Insect protein from poultry waste

The fully closed insect production system of ZooProtein uses the common Greenbottle fly to re-process poultry waste. Photo: ZooProtein
The fully closed insect production system of ZooProtein uses the common Greenbottle fly to re-process poultry waste. Photo: ZooProtein
How to turn waste from poultry farms into protein for use in feed again? Insects are the key to this question. The Russian company ZooProtein developed a closed system, where maggots feed themselves on waste, before being harvested and dried as a protein source themselves. Russian company ZooProtein is currently shaping up its technology of re-processing waste from poultry farms into protein-rich biomass for the further use in animal feed, Alexey Istomin, the company’s deputy Chief Developmen


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