What are the innovative ingredients of the future in animal nutrition?
Published: November 20, 2024
By: Eng. Joaquin Armando Paulino Paniagua (Research Professor at ISA
University) and Dr. Rafael Amable Vásquez Martínez (Vice Rector of ISA
University), Dominican Republic.
- A growing population that we have to feed, by 2050 approximately 9 billion inhabitants.
- Climate change, global warming, atmospheric phenomena (hurricanes, floods, prolonged drought that drastically affect grain harvests).
- Overfishing in our seas that is decimating and extinct some marine species.
From this scenario emerge the innovative ingredients of the scalable future at an industrial and commercial level:
a) Protein sources:
1. Insect meal 50-60% Crude Protein.
2. Earthworm meal 64% Crude Protein.
3. Macro and microalgae flour 30-50% Crude Protein.
4. Unicellular protein or Single Cell Protein SCP (Bacterial Protein), 45-55% Crude Protein.
5. Food Upcycling.
Cricket meal
Black Soldier Fly Meal
Earthworm meal
Seaweed Meal
Single-cell protein Meal (Bacterial)
Food Upcycling
What is food waste upcycling?
Upcycled products prevent food waste by creating new, high quality products out of surplus food. It’s an innovative approach to food waste because it is the first consumer product-based solution, making it highly scalable and economically sustainable.
b) Energy sources:
1. Insect oil
2. Algae oil
3. Earthworm oil
Insect oil
Algae oil
Earthworm oil
Conclusions:
Investors are interested in the industrial-scale production of these innovative ingredients not only for animal consumption, but also for humans. Human food waste (food scraps, supermarket waste, etc.) should be processed (Autoclave) and used in animal diets worldwide to avoid environmental contamination.
Research is being done to convert wood cellulose into starch but the cost is very high. Consumers are accepting these ingredients into their diets.
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