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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 […]
AgriProtein and Christof Industries in USD 10 million deal
13 February 2017: AgriProtein and Christof Industries in USD 10 million deal to roll out 100 fly farms Waste-to-nutrient pioneer AgriProtein has partnered with international engineering group Christof Industries to build up to 25 fly farms a year up-cycling organic waste into insect protein for animal feeds. Using a high-tech blueprint developed with Christof Industries, […]
Goterra: insects feed made in Australia
Interview with Olympia Yarger, Goterra founder Tell us a little about you and your project Goterra Goterra is an insect farm-feed company based in Canberra Australia. We are developing commercial Black Soldier Fly farming practices. What are the products you are working on? Currently we’re focusing on artificial lighting and have developed a prototype lighting […]
Legal status of edible insects in western countries
Entomophagy is a new phenomenon in the West, and as a result, rarely regulated. Public institutions such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), customs and health agencies that oversee the health of people often find themselves helpless in the face of new products based on processed insects. From a geographical point of view, there […]
Seminar: Hermetia Illucens in zootechny
Hermetia illucens in zootecnia Giovedì 2 Marzo 2017 Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (To) 9:00 -9:15 – INTRODUZIONE – Moderatori Prof.ssa Laura Gasco e Prof. Achille Schiavone 9:15 -9:40 – NSETTI per la ZOOTECNIA e REGOLAMENTAZIONE. Dott. Marco Meneguz 9:40-10:05 – BIOCONVERSIONI di SOTTOPRODOTTI. Dott. Andrea Dama 10:05-10:30 – FONTE PROTEICA ALTERNATIVA nel POLLO […]
More about Protix-Bühler joint venture
Protix is the leading insect proteins and ingredients company; producing and selling highest quality insect-based ingredients. It is at the forefront of defining the standards of product safety and quality and has been the first to establish multiple new markets and initiated and founded the IPIFF, the leading insect association. Protix currently produces in the […]
