Feed & Additive Magazine Issue 3 April 2021

NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2021 23 Dr. Rick Klausner, former director of the US Nation- al Cancer Institute and former Executive Director of Global Health at the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation, sees great potential in Meatable and its technology. After successfully completing its first pork showcase product, Meatable is currently focused on the further development of cultivated pork and beef. Meatable’s technology is adaptable to any cell-based species, in- cluding cows, pigs, sheep, and fish, giving the compa- ny great opportunity for further product development. Bühler’s Insect Technology enters a new phase Bühler’s Insect Technology enters a new phase for contributing to a sustainable meat value chain. I nsects will play a key role in building more sustainable chicken and aquaculture value chains. This is a necessity if the industry is to provide adequate protein to satisfy the growing pop- ulation. Bühler is committed to ambitious targets that will help mit- igate climate change. The company targets reducing waste, energy con- sumption, and water use by 50% in the value chains of its customers. To deliver by 2030, both Bühler and the industry must have solutions ready to scale before 2025. One opportunity to reduce the CO 2 footprint of meat is the use of insects for feed, particularly of poultry and aquaculture. Embed- ding insect production into the farming system unlocks the bene- fits of circular economy and inclu- sive business creation, providing an excellent protein source from side streams, reducing the depletion of fish stocks in our oceans by replac- ing wild catch for fish feed, and pro- viding a low CO 2 footprint protein source for poultry. Importantly, this can come with significantly reduced land use for the feed production. Bühler provides technology solu- tions for the growth and processing of insects to enable industrial-scale transformation of organic residues into high-value insect-based ingre- dients. With experience in running installations, proven innovations, and a strong research and devel- opment pipeline Bühler will play a key role in developing this nascent industry sector to reduce the CO 2 footprint of meat production. And the company doesn’t stop there. Bühler is pleased to announce another step in its insect produc- tion and processing capabilities. The company’s unique larvae stor- age system allows full decoupling of insect rearing from processing, which gives outstanding flexibil- ity in the operational schedule. Bühler’s technology succeeded the field test and is now ready for broad industrial use. Last year, after four years of close collaboration, Bühler reached the major milestone with one of its partners, Protix, as their fully au- tomated industrial black soldier fly processing plant in Bergen Op Zoom in North Brabant, Nether- lands, reached its full processing capacity. This marks a proof point in the insect industry and the suc- cessful completion of the joint ven- ture between Bühler and Protix.