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

“该项目旨在显著提高昆虫养殖的效率，以实现鱼粉替代品的工业化生产。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6000万吨蛋白质缺口，无法用于喂养动物、鱼类和人类，相当于目前全球鱼粉产量的12倍。这个问题在欧盟被放大了，95%的大豆蛋白是进口的（MVO 2015），而每年有8800万吨（1430亿欧元）的食物被浪费，这是昆虫的主要饲料来源。很明显，需要创新，更具体地说，需要为未来的食物供应提供本地种植的可持续蛋白质来源。内循环养殖和加工黑兵蝇（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，创造循环经济。Entocycle的重点是开发定制的创新技术，通过关键流程的效率和一致性降低生产成本。我们已经开发了正在申请专利的育种技术，并针对其他关键挑战开发了高潜力的原型解决方案，以具有竞争力的价格将这一急需的解决方案推向市场。两家公司的市场进入将是水产养殖部门，该市场的昆虫蛋白质于2017年7月解除管制。这个市场在英国今天价值1.16亿英镑，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家实现行业规模经济的公司，在这个高价值，高增长的市场中抢占先机。本地优质的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。正如动物保健领域的全球领导者奥特奇（Alltech）所描述的那样：“昆虫蛋白已经成为人们关注的焦点有一段时间了，业界一直在等待一个既负担得起又可用的来源。Entocycle被选为2018年Pearse里昂加速器的赢家，因为他们正在解决这两点。"""

"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."""