NEWS Alternative Proteins Magazine April 2024 23 Agronutris becomes a B Corp company Agronutris, a biotech company that focuses on attaining sustainability in the world through bioconversion, has been awarded with B Corp™, a certification that proves the company meets high standards in terms of environmental, social and societal impact. Argonutris joining the exclusive community of 8,000 companies worldwide that are B Corp certified is the result of a several month-long in-depth audit carried out by the independent international NGO B Lab. Augustin Boulot, CEO of B Lab France commented, “We are delighted to welcome Agronutris to the B Corp movement. The development of a fairer and more sustainable food supply chain is a key issue for the future of the sector. Agronutris’ experience of shared governance is a model that we find particularly interesting: transparency, collaboration and interdependence are key values of the B Corp movement. By choosing to put people at the heart of its business, Agronutris is shaking things up!” This certification confirms Agronutris’ strong commitment to the five ‘pillars’ of environment, customers, employees, governance and communities. Mehdi Berrada, co-founder of Agronutris, explained, “At Agronutris, we are trying to create a collective adventure that offers an environmentally virtuous circular economy solution. Together, we are building a collaborative culture based on shared governance and freedom, and aim to create relationships of transparency and trust with stakeholders. We believe that these are the ingredients for sustainable performance.” Read more>> Arla Foods Ingredients harnesses upcycling power of insects Arla Foods Ingredients teamed up with ENORM, Northern Europe’s largest insect farm, in a partnership that will significantly reduce food waste. Delactosed permeate (DLP) is a residual dairy stream generated in large volumes during lactose production. Most DLP is currently used as material for biogas production, which is a less preferable option than reusing it for animal feed according to the food waste hierarchy set out in the EU’s Waste Framework Directive. Arla Foods Ingredients has long been investigating ways to address this challenge, but DLP’s composition has previously made it difficult to use in traditional animal feed. This is about to change thanks to the larvae of the black soldier fly. Currently used by ENORM for animal feed, they also offer huge potential as a healthy and sustainable source of protein for humans. Having developed the capacity to turn DLP into nutritious feed for larvae, Arla Foods Ingredients has been supplying ENORM with DLP for trial production for several years. However, ENORM opened a major new facility on December 6 in Flemming, Denmark, and is gearing up for full-scale production. As a result, the amount of DLP that Arla Foods Ingredients supplies to ENORM will increase substantially – to 15 truckloads a week in early 2024. When the new facility is up and running, it will be able to produce 100 tonnes of larvae daily – enough for more than 10,000 tonnes of insect meal. Read more>>
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