolysates of FORTIDEX S.A. They have application in the production of PETFOODS due to their high attracting and flavoring capacity.

Quality Control

• State-of-the-art equipment is available to control the proximal analysis online and in real time, to guarantee the quality specifications of the hydrolysates.
• The laboratory has pH Stat and UV Spectrophotometry equipment to measure the degrees of hydrolysis.
• We have the services of a laboratory of a foreign University for proteomic analysis, in order to guarantee the concentration of PBAs less than 1200 Da.

Hydrolysis Process Equipment

• We have a very modern plant equipped with PCs that automatically controls the pH, temperature and hydrolysis time, ensuring a product of uniform quality in all its production batches.
• The main equipment is the bioreactor tanks, the triple effect and falling film vacuum evaporation system and the “spray dried” drying system that delivers a micro-granulated product, ready for final packaging.

    Inside the facilities the hydrolyzed dry shrimp factory is located. This unique product in Ecuador started the production  with special properties for industrial use.

 

 

    Fortidex, pioneers in the production of industrial fish meal and shrimp meal, maintains the spirit of innovation, establishing this  hydrolyzed dry shrimp factory with cutting-edge technology.