"Feeding the world’s fish, poultry and cattle is a growing challenge. As demand for animal products rises, animal feed production is competing for scarce resources with human food and fuel production.
Insects could be a good, sustainable alternative to cereals and fishmeal since many animals eat insects naturally and they are high in protein. But that requires mass production of insects at levels not yet achieved. The EU supported FreezeM project, though, has piloted a way to freeze Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) eggs, allowing them to be delivered all year round to an emerging industry.
“The major bottlenecks the market faces are price, scale-up and consistency in production,” says Yuval Gilad, CEO and co-founder at FreezeM, an Israeli spin-off from the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS).
“FreezeM's technology solves those bottlenecks since it makes the breeding and eggs production part more stable, and accessible to everyone. This lowers entry barriers for new players in the market, while reducing operational costs and capital investment in new facilities,” explains Gilad"
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/415857-freezing-insect-eggs-to-feed-a-hungry-world
Insects could be a good, sustainable alternative to cereals and fishmeal since many animals eat insects naturally and they are high in protein. But that requires mass production of insects at levels not yet achieved. The EU supported FreezeM project, though, has piloted a way to freeze Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) eggs, allowing them to be delivered all year round to an emerging industry.
“The major bottlenecks the market faces are price, scale-up and consistency in production,” says Yuval Gilad, CEO and co-founder at FreezeM, an Israeli spin-off from the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS).
“FreezeM's technology solves those bottlenecks since it makes the breeding and eggs production part more stable, and accessible to everyone. This lowers entry barriers for new players in the market, while reducing operational costs and capital investment in new facilities,” explains Gilad"
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/415857-freezing-insect-eggs-to-feed-a-hungry-world