Development of a high-precision insect rearing facility for industrial protein production utilising Black Soldier Flies.

开发利用黑水虻进行工业蛋白质生产的高精度昆虫饲养设施。

• 批准号: 105047
• 金额: $ 32.22万
• 依托单位: ENTOCYCLE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105047
• 关键词: Development; precision; insect; rearing; facility

"The project aims to make significant efficiency gains in the breeding of insects to achieve industrial-scale production of a replacement for fishmeal, an unsustainable animal feed ingredient.The UN predicts that by 2025, the world will have a 60m tonne deficit of protein with which to feed animals, fish and humans, equating to 12x current global fishmeal production. This problem is amplified in the EU, where 95% of soy protein is imported (MVO 2015), while 88 million tonnes (€143bn) of food is wasted each year, a key feed-source of insects. It is clear innovation is needed and more specifically, locally grown, sustainable sources of protein for future food supply.Entocycle farms and processes the Black Soldier Fly (BSF), whose larvae consume organic waste and convert it into high-quality protein and co-products, creating a circular economy. Entocycle's focus is development of bespoke innovative technology which bring down production cost through efficiency and uniformity of key processes. We have developed patent-pending breeding technology and prototyped high-potential solutions to other key challenges, bringing this much needed solution to market at competitive prices.The companies' market entry will be the Aquaculture sector, a market where insect protein was deregulated in July 2017\. This market is worth £116m in the UK today and set to grow to £233m by 2030 (gov.scot, 2018).The improvements on current state of the art will enable a UK company to be the first to achieve economies of scale in the industry, stealing the march in this high-value, high growth market. A local high-quality protein source will contribute to increased agricultural productivity and food security in the UK, and lower dependencies on imports.As described by Alltech, a global leader in animal health: ""Insect protein has been in the spotlight for some time now, and the industry has been waiting for a source that is both affordable and available. Entocycle was chosen as winner of 2018 Pearse Lyons Accelerator because they are addressing those two points."""

“该项目旨在大幅提高昆虫育种效率，实现鱼粉替代品的工业规模生产，而鱼粉是一种不可持续的动物饲料成分。联合国预测，到 2025 年，世界将出现 6000 万吨蛋白质短缺，用于喂养动物、鱼类和人类，相当于目前全球鱼粉产量的 12 倍。这一问题在欧盟更为严重，其中 95% 的大豆蛋白依赖进口 （MVO 2015），而每年有 8800 万吨（1430 亿欧元）食物被浪费，而食物是昆虫的主要饲料来源。显然，需要创新，更具体地说，需要本地种植的可持续蛋白质来源，以用于未来的粮食供应。Entocycle 农场和加工黑水虻 (BSF)，其幼虫消耗有机废物并将其转化为高质量的蛋白质和副产品，从而创造了一种 循环经济。 Entocycle 的重点是开发定制创新技术，通过关键流程的效率和一致性来降低生产成本。我们开发了正在申请专利的育种技术，并针对其他关键挑战设计了高潜力解决方案原型，以具有竞争力的价格将这一急需的解决方案推向市场。这些公司的市场进入将是水产养殖领域，该市场于 2017 年 7 月解除了对昆虫蛋白的管制\。这个市场价值 1.16 亿英镑 目前在英国，预计到 2030 年将增长到 2.33 亿英镑（gov.scot，2018）。对当前技术水平的改进将使英国公司成为第一个在该行业实现规模经济的公司，从而在这个高价值、高增长的市场中抢占先机。当地的优质蛋白质来源将有助于提高英国的农业生产力和粮食安全，并降低对进口的依赖。正如全球领先的 Alltech 所描述的那样 动物健康：“昆虫蛋白已经成为人们关注的焦点有一段时间了，该行业一直在等待一种既便宜又可用的来源。 Entocycle 被选为 2018 年 Pearse Lyons 加速器的获胜者，因为他们正在解决这两点。"""