ISSUE FOCUS 56 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2022 “BSF is a proven high-nutrition feed source for agricultural applications. There are challenges the industry faces in getting this excellent product into feed. Current regulations in Australia consider larvae that have eaten meat and dairy as Restricted Animal Material (RAM), and cannot be fed to ruminants or humans. There is active research within the industry and academic partners to challenge this status quo, which exists in Europe and the US markets too. We must recognise that what we waste today will not be wasted in the years and decades to come.” Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) are an emerging source of protein for animal feed in Australia as the rest of the world ramps up to a demand base greater than possible supply. BSF consumes organic waste at a startling rate - consuming equal to its body mass daily - and produces a by-product called frass (natural insect manure). The larvae themselves are processed into protein, and sold into poultry, fish, swine, and pet feed. You may have heard of BSF protein and frass before - as circular solutions to food waste and animal feed insecurity in Australia. There is so much more our insect bio-heroes will be doing in the next decade, directly for the benefit of the feed industry. INSECT MARKET LANDSCAPE BSF is a proven high-nutrition feed source for agricultural applications. Below is a typical crude proximate analysis as well as amino acid profiles of available proteins. Suppliers of BSF can be quality accredited, just like other feed sources. There are challenges the industry faces in getting this excellent product into feed. Current regulations in Australia consider larvae that have eaten meat and dairy as Restricted Animal Material (RAM), and cannot be fed to ruminants or humans. There is active research within the industry and academic partners to challenge this status quo, which exists in Europe and the US markets too. We must recognise that what we waste today will not be wasted in the years and decades to come. ‘Clean’ waste streams, that are free from contamination, meat, and dairy, will be used directly by farmers without processing, or reclaimed for human consumption through donations and other programs. There will also be increasing costs associated with traditional feed sources, such as soya bean, as supply is restricted by environmental standards preventing deforestation CREATING CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR ANIMAL FEED WITH INSECTS Volant Wills Head of Facilities at Canberra Goterra
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