Feasibility Study: Designing a highly efficient production facility for insect-based products

Entec Nutrition是一家总部位于英国的中小型企业，率先开发和采用养殖昆虫作为可持续食物来源。随着人口数量的增加，预计鱼类和家禽的消费量将增加，从而对动物饲料产生更大的需求，因此动物饲料成分也会增加（饲料成本占水产养殖生产成本的50-60%; 60-80%的家禽）\[政府科学办公室，2017\]。全球饲料行业是能源密集型的，依赖国际进口，面临商品价格上涨的风险，并与森林砍伐有关。英国需要提高饲料生产的弹性，以缓解这些问题，并将英国的鱼类和家禽生产推向可持续和富有成效的未来。该项目将显著支持英国到2050年实现净零碳目标的目标。Entec Nutrition及其独特定位的财团（Campden BRI，埃克塞特大学）和专业分包商设计适合目的，高能效和成本效益的昆虫饲养设施设计。这包括探索昆虫营养应用于动物饲料的内在科学，研究高效的食品生产方法，并整合技术，提出完全符合市场需求的高科技定制昆虫饲养设施，该项目将为建设这一尖端生产设施带来重大投资，为国家带来直接的经济效益。此外，该项目有可能使英国成为使用昆虫饲料降低家禽和水产养殖业生产成本和环境影响的领导者。

Entec Nutrition is a UK-based SME that is pioneering the development and adoption of farmed insects as a sustainable food source.As population levels rise, it is expected that fish and poultry consumption will increase, generating a greater demand for animal feedstocks, and therefore animal-feed ingredients (feed costs constitute 50-60% of aquaculture production costs; 60-80% of poultry) \[Government Office for Science, 2017\].The global feed industry is energy-intensive, reliant on international imports, at risk of commodity price hikes, and associated with deforestation. The UK needs to increase feed production resilience to mitigate these issues and to move the UK's fish and poultry production towards a sustainable and productive future. This project will significantly support the UK goal to reach net-zero carbon target by 2050\.Entec Nutrition and its uniquely positioned consortia (Campden BRI, The University of Exeter) and specialised subcontractors to design a fit for purpose, highly energy-efficient and cost effective insect rearing facility design. This includes exploring the intrinsic science behind insect nutrition applied to animal feed, investigating efficient food production methodologies and integrating technology to propose a high-tech, bespoke insect rearing facility that is completely aligned to the market needs.The project will enable significant investment on the construction of this cutting-edge production facility, bringing immediate economic benefits to the country. Additionally, the project has the potential to position the UK as a leader in using insect feed to lower the cost of production and environmental impact of the poultry and aquaculture industries.