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Learn more at www. InnovaFeed is a biotech company that produces a new source of protein from insect rearing Hermetia Illucens for animal and plant nutrition. Combining the largest production capacity on the market and state of the art research in biotechnology, InnovaFeed has developed an innovative technology and process enabling the production of high-quality insect ingredients at industrial scale and at a competitive price.

Get the latest news delivered to your inbox. Sign up for Grain Journal E-Newsletters. Unpacking Corn's Power With Dr. Thus, the biotech cannot provide estimations on when the partners would pursue a tie-up in that direction. InnovaFeed plans to open several additional production sites, those facilities would be similar in scale to Nesle in terms of production capacity; the next one, which the company announced at the time of the inauguration of its French facility, will be located in Decatur, Illinois, in the US.

The studies allowed the team to closely monitor performance and to undertake statistical analysis of the results. The teams found the nutritional profile of insect oil fits well with swine requirements, making it possible to supplement or replace vegetable oil without negative effects on performance. In terms of which vegetable oils this insect oil replacing, she said comparisons were drawn with various plant-based oils typically used in swine feed formulation: soy, coprah, PKO, rapeseed, palm, and a medium chain fatty acids MCFA mix.

Naturally present in their diet in the wild, insect oil is rich in lauric acid, a fatty acid that helps improve the intestinal health of animals, especially piglets, said the partners. And once fully operational, the Decatur site is expected to have an annual production capacity of 60, tonnes of insect protein, which is four times the capacity at Nesle.

The plant will also have the capability to produce 20, tonnes per year of oils for poultry and swine rations as well as , tonnes of fertilizer. Talking about the fact that production capacity at the Decatur plant is four times bigger than in Nesle, Ray explained this has mainly to do with co-product availability. With them we have non-exclusive agreements.

We look more at how strategic our potential clients are than at their geographical locations. We then decide together if we expand our reach to new markets. The insect feed market and its environmental potential are huge but there were significant technical barriers to overcome. For Ray, it is necessary for companies involved to invest in automation, robotics and AI. To achieve the sustainability goals we have set, we needed to demonstrate the scalability of our model. Next year, InnovaFeed will continue to extend its symbiosis model and deliver on the target announced in late, whereby the company stated it would invest over EUR million in the launch of five new production sites.