Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 2 March 2021

SPECIAL STORY 60 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE March 2021 in. Quality standards in terms of minimum protein- and maximum lipid levels could be a future task for the insect meal industry and more investigations on the suitability of BSF-larvae oil are necessary. Insect oil might be much more suitable as fish oil replace- ment than expected and further research is needed. Moreover, focusing on developing insect meals just from the black soldier fly larvae might not be the best of all bets and the industry should urgently look for mass production technologies of more species like locusts, beetles (e.g. Zophobas) and different fly-larvae. Further reading [1] Makkar HPS, Tran G, Heuze V, Ankers P. State-of- the-art on use of insects as animal feed. Anim Feed Sci Tech- nol 2014; 197: 1-33. [2] St-Hilaire S, Cranfill K, Mcguire M A, Mosley E E, Tomberlin J K, et al. Fish offal recycling by the black soldier fly produces a food stuff high in omega-3 fatty acids. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 2007; 38: 309-313. [3] Bovera F, Loponte R, Marono S, Piccolo G, Parisi G, Iaco- nesi V, et al. Use of Tenebrio molitor larvae meal as protein source in broiler diet: effect on growth performance, nutrient digestibil- ity and carcass and meat traits. J Anim Sci 2016; 94: 639-47. [4] Biasato I, Gasco L, De Marco M, Renna M, Rotolo L, Dabbou S, et al. Effects of yellow mealworm larvae (Tene- brio molitor) inclusion in diets for female broiler chickens: implications for animal health and gut histology. Anim Fed Sci Technol 2017 ; 234: 253-63. [5] Kono M, Matsui T, Shimizu C. Effect of chitin, chi- tosan and cellulose as diet supplements on the growth of cul- tured fish. Nippon Suisan Gakk. 1987; 53: 125-129. [6] Rumpold B A, Schlüter O K. Potential and challeng- es of insects as an innovative source for food and feed pro- duction. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies 2013; 17: 1–11 [7] van Zanten H, Oonincx D, Mollenhorst H, Bikker P, Bastiaan G, Meerburg B G, de Boer I J M. In: Schenck, R., Huizenga, D. (Eds.), 2014. Proceedings of the 9th Interna- tional Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector. Can the environmental impact of livestock feed be reduced by using waste-fed housefly larvae?