Farmers can improve efficiency and life expectancy in insect farming with a better understanding of insect behavior and needs through using artificial intelligence (AI), the co-founder of a Singapore-based start-up has revealed.
The market for insect meal is 'massive' if it can be produced at the right price, the co-founder and co-ceo of Malaysia-based BSF ingredient producer, Nutrition Technologies, told this site.
UK insect production technology provider, Entocycle, is collaborating with Leeds University on a project to advance research into the use of pig manure as a rearing substrate for insects.
French insect-based ingredients producer, Ÿnsect, is to increase its focus on high-margin markets like pet food and human consumption. It is also closing a production plant in the Netherlands and letting around 20% of its staff go.
Fera Science Ltd is to lead a research project for the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) that will investigate what the risks are from using novel, currently non-approved waste substrates to rear insects such as the Black soldier fly (BSF) and yellow mealworm....
Japanese company, Marubeni, has signed an agreement with French insect producer, Ÿnsect, to collaborate on ways to integrate its insect protein into feed for farmed fish in Japan.
Waitrose has started trials diverting surplus food to the animal feed sector; It says the exercise should prevent 70% of food going to waste. Leading UK retailer, Tesco, is researching the use of surplus food as feedstock for insect rearing.
As the world’s demand for plant oils and protein continues to increase and outstrip production at an unprecedented pace, yield alone will no longer be sufficient to sustainably meet that demand, innovation to increase protein levels in plants and develop...
UK based insect technology company, Entocycle, has raised $5m in a Series A investment round led by Climentum Capital, a climate-tech venture capital firm based out of Copenhagen, Berlin, and Stockholm.
The Yield Lab Asia Pacific is the latest investor in Asian insect ingredient developer, Protenga. The Singapore-based company’s most recent funding round also saw participation from SEEDS Capital and JBI Innovations.
Ÿnsect has inked two major agreements for new facility builds: one in the US with Ardent Mills and another in Mexico with Corporativo Kosmos, a food service business.
Tallin-based Flyfeed, an insect farming startup, has developed and tested its production technology, signed letters of intent with top-tier companies, and it has also built a team of employees, partners, and advisors in under one year. In addition, it...
Cargill says it is raising the bar to accelerate sustainable ingredient sourcing, prioritize animal health and welfare, and drive innovation so farmed fish producers can do more with less.
Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to launch its own line of carbon neutral eggs as part of its target to be directly supplied by ‘zero emission’ British farms by 2030.
EIT Food has announced the latest group of companies to join its Food Accelerator Network (FAN) – a total of 61 agrifood startups have been selected to receive support and investment opportunities to grow and scale.
Netherlands-based companies are collaborating in a public-private partnership (PPP) over the next two years aimed at developing insects as a source of protein for broiler diets, among other goals.
Canadian insect protein ingredient company, Entosystem Inc, has raised CAD$66m (US$52m), from both public and private investors, to start building a second production facility.
Mini-insect farm developer, Better Origin, has raised $16m. The funding round was led by Balderton Capital but existing investors Fly Ventures and Metavallon VC also participated.
Protenga has closed a US$2m venture debt facility with a syndicate of Singapore-based investors to develop its next generation production facilities and launch YumGrubs, its new pet food brand.
A new Kenya and Uganda focused project is looking to make insect production for livestock feed sustainable and efficient through the application of selective breeding.
Bühler says innovative services it introduced in 2021 in relation to pelleting and moisture control for feed millers reduces the energy consumption of the feed pelleting process and lowers the C02 footprint of feed plants by 4%.
Impact investors including European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF), BNP Paribas, the Prince Albert II Foundation and The Good Investors have participated in a funding initiative for Protix valued at €50m (US$57.1m)
French innovator, InnovaFeed, has announced a strategic partnership with ADM Petfood to pioneer large scale commercialization of insect protein in pet food in the US.
Plenty of careers buzz this month as execs from Cargill, FrieslandCampina and Elanco Animal Health move on. And this time out, it is a female dominant line-up.
A report on a new Cargill premix plant, a piece on likely insect protein production output by 2030, stories on new protein developments, along with news about PAP legislation in the EU were some of the most shared articles on social media sites this year
Projects aimed at improving the feeding of broilers during and after a coccidiosis challenge through the use of functional amino acids and understanding the contribution of the gut microbiota to mucosal immunity in poultry have secured an industry research...
Larvae such as those of the black solider fly (BSF) can form a key link in circular agriculture. They grow well on unused waste streams such as catering waste or pig manure, according to findings of research done at Wageningen Livestock Research.
The UK government should work more closely with farmers and agri-supply businesses on new and revised legislation, to avoid unnecessary shocks to trade, says the CEO of the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC).
The inclusion of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in feed for pigs reduced the relative abundance of Lactobacillus in the colon, but did not affect the animal’s overall performance, finds a Norwegian study.
A study led by Singaporean insect meal producer, Nutrition Technologies, found performance gains from partial substitution of fishmeal with BSF meal in shrimp diets.
The funding from that strategic investor is part of an initial unpriced round to support Entoprotech’s R&D and business development plans in the next 12 months and will be part of a $30m Series A round planned towards Q4 2022.
Pet food and aquaculture will undoubtedly remain very important markets for European insect protein producers but the lifting of the ban on the use of animal PAPs in pig and poultry feed represents a huge step forward for the sector, says an insider.
