The French insect protein specialist Ÿnsect has launched a new product aimed at the pet food market. The move follows the company’s short-term decision to focus on the pet food, rather than the wider animal feed market, as part of a move to supplying high value-added...
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Consolidation in EU insect proteins
Ÿnsect, the French company that claims to be the world’s largest insect feed protein producer, has acquired the Dutch mealworm protein business Protifarm which specialises in mealworm ingredients for human nutrition. Ÿnsect was founded in 2011 to produce Molitor and...
EU funds largescale French insect protein plant
The European Commission is to part fund an ambitious insect protein factory in northern France, together with a joint feed supply chain consortium. The Farmyng project aims to establish the facility at Poulainville near Amiens, using the Ÿnsect company’s patented...
Insect protein body seeks wider feed industry usage
With EU approval for the use of insect protein in aquaculture feeds now in place, work begins on securing the use of this feed material in monogastric livestock diets, states the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF). The IPIFF is the EU trade...
