Insects Feed
BfR Symposium “Insects as food and feed – Food for the Future”
BfR Symposium “Insects as food and feed – Food for the Future” of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment will address the current state of knowledge about the market relevance, regulatory aspects, nutrients and ingredients, preparation of food and feed based on edible insects but also on acceptance by consumers and potential health risks. 24 […]
The University of Alicante bets on flies
Interview with Yelitza Velasquez, BioFlyTech Tell us about BioFlyTech project Bioflytech is a Technology Based Company of the University of Alicante. Our company develops products and procedures related with the artificial rearing of insects. Bioflytech offers solutions from the Biotechnology to the growing demand of alternative proteins and effective pollinators. Our products are raw materials […]
The multi million dollars destiny of the edible insects industry
Interview with Jason Drew, co-founder of Agriprotein What’s the”vision for the future” behind AgriProtein project? We started our research and pilot production in the tractor shed of my farm in 2009. We then developed partnerships with major foundations as well as universities in seveal countries to further our research into insect meal as a protein […]
The future of edible insects in the petfood industry
Interview with Dr. Ken Tudor, veterinary and pet nutrition expert Three reasons to feed our pets with edible insects-based products? First is the increased world consumption of protein. Added to this is the worldwide increased desire to feed pets the same protein that their human owners are also eating. This dramatically puts international supply/demand pressure on […]
Italbugs announces its entry in the Feed and Pet Food market
Italbugs inaugurates 2016 with great operative changes and new international networking relationships. The ever-expanding research project now focuses also in the Feed and Pet Food market, and the team will be directed by Dr. Martina Costacurta (Animal Feed Science & Technology), Green-Biotech specialist at the Technological Pole of Pordenone.
BY-entO: a survey on acceptance of insects-based pets feed
During the PetFestival (at Piacenza Expo) the italian company BY-entO has made this really interesting survey on consumers’ acceptance of insects-based pets feed. You can download the full document here (pdf format, text in italian): BY-entO Survey
Insects as animal feed: let’s understand more about
Interview with Emmy Koeleman, Editor at All About Feed Why is not actually possible to feed animals (pigs, livestock and poultry) with insects-based feed? At the moment, the current EU legislation doesn’t allow the use of insect meal in food producing animals. Producers of insect meal have to follow a set of EU rules and […]
