Alternative sources for sustainability in nutrition
The rate of increase in the world’s population continues to be a cause for concern because feeding this growing population with what nature offers us seems challenging in today’s conditions. That’s why the experts of the agricultural industry focus on sustainable alternative resources and the efficient use of existing resources. Proteins, which have an important place in human and animal nutrition, are also one of the areas on which intensive studies continue.
Alternative plant and cell-based protein options, insect-based protein sources and protein substitutes from algae, yeast, fungi or bacteria are attracting considerable attention as alternative protein sources used directly or indirectly (food and feed substitutions) in both human and animal nutrition.
However, feeding the growing population is not the only reason alternative protein sources have attracted so much attention. When we add the fact of environmental concerns and sustainability to all these, it becomes inevitable to evaluate alternatives better.
As Feed & Additive Magazine team, we have prepared a special issue this month to draw attention to alternative protein sources, the value of which is increasing day by day in animal nutrition. The content of this first special issue consists mainly of articles on insects and insect-based proteins. The leading representatives of the insect industry share with our readers the valuable information they have gained through their practices and research studies in the industry. We also tried to cover how we can turn existing resources and food products that are treated as waste into protein sources or how we can scale protein production with technology through our exclusive interviews. We hope this is a useful issue that you will enjoy reading.
Hope to meet you again in our following special issues to discuss other alternative protein sources in more detail in the near future…
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