Oil and gas company British Petroleum goes on a drive to diversify. It creates BP Nutrition, an agriculture, food and consumer goods business, and acquires animal feed and aquaculture companies across Europe, including Trouw Nutrition and Skretting.

Nutreco is floated on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange. Nutreco's initial strategy is “Closer to the consumer” which focuses on strengthening its downstream position in processed and pre-packed meat and fish.

Nutreco announces that it has achieved the financial targets of the Rebalancing for Growth strategy and is a more sustainable company with a vision for the future. It has expanded its global footprint into markets including Brazil, China, Ecuador, Russia and Vietnam.

Skretting comes to market with MicroBalance® the first aquaculture feed completely independent from marine raw materials.

Nutreco launches a new way to kick-start breakthrough solutions with the Nutreco FeedTech Challenge, calling for the brightest minds to help realise sustainable food production for a growing world population. The winner receives a scientific on-farm validation trial in one of Nutreco’s research farms.

Nutreco announces the launch of its Young Researchers Prize that recognises outstanding research efforts to address the challenge of generating enough food for the world’s growing population.