Table 1 Types of possible waste substrates (insect feed) mentioned in the 2013 FAO report2 vs substrates types actually used by a panel of large insect companies6
From: Bugs in the system: the logic of insect farming research is flawed by unfounded assumptions
Waste types mentioned in the FAO report as possible insect substrates | Substrates types actually used by large insect companies |
|---|---|
Household waste Manure Animal slurry (e.g. pig) Compost Vegetables Spent food Fish offal and abattoir blood Rice hull, coffee bean pulp Human waste | Derivatives of cereals (wheat bran, wheat husk, corn husk) Agroindustry subproducts and by-products, e.g. beet pulp Dried distillers grains with solubles Vegetable residual flows Organic waste Rapeseed/canola meal |
