In trout farming, color is not merely an aesthetic feature. It is a strategic indicator that directly affects market value, quality perception, and the positioning of the final product. For this reason, the coloring period is one of the most critical stages of production, and selecting the right formulation directly determines the producer’s performance. Developed by the Unifeed R&D team, COLOTRAX is a specialized color-enhancing feed designed to manage this process in a scientifically grounded, controlled, and highly efficient manner.
A Scientific Approach to Color Development
Color formation is not a simple process that can be explained solely through pigment addition. A fish’s ability to digest, transport, and deposit pigment into tissues is closely tied to temperature fluctuations, metabolic rate, feed quality, and the feeding program. Therefore, while developing COLOTRAX, Unifeed focused not only on pigment levels but also on pigment bioavailability, meaning how effectively the fish can utilize the pigments.
The stable pigments used in COLOTRAX maintain their structural integrity under varying temperature and feeding conditions, ensuring that color development continues consistently. This stability helps minimize tone variations, irregular coloration, and metabolic stress–related fluctuations that may arise during the coloring period.
Optimized Digestibility: The Foundation of Color Quality
Another critical focus of the Unifeed R&D team in the development of COLOTRAX was digestibility. Success during the coloring phase is not only dependent on the presence of pigments in the feed but also on how efficiently the fish can absorb and utilize these pigments. Through its optimized digestibility profile, COLOTRAX enables pigments to be used at a higher rate, supporting more vibrant, homogeneous, and premium-grade products.
Improved digestive efficiency enhances not only color quality but also the overall performance of the feed. The fish expends less energy processing pigments, which contributes to the preservation of growth performance.
Uniform Color Development for Market Advantage
One of the most important characteristics of a premium trout product in the market is uniform color distribution. Consistent toning across the fillet elevates quality perception and strengthens the producer’s position in the marketplace. The formulation of COLOTRAX is designed to support this uniformity at every stage of the color development process.
Thanks to Unifeed’s scientific approach, pigment deposition in tissues occurs more evenly, enabling producers to achieve a product standard with minimal color variation and high market demand.
Stable Performance Under Variable Production Conditions
Trout production can experience challenges during the coloring period due to fluctuations in water temperature and metabolic rate. One of the key advantages of COLOTRAX is its ability to maintain performance even under such variable conditions. With its stable pigment structure and optimized digestibility, COLOTRAX ensures that the coloring process remains minimally affected by temperature transitions.
This characteristic provides producers with significant assurance, especially during seasonal shifts, allowing production plans to continue without interruption.
COLOTRAX: A Precisely Engineered Unifeed R&D Solution
Unifeed takes its expertise in aquatic nutrition to the next level with COLOTRAX. Designed to meet all the needs of the coloring period, COLOTRAX has been developed with both scientific accuracy and producer expectations in mind.
As a result, COLOTRAX offers trout producers strong advantages during the coloring stage through its:
– Stable pigment structure,
– High digestibility,
– Uniform color development,
– Stable performance under variable conditions
As a direct outcome of Unifeed’s R&D–driven approach, COLOTRAX transforms the color development period into a strategic step of production and supports premium product quality.
