NEWS 12 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2022 Protix, one of the leading companies in insect ingredients for feed and food, has released impressive comparative sustainability figures for its products following a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by the Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL e.V.). The analysis shows outstanding scores for four insect-based ingredients from Protix, which food, feed and fertilizer manufacturers can use to reduce their ecological footprint, while addressing demand for more sustainable nutrition. Highlights of the LCA, a commonly accepted way of evaluating the effects that a product has on the environment over the entire period of its life, include: - The CO2 footprint and impact on global warming is up to 24 times lower with insect-based PureeX® (at 0.439 CO2 equivalent per kilogram product) than with poultry meat (10.33 kg CO2 equivalent) which is commonly used in pet food as a high moisture protein source - ProteinX® insect meal (at 1.149 kg CO2 equivalent) has almost a seven-fold lower CO2 footprint than the soy protein concentrate (at 7.5 kg CO2 equivalent) often found in livestock and aqua feed - Flytilizer®, Protix's insect-based fertilizer, shows only 0.02 kg CO2 equivalent per kilogram of product - Each kilogram of ProteinX® reduces water consumption by 330 litres (190 litres vs 520 litres for soy protein concentrate) - Replacing coconut oil with LipidX® in pet food and livestock feed returns over 12m2 of arable land to nature for each kilogram of fats. LipidX® uses 0.898 m2 of land compared with coconut oil at 12.98 m2. Read more>> Cargill and Owensboro Grain Company, a fifth-generation family-owned soybean processing facility and refinery located in Owensboro, Ky., announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement where Cargill will add Owensboro Grain Company (OGC) to its North American agricultural supply chain business. Owensboro Grain Company was founded in 1906 as a small grain merchant and today operates a fully integrated soy processing facility, producing soy products, including protein meal and hull pellets for animal feeds, crude and degummed oil, lecithin, various blends of refined vegetable oil for human consumption, biodiesel, glycerin and industrial waxes. The addition of Owensboro Grain Company enhances Cargill's efforts to modernize and increase capacity across its North American oilseeds network to support growing demand for oilseeds driven by food, feed and renewable fuel markets. "We are pleased to welcome Owensboro Grain Company into our Cargill family," said Leonardo Aguiar, president of Cargill's North American agricultural supply chain. "Our two companies have tremendous operational histories, similar heritages as grain merchants, and values, including an unwavering commitment to prioritizing people - making this a tremendous fit. Additionally, this is a significant milestone in Cargill's journey to create a connected and modernized grain experience for our customers." Read more>> Cargill acquires Owensboro Grain Company Protix releases comparative sustainability figures for its products
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