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for farmed animals,” stated and 70 per cent. It is thus no sur- a low carbon footprint. They were
Christian Ihl in his presentation. prise that the BSF accounts for the also seeking assured acceptance
Production has proved very biggest share of production of in- by dogs and cats along with their
costly to date, however, not least sect protein. owners and – last but not least –
on account of the amount of Christian Ihl attested to the a price that made the use of insect
power required to create suitable high proportion of total proteins protein economically viable.
climatic conditions, with the ex- in the BSF, along with natural In his conclusion, Christian
ception of mealworm production. hypo-allergenicity, good diges- Ihl summarised by saying that in-
tibility, a high level of palatability sect proteins offered a good al-
Principal species and low carbon footprint of ternative even now to other ani-
The species considered most im- around 1.2-2.1 kg CO per kilo- mal-based proteins, providing Functional products Production without
2 with added benefits artificial additives
portant for the production of pet gram of protein. nutritional values of interest in
food are the black soldier fly (Her- relation to protein and fat. The
metia illucens; BSF for short) and Not there yet costs were still high, but would
the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio Christian Ihl pointed out that there surely become more competitive
molitor; YMW for short). While the was still some work to be done to once production was ramped up.
black soldier fly can be used to ensure the expansion of insect pro- The acceptance of insect pro-
obtain protein after just 14 days, tein in pet food. He said that pet tein by pets was described as al-
this takes much longer with the food manufacturers were looking ready being satisfactory by Chris- www.pet-care-only.com
yellow mealworm – in the order of for safety, stable nutritional values, tian Ihl. Manufacturers would still
70 to 100 days. What is common reliability of supply and compa- need to communicate extensively
to both is the potential yield of de- tibility with their production techno- with pet owners, however, to ex-
fatted meal protein of between 60 logy as well as sustainability and plains its benefits clearly. n

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