Food Companies
Reduce your company’s environmental footprint and create new revenue
Insect farming enables food companies such as retailers and restaurant chains to reduce and valorise food waste, turning waste streams into a local and low-carbon protein-rich ingredient for use in poultry and pig diets.
Reduce Food Waste
Black soldier fly larvae eat almost any organic waste and the bioconversion process can reduce volumes of food waste (e.g. fruit and vegetable residue, brewers grain or ground coffee) by up to 75%.
Create New Revenue
Our insect farms offer valuable new revenue streams for food businesses such as insect protein for poultry and pigs, and other valuable co-products including oils, chitin and fertiliser.
Secure Supply Chains
Our insect farms can be set up near existing agricultural farms or facilities, supplying a reliable, local and low-carbon protein source to feed farmed animals and reducing the need for imported feed.
Meet Net Zero Targets
BSF farming offers a low carbon alternative to traditional feed sources like soy or fishmeal, which are often linked to deforestation, overfishing, and high carbon footprints.
We plan, design and install commercial-scale insect farms.
Our service covers every step of the journey, from concept and basic engineering to the installation and commissioning of facilities in any location – on open ground or within existing buildings.
Case Study
Using insects to valorise waste and reduce costs
Entocycle helped an innovative UK company determine the suitability of using its waste as a substrate to rear black soldier fly larvae (BSFL). The trial we conducted demonstrated the high potential of using BSFL to process the client’s waste, and by determining the Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), we helped the client further their understanding of the commercial viability of integrating insect farming into their business model.
“The Entocycle team are highly professional and always happy to provide valuable advice on technical and operational requirements”
– Gesa Reiss, SMART Agri-Systems Senior Innovation Fellow, University of Leeds
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