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XDutch: insects-based pills
The first product of Italbugs is born in the Netherlands. In Kadans laboratory (Wageningen), where Italbugs opened in October 2016 its new headquarters, Xdutch is born. Xdutch is the first “Clean Protein” product with an exclusive “Thermogy” factor. Xdutch was formulated thanks to the experience and to scientific studies Italbugs, which started in Thailand (2006) […]
Novel foods: the need of collective applications
As you may know, the European Commission is updating the Novel Food regulations from January 2018 so that whole insects and products containing whole/ground up insects have to be formally approved before they can be legally sold across the EU. Approvals can be granted for products that have undergone a proprietary process, eg. “grasshoppers that have […]
China wants to shape the future of food
Interview with Matilda Ho, founder of Bits x Bites Tell us about Bits x Bites project Bits x Bites is China’s first food-centric accelerator and venture capital fund that invests in startups tackling global food system challenges. With a mission to shape the future of food, Bits x Bites invests in early-stage companies across the […]
Edible insects: green light in Switzerland from May
Here is the document from the Swiss Authorities about the new set of rules that from the 1st of May will allow the production and the marketing of three species of edible insects: Tenebrio molitor, Acheta domesticus and Locusta migratoria. Download here the full document, available in: Italian French German
IPIFF: international Conference on edible insects
IPIFF is delighted to invite you to this major event organized by the EU umbrella organization for the edible insect production sector. Bringing together insect producing companies, high level representatives from EU Institutions, industry&consumers’ representatives, this conference aims to take stock of relevant EU legislative developments&explore future opportunities on the use of insects for food […]
Norfeed: the future in animal nutrition
Interview with Sèlim El Amouri, Marketing&Communication Norfeed Can you tell us the story of the company? The Nor-Feed concept was born in Denmark, at the end of the 80’s, with the vision that synthetic growth promoters used in animal nutrition would be questioned in the future and efficient alternatives would then have to be offered […]
Cockroaches to innovate the food industry in Brazil
Interview with students Andressa Jantzen and Lauren Menegon (photo) and Prof. Myriam Salas Mellado, Food Science and Technology Laboratory of Federal University of Rio Grande (Brazil). You’ve recently concluded a study on producing flour from edible insects. How did you get interested in this topic? While trying to innovate the food industry in Brazil our […]
