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Origin & production

Salt-lake harvest, industrial precision

Sourced from 9 hypersaline lakes across 54,000 hectares in a protected biosphere basin, refined in primary producer facilities with 300 metric tons of annual capacity and HACCP controls.

Harvest

Shoreline collection at peak cyst maturity

Cysts accumulate naturally along the windward shorelines of protected salt lakes. Trained harvest teams collect only mature, buoyant biomass at the right moisture window, then move it to chilled holding within hours to stop embryonic degradation.

  • • No agricultural, mining or industrial discharge upstream of the harvest basin.
  • • Salinity and cyst-density monitoring across each lake through the season.
  • • Harvest lots kept traceable from shoreline sector to final export drum.
  • • Seasonal capacity planning so no lake is over-harvested.
Crew harvesting Artemia cysts along a hypersaline lake shoreline

8-stage process

Each stage protects embryonic viability

Processing is where hatch rate is won or lost. Our sequence separates, grades and activates cysts without heat-shocking the embryo.

  1. 1Stage 1

    Hypersaline Lake Harvesting

    Harvested during natural seasonal concentration along the shorelines of 9 protected hypersaline salt lakes using gentle nets and selective skimming.

  2. 2Stage 2

    Cold-Chain Transportation

    Rapid transit to processing facilities in temperature-controlled refrigerated trailers maintained at 0°C to +10°C to preserve embryonic dormancy.

  3. 3Stage 3

    Inbound Laboratory Verification

    Comprehensive batch intake analysis: moisture content, purity screening, cyst fullness index, and baseline 24-hour test incubation.

  4. 4Stage 4

    High-Density Saline Wash & Silt Separation

    Multi-stage brine washing and calibrated vibrating mesh screens (100–150 μm) separate 99.8% of organic silt, algae, and mineral sand.

  5. 5Stage 5

    Industrial Centrifugal Dewatering

    Centrifugation reduces cyst moisture to 25–30% within 5–10 minutes, preventing fungal/bacterial proliferation.

  6. 6Stage 6

    Precision Thermal Activation

    Controlled thermal priming breaks diapause, synchronizing hatching dynamics and elevating hatch rates up to 95%.

  7. 7Stage 7

    Freshwater Rinsing & Low-Temp Drying

    Triple demineralized freshwater rinses followed by vacuum/convection drying under 40°C to achieve optimal moisture (≤6–8%).

  8. 8Stage 8

    Nitrogen-Flushed Hermetic Packaging

    Automated vacuum packaging with nitrogen gas barrier in metal cans and multi-layer foil bags for 24–60 month shelf stability.

Brinova Bio processing facility with brine separation and grading equipment

Facility & biosecurity

HACCP control from intake to seal

Every critical control point is documented: brine density, drying temperature, residual moisture, foreign-matter removal and packaging atmosphere.

Controlled low-temperature drying

Moisture is pulled to ≤ 6.0–7.5% without exceeding the thermal limit that denatures hatching enzymes.

Density and sieve grading

Brine flotation plus calibrated sieves separate viable cysts from empty shells, sand and organic debris to reach ≥ 99.5% purity.

Nitrogen-flushed packaging

Vacuum sealing and nitrogen flushing keep oxygen away from the embryo, giving multi-year shelf stability under cold storage.

Full lot traceability

Harvest sector, processing run, lab results and shipment documents share one lot number.

Quality & Lab