ISSUE FOCUS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2022 29 About Sabas de Diego Sabas has an academic background in Chemical Engineering and almost 20 years of experience in the agri-food sector. In 2014, he founded Tebrio together with Adriana Casillas, leading the technological development and supervising the team of engineers and scientists on which rests the activity of a worldwide pioneer company in the breeding and processing of insects. Previously, he managed the technical team of the Maguisa slaughterhouse in Salamanca, Spain, where he developed a deep knowledge of the agri-food industry and the legislation regulating it. During that time, he managed R&D projects in the swine sector and handled budgets above 12 million euros. of the main causes of this premature mortality rate is gastric infections, which lead to severe diarrhea, weakening the animal to the point of exhaustion. All this leads to multi-million dollar economic losses for a key sector in the agri-food industry. THE FUTURE AHEAD The technology is ready and the nutritional properties of insects have long been known, since many animals consume them naturally in the wild. All we have to do is to adjust the protein and fat percentages for each species so that we get the best possible results. And that's something the industry has been working on for years. Far from supplanting or substituting the raw materials we already know and which are still necessary, insect protein complements them to obtain a better and more sustainable product. And by using it, we would optimize the resources we have to prevent animal and human consumption from entering into competition. In fact, if we used just 10% insect protein in feed formulation, we could free up millions of hectares of grain crops for human consumption. And so, we would counteract the grain shortages and market volatility unleashed by the war in Ukraine. TRUSTED REGULATORY SOLUTIONS FOR ANIMAL FEED & HUMAN NUTRITION Contact us at: info@pentec-consulting.eu www.pentec-consulting.eu Pen & Tec Consulting SLU Training offer at: www.pentec-academy.com ALT PROTEINS IN ANIMAL FEED - HOW TO GET A REGULATORY APPROVAL? Seek out assistance during the application phase to avoid potential delays
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