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The investment will enable Beta Bugs, which was launched in 2017, to further accelerate its development into an international player in Black Soldier Fly genetics. Photo: Canva

10-03 | News

Insects firm Beta Bugs secures £2.1m investment to boost growth

The scientists propose feeding invertebrates, including the marbled cockroach, the house cricket, the giant Achatina, and the Californian worm, with several vitamins, minerals, and valuable nutrients. Photo: Canva

06-03 | News

Enriched cockroaches and worms to boost feed bioavailability

The Dutch Better-Life 1-star label is a novel concept that is based on the use of a slow-growing breed. Incorporating insect products as local ingredients may further increase the sustainability of this type of chicken meat production. Photo: Jan Willem van Vliet

30-01 | Article

Partial replacement of soybean oil by insect oil in broiler diets

According to the company, the 13,000-square-meter automated plant located in the Aerozone Park will collect 120 tonnes of food industry by-products per day from nearby communities to feed the larvae. Photo: Canva

26-12-2024 | News

Hungarian feed industry welcomes Agroloop insect plant

It is argued that nutritious protein sources from plants, seaweeds, insects, fermentation and cultured meat offer sustainable alternatives to animal consumption. Photo: Canva

14-11-2024 | News

Alternative proteins and the future of sustainable food production

Of the chemical analytes screened for in the study, a total of 101 were found in the larvae, of which the majority (58) were metals. Photo: Canva

30-07-2024 | News

Assessing safety of non-permitted waste streams for rearing insects for feed

Singapore is keen to explore more sustainable food sources and insects require much less land, water and feed compared to traditional livestock and they produce fewer carbon emissions, too. Photo: Canva

23-07-2024 | News

Europe at odds on insect consumption as Singapore leads the way

Establishing the ideal substrate for BSF larvae

30-06-2024 | Article

Establishing the ideal substrate for BSF larvae

The poultry industry generates large amounts of byproducts during the processing of meat, mostly in the form of feathers, viscera, bones, heads, legs, skin and dead-on-arrival birds.

15-04-2024 | Article

Converting poultry by-products into valuable feed ingredients

The growth in aquaculture would demand an additional 2.2 mmt of high-quality animal proteins as an alternative to fish meal and oil.

08-03-2024 | Article

Will insect production be able to meet aquafeed market demand?